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I’ve been telling people lately: I didn’t mean to write the book, music, and lyrics for Ukulele Days all by myself, and I hope I’ll never do it again. Don’t get me wrong, I’m really proud of Ukulele Days, I’ve loved working on it, and I’m so excited to take the next steps with the…
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Lately I’ve been feeling like I’m on the brink of something extraordinary. It’s a surprisingly calm feeling – I am beyond excited, but I also feel focused and centred. Ready. For a long time, I’ve felt that my best strategy as an artist was to have many plates spinning, so that eventually one of these…
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This article was originally published on HowlRound on 5 March 2018. Can vision be collaborative? How can I balance inclusivity, safety, quality, and rigor? Why do I keep trying to make collaborative work, when it seems so much slower and more difficult than doing it myself? I’ve been asking myself these questions for the last ten years…
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Collaboration is brilliant. And necessary. Even on a solo show. Maybe especially on a solo show. Yesterday, four intelligent and generous artists listened to me read the new script of The Helen Project for one hour and 22 minutes (yikes/oops/thank you) and then shared their thoughts, questions, dramaturgical insights, and encouragement. I went home excited…
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It’s September, and London theatre is starting to come back to life after the last few months of sunny picnics, school holidays, and of course the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The summer already seems like a dream, but before it slips away entirely, I wanted to chronicle the eventful few months I’ve had. In June… The…
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In 2012, I went to Directors Lab West, an 8-day intensive for directors in Pasadena, California. I took a week off from my office job to go, and saved money on the trip by sharing a hotel room with another director. I didn’t really know what to expect, but I took a leap of faith…