tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60664688596517568292024-03-13T16:15:51.252+00:00Downstage WriteUK ● Bristol ● South West ● Theatre ● Film ● Television
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A spotlight on what's going on and who's making it happenDownstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-11009266355386970112014-02-10T10:00:00.000+00:002014-02-10T01:19:18.999+00:00Talking Sense: An Interview with Matthew Whittle, Producer of 'A Little Nonsense'Juncture Theatre's, A Little Nonsense, is currently running at The Bike Shed Theatre in Exeter and according to the Press Release it's “A bare-knuckle look at the sharp edge of funny" and 'an original black comedy that explores the clown inside every man and the mirth that is hidden in melancholy.”
It's about a man who is bitterly frustrated by a clown’s freedom to play and inability to take Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-56712289240423505512014-01-08T17:58:00.001+00:002014-01-08T22:29:19.426+00:00To be, or not to be, that is the question... But what if you could be both?As an actor, when people ask you ‘what is your dream role?’, you know they’re expecting you to name a well-known classical character, probably Shakespearean, to be performed with a famous theatre company or theatre. But, whilst I have one of those on my list of dream roles, what I would truly love is a lead role (or co-lead!) in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy film or TV series (I can only partly blame Joss Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-10195202550082590522013-10-08T10:00:00.000+01:002013-10-08T10:20:10.688+01:00Mugs Arrows and Festive FundraisingThis week, you have your last few chances to catch Mugs Arrows at the Bike Shed Theatre. Developed by critically acclaimed touring company, Third Man Theatre, at the Bike Shed last year, the show has been running at the venue for the last couple of weeks and has garnered great reviews from Exeunt, Remotegoat and The Express & Echo.
Mugs Arrows at The Bike Shed Theatre
Here’s a bit about Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-64584858519676733602013-07-15T19:14:00.000+01:002013-07-15T19:15:25.935+01:00tidy carnage puts Motor Neurone Disease in the SpotlightI’m going to start this post with an apology: I apologise to anyone who has sent me a Press Release in the last couple of months. I have responded to some of you, but not been able to reply to all of you. I have been busy as both an Actor and Graphic Designer, so I haven’t been able to find the time to blog - even about the productions I’ve been working on - but keep the releases coming!
ApologyDownstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-64034509534113503232013-04-03T08:00:00.000+01:002013-04-03T08:00:08.620+01:00Act 2: An Act of Twisting Reaches The BierkellerLast time I handed my blog over to the lovely Natalie Remington, but now, as we perform in Bristol, it's back to me.
It's only been a couple of weeks since I saw the team, but I have missed them, as they have kept me laughing on and off stage for the last couple of months. 'An Act of Twisting' is a dark comedy about torture and it's been great to perform with three ladies who genuinely make me Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-79424149410301998882013-03-04T12:00:00.001+00:002013-03-04T12:00:30.456+00:00Why Blue? Natalie Remington on ‘An Act of Twisting’‘An Act of Twisting’ starts at The Rondo, in Bath, this Wednesday (6th March 2013). It’s directed by Hannah Drake, written by Ian McGlynn and features myself (Annette Chown), Lizzy Dive, Kirsty Cox, Laura Fautley and undisclosed males in the cast.
Today I am handing my blog over to Natalie Remington our fantastic Designer. She has a few surprises in store that will transform The Rondo and mean Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-58054660613256062122012-12-31T11:00:00.000+00:002014-02-28T00:00:30.179+00:00The Last Blog Post (of 2012)The end of the year is fast approaching, so I thought I'd squeeze in one final blog post.
Every now and again I am reminded it's a strange, small world, and never more so than in the world of The Arts. To cut a very long story (involving a New Year's Eve party 10 years ago, performing in a florist's shop, graphic design and 'Bunnies') short, I found myself designing the posters and flyers for Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-32572410802328565962012-10-26T16:13:00.000+01:002012-10-26T16:13:31.659+01:00A blog post concerning an Actor trying to write about her involvement in a new play currently running at The New Diorama, or ‘I’m in Bunnies’ for short.
