Snorkels

The London Snorkelling Team gig at the Vortex. This really is it. A meticulously playful quartet of Tom Haines, Chris Branch, Pascal Wyse an...

Darkness overcomes the city

A gem via Old Hollywood, which I'm posting so as not to lose for myself: production shot of preparing Mephistophiles for Murnau's Fa...

The Forest And The Field

Chris Goode is a friend and brilliant theatre-maker. He's articulacy par excellence about what matters, and if you don't know his bl...

Jimmy Stewart...

A premature announcement but what the hell. I'm collaborating in a theatre with the brilliant Nick Ryan, me and he as Ryan Stevens. I...

Weather is the great equaliser

To discuss the weather with a stranger is to shake hands and put aside your weapons. It is a sign of good will, an acknowledgement of your c...

Playing The Ashes

A few weeks ago, I spoke at Playful 09. When Toby Barnes talked to me about speaking, he asked me to propose something that interested me ra...

Frog; Saucepan

Thanks to Neillie for this most peculiar snapshot from another world, and musings on reality musicals. Posting this to remind me to keep mus...