Writing
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Our quest to understand how things move
We’ve had to memorise text for the first time… choosing a piece of a great speech and some words that open up big and small spaces.
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Has become untethered
Two quotes from the LRB and NYRB on religion / secularism and US politics.
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People instead of puppets
The grotesque, over the top caricatures of posh people and celebrities, which didn’t do a lot for me.
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Félix Fénéon’s worthy material
Félix Fénéon’s ‘Novels in Three Lines’ as great Twitter fodder, plus some other related eye-openers.
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Without worrying about acting
This week we’ve been behaving like children, starting Butoh classes, and I’ve been failing at handstands (still).
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Personal University
The Personal MBA reading list has got me all excited.
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A new year’s resolution for you
If you want a new years’ resolution, why not start reading Pepys’ Diary. Here are some reasons why you should.
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Flood of chatter
Our end of term pieces went OK, although the Creation process remains frustrating.
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The new BBC homepage
My thoughts on the new BBC homepage, which isn’t the project I was working on over the summer.
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Hands full of swords
I’ve finished my first term of a weekly stage combat course, and it’s a lot of fun.
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Available for work
I have some time available for work over the festive period.
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Epic storytelling
We’ve moved from Commedia to epic storytelling, although telling real-life epic stories makes me uneasy for some reason.
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Ambition(s)
For our new Company Development class I had to write down my “dream life as a creative artist”. This is my attempt.
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It was fun even
It’s been a bumpy start to the second year after all. After a very low point I finally gathered up my courage and things have been looking up.
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A homepage, the power of design, and “consulting”
I spent some of the summer consulting at the BBC on the future direction of their homepage. “Consulting” is a new experience for me.
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The Advanced Course begins
We’re four days into the second (and final) year at LISPA and so far I’ve been…
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Net::Delicious errors
I don’t like apologising for a post right at the start, but I must admit that this will…
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Back to school
Returning to LISPA for the second year. Wariness turns to excitement, at last.
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BBC Programmes
The site has just launched, with a permanent page for every episode of every TV and radio programme, and I’m proud to have been a part of it.
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Is everyone scared of maths?
A few days ago I saw Complicite’s new production at the Barbican, A Disappearing Number. I…
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Summer plans
A quick update on what I’m up to… Term finished a couple of weeks ago and the world of…
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Twenty Movements
The mythical Twenty Movements, ending the first year at LISPA.
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Final performance
An unenjoyable three weeks spent trying to come up with an interesting performance after observing “religious spaces”.
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Going to church. And mosque, temple, synagogue…
For our current project we’ve been to look round several religious spaces.
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Up, down, up, down
I started the week not even wanting to finish the term, never mind doing another year, and ended back considering it.