It’s been nearly two months since my last Shakespeare blog. I actually read Hamlet nearly a month ago, but I’ve hardly had a moment to...

For whatever reason this week has felt like the hardest week so far to squeeze in my Shakespeare reading. Whilst part of this is due to...

King John is very frustrating play. It is a play with a number of good scenes, good characters and good speeches but which never really...

This pandemic has to force us to make theatre differently and reconnect with its purpose. We like to argue that theatre is necessary....

You go into theatre knowing that it is going to be tough to make a living from what you do, but you do it anyway because it is more than...

Continuing on from my last post, which explored the mantra ‘Better Than Before’, I want to explore here more ways in which creatives can...

A THREE STEP GUIDE So, you’ve got an idea for a script. Great! You’re super excited. But then you sit down to write and wham! The...

I know these times are deeply worrying and for many of you being creative is a real challenge at the moment. Now is also, however, a...

Something that crops up a lot, both in my coaching work with writers and in my own practice, is the tendency we have to self-edit our...

I started off thinking about 5 plays that have influenced me the most. But then I thought it would actually be more interesting to look...

Sport and theatre are two things that are often kept very far apart. Possibly this is because a lot of theatre people aren’t necessarily...

The process of working with writers is an immensely rewarding one and on that is such a privilege and a pleasure. What I love most is the...