making stuff up
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It’s hard to know where to begin this post. Last time I wrote, I was on my way to one of the last rehearsals for HOT (Helen of Troy). I feel so lucky that we were able to complete our planned run of four performances at The Cockpit at the beginning of February 2020 before…
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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…
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Home Is Where… is going places! Last month, Guleraana and I presented our project at the Families in Global Transition conference in the Netherlands, and we’ve just returned from New York, where we connected with other verbatim theatre makers at the NYU Forum on Ethnodrama. I was so excited to meet this community and see…
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I absolutely detest being told, ‘that’s a good problem to have’. It started as a pet peeve many years ago when I was running a box office and our ‘good problem’ was having sold more tickets than we had seats. Great, you may think – a sold out show! Unless you’re the person who has…
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What a milestone! Home Is Where… finally had its first full-length performance on 2nd September at Rich Mix, a fantastically supportive and welcoming multi-arts venue in East London. Huge thanks are due to the wonderful team there, and of course to the extremely dedicated and talented cast and creative team of Home Is Where…: writer Guleraana…