Established in 1993, Birds of Paradise Theatre are a touring company based in Scotland whose work encompasses disabled and non disabled artists. In their 30th anniversary year, they’ve embarked into new territory for them with a film, Orbits that is going to be screened at Edinburgh’s Fruit Market from Saturday 29 April until May 5. […]
Something I’m passionate about as a disabled fan of and content creator within this industry is that it can and should be doing more to promote disabled actors, creatives and stories, both onstage and off. That’s why I was incredibly honoured to be invited to interview Christopher John Slater, currently starring in the UK tour […]
I want to dedicate this interview to the team at RawPR, especially Emily who bent over backwards to ensure it could happen after the theatre’s rehearsal room was inaccessible for me so I couldn’t attend their “In Rehearsal” event. Barney Wilkinson is currently raising a little hell at London’s Garrick Theatre in Bonnie and Clyde, […]
As a disabled person, loving this industry is something of a double edged sword: I love it for all the ways it has enriched my life, and yet I consistently struggle with the lack of representation, both onstage and off for others like myself. Enter Extraordinary Bodies, who in a co production with Bristol Old […]
I’m always going to be grateful for theatre: it has helped me forge the most valuable friendships I have in my life, helped me nurture my own creativity in terms of my blog and my podcast, ensured I’ve broadened my horizons in terms of the kind of pieces I choose to see and enriched my […]
I’ve a bit of a fractured relationship with Arthur Miller’s 1953 play The Crucible. It was one of the set texts on the curriculum for English class, and for one reason or another I found it really difficult to connect with, and didn’t truly appreciate the complexity and nuance behind it, despite actually going to […]
Reflecting on all things Wheelie Stagey lately has been difficult and sad. Since June, I’ve been working full time and though I’ve loved it and am very grateful to have had the opportunity (my contract ends in a few weeks), it’s decimated my energy for my creative endeavours, and so the blog and podcast have […]
Hamlet has always been one of my favourite plays in the entire Shakespearean canon. I’ve always been fascinated by the tensions created by the themes: life and death, action versus inaction, corruption versus innocence, reality versus illusion, revenge versus integrity, the passing of time, and value of memory. The way these are intertwined and consistently […]
One of the things I like most about theatre is how subjective it is, how we all take different things from it and the conversations that can spark. For me, theatre should always entertain, but I enjoy being moved and challenged, too. For me, great theatre does all of those things, and every so often, […]
Every musical theatre fan has composers, scores and shows that they consider favourites and they hold dear to their hearts. Of course, I’m no exception to the rule, but what fascinates me is the relationship I have with those that fall off my radar, that come and go from my life but each time they […]
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