“Theatre eh? Bloody hell.” – David Lockwood. Threescore and twelve years ago yesterday, an idea was brought into action by polemical Welshman and absolute smoke-show Aneurin Bevan (pictured) to fix an industry that was a mess. The part-privately, part-publicly funded healthcare industry had no shortage of brilliant staff and good intentions, but it had deep-seated […]
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Fox’s Law, or, If You Want To Actually Support Artists through Coronavirus, Stop Asking Them For “Creative Responses” To It.
Today is the day of the week, in the parallel universe that we’ve slipped into, that I head down to Sainsbury’s, stand in the one-in-one-out nightclub-style queue, then head in to pick up groceries. Every week, I head to the aisle where the vegan milks are stocked in search of my favourite by far, Oatly […]
Here’s What You Could’ve Won #3: An Airship Fleet
[Part of the Here’s What You Could Have Won series, where I take issues from the news and make whimsical fag-packet calculations of things that the £205 billion due to be spent on replacing the Trident programme of nuclear submarines could buy, in preparation for the tour of my show Nuketown] Guys. Bear with me. […]
Here’s What You Could Have Won #2: Nationalising Facebook
[Part of the Here’s What You Could Have Won series, where I take issues from the news and make whimsical fag-packet calculations of things that the £205 billion due to be spent on replacing the Trident programme of nuclear submarines could buy, in preparation for the tour of my show Nuketown] Ah Facebook. Where else […]
Meet The Humans #4: Mike Tweddle
The Biz: What His Job Is Artistic Director, Tobacco Factory Theatres What He Programmes All genres of live performance that can “tell epic and extraordinary stories in an intimate, atmospheric setting and to reflect, inspire and engage people of all backgrounds” (Programming policy here). How He Programmes At weekly meetings with three other staff members, […]
Here’s What You Could Have Won #1: A Thousand Years of Grit
[Part of the Here’s What You Could Have Won series, where I take issues from the news and make whimsical fag-packet calculations of things that the £205 billion due to be spent on replacing the Trident programme of nuclear submarines could buy, in preparation for the tour of my show Nuketown] I write this in […]
Meet The Humans #3: Mair George & Jade Campbell
[Part of Meet The Humans, a series of blogs investigating how artists and programmers in the theatre industry can talk to each other without anyone screaming or crying. Supported by Unlimited.] The Biz: What Their Jobs Are Jade: Co-Director & Co-Founder, Doorstep Arts. Mair: Co-Parent & Lead Producer of Platform, Doorstep Arts. What They […]
Meet The Humans #1: Emma Bettridge
[Part of Meet The Humans, a series of blogs investigating how artists and programmers in the theatre industry can talk to each other without anyone screaming or crying. Supported by Unlimited.] THE BIZ: What Her Jobs Are: Bristol Ferment – Producer Arts Council England – Artistic Assessor Wivelisccombe Town Hall – Chair of Board / […]
How Parliament would have looked if the Progressive Alliance had happened (and how it would look if it happened again)
So, I’ve been managing my anxiety about the world with some therapeutic spreadsheeting, and, in the apparent absence of anyone else having attempted this particular “what if?” yet, I thought I’d have a go my self. Here’s what I came up with. Some caveats: This is based on every single vote from Labour, Lib […]
Millennials deemed “the worst generation” by 10th Century people
[Pictured: a group of Millennials engaged in the popular activity of “Feast Hall and Chill”] New research from Ramsey Abbey has shown that attitudes to the generation born between 980 and 1000 AD, often dubbed “Millennials” or “Generation ð” are perceived to be the worst generation yet in popular opinion. Common conceptions of the age […]