Whenever I’ve got an occasion that requires a bit of dressing up I feel more or less legally obligated to make something myself rather than buy costumes or accessories. This is partly motivated by the fact that I don’t have money to spare, but mainly motivated by the fact I feel I should be creative […]
Monthly Archives: May 2014
The latest immersive theatre adventure took me to Greenwich for The Spectators’ Guild’s wonderful performance of Thomas Otway’s Venice Preserv’d– a “fully realised immersive world” where you uncover “a tale of love, corruption, friendship, rebellion and betrayal.” The evening starts off with a festival. A team of gaudy, colourful and excited Venetians – with some somber […]
Today I got to experience my very first English County Show! It’s actually very similar to an American farm show and, specifically, very similar to the Great Allentown Fair! The main difference is the rain. And the mud. Oh god the mud. Here are some photos from the event, which were shot on a Canon […]
I’ve been asked to write a little post for The Great Blog Tour! The idea of The Great Blog Tour is to, by getting bloggers to answer a few simple questions and then pass the questions on to another blogger, spread connections from blog to blog and also learn a bit about who is blogging, […]
I’ve long been a fan of Clare Misselbrook’s work – she uses found materials to create stunning sculptures, and is a wonderfully talented painter. I’m also lucky enough to count her as one of my best friends, and I was thrilled when she let me know about her latest project — and even more thrilled […]
The latest immersive theatre adventure saw my theatre group return for another evening at Southwark’s Babel Towers for the second and third rings of ImmerCity’s The Three Rings of Cirque – entitled Feast and Parade. The first ring, Birthday, we visited on a separate occasion – and you can read about that here. For this […]
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