2019, a year of months

Every time, can’t believe how the months have sped by. This year has been filled with all kinds of projects. Two conferences about improvisation: The Global Improvisation Initiative, hosted in London in May by Improbable, where Susanna Howard and I presented a very successful workshop on Living Words’ ‘Listen Out Loud’ technique; and then in August the Applied Improvisation Network’s gathering at The Alan Alda Institute in Long Island, New York (yes, that New York!). Lots of new connections. The School of Night has been at its busiest for a while, with three gigs so far this year – The Shakespeare Institute in Stratford, The Holbeck in Leeds (our first ‘variety’ bill nestled between a magician and a stand-up) and a festival for the opening of the newly rediscovered Theatre in Shoreditch.

I also restaged a lovely show called Honey’s Happening for a summer tour; an interactive, uplifting piece which is just what this world needs. And with that in mind, after my 50th birthday celebrations are over, the dressing gown is being dusted off for a 5-month tour of Peter Pan Goes Wrong. Eight weeks until February!