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So I am here. At Edinburgh. At The Fringe. As a theatre maker there’s the making bit, and then the performing it. Having made this show in 2010, developed and toured it in 2011, now in 2012 the making is … Continue reading →

30 years ago an 8lb baby girl was born with a coned shaped head.  The mother of this baby reminisces about being woken in the early hours of the night by a whispering midwife with a cup of tea and … Continue reading →

To do it all again? To readdress, to refresh. To flatten out the crumpled newspaper and to unwrap the familiar objects. To remember the words, the actions, the pauses. To meet up with old pals and collaborate once more. To … Continue reading →

So it was the secret, the one that was always going to happen but just in a different way. My three nights at Northern Stage in Newcastle weren’t on the flyer or the website. They were part of a crazy … Continue reading →

It turns out that if you do enjoy tea of an evening amongst a sea of supper and dinner consumers, whenever the opportunity arises you’ll sniff out another tea eater and gather together in a gaggle. A gaggle of northerners … Continue reading →

Its week three of seven. So far I’ve opened inStockton, had extra unexpected guests inLeedsand now I am heading south. The first week began up in the North East with one night at The Arc. The Northern Stage gang headed … Continue reading →

It’s funny how when you’ve been planning something for a long time it seems to creep up on you all of a sudden. Back last summer as we chatted about the idea of touring Tea is an Evening Meal the … Continue reading →

So last week I started rehearsals for the tour of Tea in an Evening Meal which begins on the 3rd May. I originally made this piece last year when I was commissioned by Northern Stage to make a new theatre … Continue reading →

So this is this place where I am going to share a little, chat a bit and give a glimpse of what I am up to.  Some of you will know what I ‘do’ and some may not. Well…I improvise, … Continue reading →