If you are reading this blog post before midnight on Sunday 28th October, you might still have time to take advantage of the ticket offer running via Time Out. You can see Bunnies for just £7 at The Diorama (on selected dates) if you book through Time Out, but the offer ends on Sunday 28th October. Here’s the link to the Time Out offer: http://uk-offers.timeout.com/deals/bunnies
Every time I’m Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-83816318154595816672012-09-18T11:45:00.000+01:002012-09-18T11:45:41.321+01:00If you missed it first time around...I have some very exciting news which I will be blogging about soon (although those of you who follow me on Twitter already know what it is!), but in the meantime I have some re-exciting news: 'Private Peaceful' is back on BBC Radio 4 this Saturday at 2.30pm.
Image from the 'Private Peaceful' Podcast (available for a short period after broadcast).
If you missed it the first time around and Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-56084398108681520312012-07-08T12:40:00.000+01:002012-07-08T12:40:00.515+01:00It’s not my cup of tea: why I was wrong about the Devoted and Disgruntled Roadshow
‘It doesn’t sound like my cup of tea’, said my friend when I asked if they were attending the Devoted & Disgruntled Roadshow at the Tobacco Factory Theatre in Bristol. I followed up with the immortal words, ‘I don’t think it’s my cup of tea either’. I take back those words: I was a fool. I have a feeling that when I look back, my first D & D Roadshow will go down as one of the most Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-60706495764082864872012-07-08T11:38:00.000+01:002012-07-08T11:41:25.534+01:00Devoted and Disgruntled Report DiagramsThese diagrams form my report on the Devoted & Disgruntled website for the session entitled Merge Alert PART 2 (with diagrams): #1 - How Do We Measure Success And How Do You Know When You Have Achieved It? #2 How Do You Get Where You Want To Without Kissing Ass Or Being A Twat? #3 The 4/5* Review: Is This The Holy Grail?
Alison Farina and I decided to team up and combine our questions Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-89377058041580034562012-06-25T10:00:00.000+01:002012-06-25T10:00:03.685+01:00Flushed at The Bikeshed TheatreExeter's Ignite Festival kicks off today and Theatre will take over the city. One of the first shows on the bill is Flushed from Theatre Rush at The Bikeshed Theatre and I recently found myself watching the YouTube promotional video for the production:
As Theatre explores new ways to promote productions and find new audiences, more and more promotional videos are appearing, which is Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-20195739782592932372012-06-20T12:00:00.000+01:002012-06-20T12:16:41.437+01:00Bristol's Sleeping Beauty: Why The Whiteladies Picture House Needs Your Help
The iconic Whiteladies Picture House is under threat as plans have been submitted to Bristol City Council to turn this beautiful building into a set of flats and a gym. But two men and their collective have no intention of letting that happen and they need your help.
It’s been just over 10 years since the Whiteladies Picture House closed its doors and like Sleeping Beauty it’s been waiting for Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-988351858195837502012-06-17T11:00:00.000+01:002012-06-22T22:20:31.528+01:00Fertility Objects: What's it all about?Fertility Objects is the fourth production from the new-writing company Butterfly Psyche Theatre and starts at the Rondo theatre in Bath this Wednesday (20th June 2012). As I follow some of those involved on Twitter, I thought I'd find out more about the production.
The poster for Fertility Objects
Do you know a couple who are ‘trying for a baby’? Or suspect you know a couple who are? As youDownstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-41866674042913693562012-06-04T19:17:00.000+01:002012-06-08T09:50:00.440+01:00Saturday Shorts 3 at The Bristol Folk House
The place to be this Saturday 9th June at 7.45pm is The Folk House on Park Street, Bristol watching Saturday Shorts 3. Tucked away behind the Children's Hospice shop and Nomad Travel (if you’re walking up the hill and you reach the Spar, you’ve gone too far!) you will find a haven of creativity and this Saturday it will be the venue for a showing of 6 new short plays.
The 6 plays have beenDownstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-79481002894427687402012-05-10T16:58:00.002+01:002012-05-13T21:23:42.250+01:00'Actual Reality' is a Gripping YarnThis weekend Gripping Yarns will take place at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in Exeter, and my monologue, Actual Reality, is one of the twelve pieces selected for performance.
