Ways into collaboration

January 15, 2016

Last week I was working in Istanbul at a High School ISTA festival and then as an Artist in Residence at Uskudar schools. While I was at the schools I worked with teachers and students to create theatre, but also to teach them ways into working with each other and how...

Being Krishna

December 14, 2015

This blog will document the four days that I spent getting ready for my Arangettam performance, in the role of Krishna to open the Diwali celebrations on Tuesday 10 November at the Gopalakrishna temple, Amaravathy, Fort Cochin, Kerala. This will give you an insight to...

Opening a door to the other-worldly

December 9, 2015

Some of you many already know that I have been learning Kathakali on and off for about 10 years. This blog is going to document my journey from when I started Kathakali to when I was recently privileged with being initiated into the Kathakali community as a performer....

Recording audience response

November 4, 2015

Last week I was training teachers in London, and I wanted to run a session on how to physically reflect on a performance. I had been working with students the week before on Laban routes and creating a solo piece based on a single line, so I thought I would transfer...

Did you make an impact?

October 30, 2015

Recently I was working with IB Theatre students in London at an ISTA London TaPS event. We were working on the Collaborative Project and Solo Theatre Piece and playing around with the ideas of how to create theatre, but then also how to achieve our intended impact....

God Out of the Machine – Theatrical Literary Devices

September 14, 2015

This week I have been training teachers in Category 1 IB Theatre in Singapore, and one thing that came up when we were looking at the Director’s notebook, is that the students do need to learn how to analyse theatre text and understand literary devices. One such...