I once worked as an actor at the Tower of London. We were working on the Gunpowder Plot and I had a sword and period costume of one of the conspirators, Thomas Winter. We were teaching history by immersing groups of young people in the story. One half of the group went to my colleague […]
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There’s a saying in the theatre industry that you should take pleasure in other people’s successes. The thinking being that you can’t always succeed but it costs you nothing to be happy when others do. In this way they feel supported and your generosity gives them confidence. I love watching the faces of the so-called […]
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I have huge admiration for anyone who does anything technical in the theatre. My admiration partly comes from the fact that I am not very good at it. In fact, I’ll go further and say I should not be let near anything technical in a theatre and here’s an example. “In a flash I realised […]
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The comedian Spike Milligan was in his garden when his neighbour said “I just saw you on the telly!” Spike walked through his house and knocked on his neighbour’s door. When he answered it, Spike said, “I just saw you in the garden.” The creative mind buzzes and sometimes looks at the world in a […]
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I’m tired of seeing sad but funny quotes. You know the type. “I’m acting like I’m ok – don’t interrupt my performance.” What I like to think of as fridge magnet wisdom. But when life is out of kilter it can throw complete opposites together. Many years ago, I took some visitors from the Czech […]
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