Tag: Audiences

  • A theatremaker’s plea: do shut up

    I know better than to waste my time arguing with lazy clickbait articles. I do. It’s just… sometimes I can’t resist. The piece of lazy clickbait in question is this article in The Telegraph, courtesy of Douglas McPherson. He is a theatre critic. In the theatre he toils not, neither does he spin, as someone…

  • A response to Desire Lines from a grassroots theatremaker. Looooong.

    It’s taken me a while to gather my thoughts and decide how best to write about Desire Lines.   For those of you who, by dint of not being attentive Edinburgh arts folk, have not heard of Desire Lines, it is this: http://www.desirelines.scot. It’s a project started by a handful of people working in the…

  • Pre-Creepie Stool thoughts on strength and complexity

    Creepie Stool opens tonight. My plans to attend a rehearsal were scuppered by hospital time (no Fringe flu for me, this year I went for full-on gastroenteritis and getting pumped full of IV fluids instead). Consequently, tonight’s performance will be almost entirely new to me. (I say almost because I’m still expecting to recognise the…

  • A lengthy round-up of what people are saying about CSstooshie now

    Creative Scotland is the arts blogger’s gift that keeps on giving. How appropriate, as we head into the festive season. But there are gifts and gifts, and this one feels like one of those annoying noisy battery-devouring things where once you start playing, you somehow can’t stop. Perhaps that’s just me. I’m a bit tired…

  • Some thoughts on Artists Open Space

    It’s taken me a while to get round to writing up my thoughts on the Open Space at Waverley Gate. What with directing and producing two shows concurrently, this is the first spare moment I’ve had to write things down! With any luck, I’ll get round to answering some of the emails I’ve received in…

  • Open Space Invitation

    The details of the Artists’ Open Space on the 26th are now finalised and you can click here to register for it. It’s free to attend, but there’s a limit the number of people who’ll fit in the room so best to register. Please spread the word. And please come if you can. The Open…

  • Plugs and theatre politics

    Next week one of my short plays is being produced by Black Dingo as part of the company’s launch event. Information can be found by clicking here. I’ve got a lot of time for Black Dingo. This is a production company that aims to provide a really valuable resource for grassroots theatremakers – a one…

  • Talking to Creative Scotland: Making Plans

    This afternoon I had a meeting with Kenneth Fowler at Creative Scotland. It was a pleasant chat, refreshingly free of corporate-speak, and I should probably mention in the interests of clarity that he was the one who got in touch with me. The most important thing first: I got the go-ahead for an Open Space…

  • Devoted & Disgruntled Follow-Up Edinburgh:The Mega Report

    You’ll find my report on yesterday’s Open Space meeting here… Or if you’d rather read it right here on WordPress, look beneath the cut. 

  • An Invitation

    A short post today, because I’m full of the cold and barely know my own name so coherent content is beyond me. I never got round to writing a post about my experiences at Devoted & Disgruntled. It was at the end of July, which meant that by the time I’d got my thoughts together…