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Wuthering Heights – a first reaction

It feels as though this novel will stay with me for a while yet- there is much to still digest and marinate. Distil and conjecture.  Firstly, it is the first book I have approached in recent memory that deserves the epithet Great Literature (capitalisation included). I have found much of the worthy canon difficult toContinue reading “Wuthering Heights – a first reaction”

Do we live in a gradient reality?

I have a burning question, and no idea who to ask it to, nor how to find them. Dear internet, perhaps you do? It is this: do we live in a gradient reality?  Though a storyteller now, I was introduced to the paradox of Euclid and Ryman geometry while at school, to the implied presenceContinue reading “Do we live in a gradient reality?”

The Emperor’s New Discoveries

Many years ago there was an Emperor so exceedingly fond of displaying his intellect he spent all his money on books and scholars. He cared nothing for reviewing established infrastructure, going to the theatre, or spending time with his family, except to show off a new great discovery. He kept a scholar for every hourContinue reading “The Emperor’s New Discoveries”

Perception and Beauty – what is objective?

I am intrigued that since moving to London in September a number of (normally very brusque and honest) friends and family have told me how well I look, how pretty. How beautiful.  Vanity aside, the phenomena is interesting. I do not believe much has changed in the past year in regards physical appearance- my hair,Continue reading “Perception and Beauty – what is objective?”

Deleted Scene from ‘In The Stones’ – St Mark’s Eve

Today was the first read-through for In The Stones. The latest in a long line of steps that now leads on to a more directional path. I find shows are always a series of gateways; the idea stage, manifesting, starting again, completion, editing, casting, rehearsing etc. By passing through one door you suddenly find theContinue reading “Deleted Scene from ‘In The Stones’ – St Mark’s Eve”

A Small Teaser – In The Stones

What a month- a week in Cornwall, a week of moving, a week of new jobs! So much to do, so little time to write. For now, here is the teaser for ‘In The Stones’, filmed in Pendeen Church (yes I was having some fun with the acoustics). Here’s to the future!

The Garden My Visions

I have nothing to say today, nothing is flowing: too much to do, too full of unknowing. A buzz in the air as roses still thrive; a breath of a moment. Of being alive. Yet wind in the trees speak of stories to come. Of whistles and whirrings and comets. Yes one. Implosions of hopeContinue reading “The Garden My Visions”

Contemplating Poster Design (In The Stones)

Now in the midst of frantically creating the new poster design for ‘In The Stones’. Funny how theoretical a project can be for 18 months, and then within the space of a phone call it is hardened into performance dates. The poster design is fun, stressful, always a rush job and always feels pre-emptive. AlwaysContinue reading “Contemplating Poster Design (In The Stones)”

All’s Well That Ends Well (Editors Note)

Bestiality, coercion, child kidnap and consent are all at the heart of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and yet it is All’s Well That Ends Well that is labelled a ‘problem play’. This categorisation, coined by Frederick Boas in 1896, is neither apposite nor necessary. As Alistair Fowler defines, ‘every literary work changes the genres it relates to’. TheContinue reading “All’s Well That Ends Well (Editors Note)”