2015
Some twelve months. This year I’ve road tested 2 new musicals at the St.James’ Studio; appeared in the epic Camelot at Sheffield Crucible (one of Mark Lawson’s Top 10 shows of the year) as well as 59 Minutes to Save Christmas; joined Showstopper! in its historical run in the West End, as well as our eighth Edinburgh season; taught in Texas and Istanbul, and for RADA, Drama Studio and others; recorded the second series of ‘Trodd en Bratt say “Well Done You”‘ and made my debut at the Abbey Theatre with War Correspondents. Among other things. Phew. And 2016 is looking pretty busy…
Read MoreBright Lights
Another glorious Edinburgh has been and gone, the eighth for Showstopper! – which now finds itself in a shiny new home in the West End, at the Apollo, Shaftesbbury Avenue. Opening night is tonight for the first ever long-form show in such a venue. History. Meanwhile plans continue for future Slung Low projects – 59 Minutes returns to save Christmas once more (this time at The Sheffield Crucible, full details here http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/event/59-minutes-to-save-christmas-15/), and it’s side by side with the other SL family show, Emergency Story Penguin. As well as teaching for DSL and private pupils, I’m becoming a drama examiner for New Era and jetting off to Istanbul for my first ISTA event. All while juggling performances of...
Read MoreSummer Capers
So Camelot: The Shining City is gone, vanished into dust. An incredible undertaking, with a cast of 130 and 40 or so crew: broadswords and Uzis, plentiful smoke and fire, a Land Rover, a fire-breathing armoured car and more. Nice trailer here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfTGE6GqbgM, though nothing can really tell you the whole story. Now I’m on to recording Series 2 of ”Trodd en Bratt say “Well Done You”‘, and then it’s time for Edinburgh again. Have a lovely summer!
Read MoreThe Gathering
I’m hot off the heels of workshopping two new musicals, Kingmaker (playing Gordon Brown) and Des O’Connor’s brilliant new version of The Trial, Failed States (playing MI5 agent Frank Bishop), and I’m about to start Hamlet workshops for the Primary Shakespeare Company. Series 2 of Trodd en Bratt say ‘Well Done You’ is recording soon, and Vomica is screening in The London Independent Film Festival. More projects for Slung Low and Showstopper!‘s 8th Edinburgh Fringe are just over the horizon…
Read MoreA Quiet Start
The new year started with fairy tales at the new writing showcase ‘Three Writers Walk into a Forest’ at The Comedy Museum; workshopping School of Night procedures at RADA; and my debut at The Abbey Theatre, Dublin with a concert performance of War Correspondents, as part of the Theatre of War symposium. In February I’m off to Sherman, TX for more bardic improvisation in their Medieval and Renaissance studies week; and there’s Showstopper! performances in London and Aylesbury, and workshops with public school groups (Framlingham) and young lawyers (Inner Temple) to boot.
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