Although I do a lot of writing for different things, I have never written a script or monologue, and submitted it anywhere, because I’m always saying ‘I haven’t got an idea I want to develop’. So, when I turnedDownstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-17632817118449458052012-04-05T18:10:00.003+01:002012-04-05T18:18:00.143+01:00Right Here, Right NowI am sent a lot of Press Releases about productions in the South West, so I’m going to trawl through my inbox over the coming weeks, and bring you a selection of shows to peruse. I thought I’d start with a short blog post today highlighting a couple of productions that are on now...
Madhampton.co.ukStepping Out Theatre Company http://www.steppingouttheatre.co.uk/
The Blurb‘It isn’t legalDownstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-25807465516571179182012-02-03T00:47:00.002+00:002012-02-06T19:12:36.023+00:00Molly, Me and Private PeacefulThere are some productions that stay with you and remind you why you love acting. On Saturday 4th February 2012, the Radio 4 production of Michael Morpurgo’s, ‘Private Peaceful’ will air as the Saturday Play of the Day, and for me, it is one of those productions.
Image from the 'Private Peaceful' Podcast (available after broadcast). Click on it to go to the podcast.Once upon a time I workedDownstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-31952565052476273952011-07-22T12:02:00.002+01:002011-07-22T12:03:19.230+01:00Und on We FundIn my last post I showed you a little promotional video I created just to look at what we could create on a budget of nothing with the resources we have as we would shortly need to create a video for We Fund, the crowd funding website.
By some minor miracle we finally have a video and our project up on the site (it's a miracle because everything that could go wrong, did go wrong!) and I promised Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-20688453978365522902011-06-13T10:54:00.003+01:002014-02-06T16:30:54.179+00:00Taking Und to Edinburgh
It's been another busy week, but I thought I'd quickly share what I've been up to...
As you may already know, Und is heading to Edinburgh - woo hoo! However, we could do with a helping hand to fund the show and we're looking into crowd funding as one of the possible sources.
If we use a site like We Fund, we would need to create a video to go with our appeal and at Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-12896209663785529382011-06-09T13:35:00.004+01:002011-06-13T11:02:31.123+01:00Doing it AnywayIf you read my last post, you can see I foolishly thought I would find time to increase my writing. As it is, I have been so busy, my writing has been forced on to the back burner. With this in mind I thought the best piece to start this year’s writing would be a brief post about some of my antics and how one thing has led to another...There's a book by Susan Jeffers called Feel The Fear and Do Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-48009201292258602492010-10-27T01:19:00.001+01:002010-10-27T01:21:06.849+01:00Happy Birthday Theatre WestI knew it had been a while since I had last posted on the blog, but I didn’t realise just how long it had been until I actually checked the date. June? June? Surely not...
In my head it doesn’t seem that long because I have been planning pieces and starting to write them in the intervening period, but have had to abandon them as events have taken over my time.
The last couple of months have been Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-36989991066903419312010-06-25T21:56:00.003+01:002010-06-25T22:00:30.727+01:00Looking for Love in Script Space: An Interview with Gareth JandrellIf you haven’t been to ‘Script Space’ before, it’s a fantastic opportunity to watch a series of rehearsed readings of short plays selected by the Tobacco Factory as part of their development programme. It’s also an opportunity to get involved and give feedback in a Q&A session with the actors, directors and writers.
Working with new and emerging writers, the third and final ‘Script Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-46233762168112416672010-04-29T12:10:00.012+01:002010-06-25T21:16:35.739+01:00Meisner, Jack and Ridley ScottA little while ago I was contacted by Jack Price of Studio Films. Over the coming months he will be running courses in Meisner technique for actors at the Tobacco Factory. Taken from the flyer for the upcoming course
The first course begins on Thursday 6th May 2010 and it's a practical short course that takes you step-by-step through Meisner's core exercise and text analysis over 6 days. ButDownstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066468859651756829.post-53190600717327985202010-04-22T12:09:00.021+01:002010-06-25T21:28:09.055+01:00Why Iceni Needs Your HelpOver the last few days you may have spotted the trailers for the upcoming three-part BBC Drama, ‘Five Daughters’ about the murders of five young women in Ipswich in 2006.
Click Here to visit the BBC page
Until I auditioned for a small role in the drama, I could only remember basic elements of the case. Like me, you may remember the hunt for the murderer; you may even remember the name of the Downstage Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713119344119867610noreply@blogger.com2