Category Archives: Troubadour Stageworks

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!

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)”

After 9 months of application

Yesterday the news came in, Troubadour is a charity!!!! There are moments when excitement spills over, allow it to wash through and then bottle the excess. Remember that feeling, and cork it to be stored and used again and again when you next need a pick me up. Enjoy that first glass: allow time toContinue reading “After 9 months of application”