Origin Stories
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ORIGIN STORIES
A look at the projects we’ve crafted with teams around the world, each shaped by clarity and collaboration.
A look at the projects we’ve crafted with teams around the world, each shaped by clarity and collaboration.
Spam
Spam
Oxford Playhouse approaches me about a script written by their then stage door keeper, under the name of David Hastings.
It is a meticulously researched two-hander, that tells the story of the Space Race, from the launch of Sputnik to the first landing on the moon.
Would I be interested in directing it, and, if so, how would I do it?
Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh Fringe
I have adapted and directed a stage version of The Nose by Nikolai Gogol, that is appearing at St Mary’s Street Hall. We have created a searing indictment of class, a hard-core physical theatre piece in the style of Steven Berkoff.
One Small Step
One Small Step
One Small Step has been revived for the fourth time, and is touring to outdoor venues, performing in a tent. This is exciting, as next year, 2019, will see the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing, and this tour must be preparing for that.
London A-Z
London A-Z
I arrive in our capital city, armed only with a degree in English Language and Literature, and the conviction that I will be an overnight theatrical sensation. I work for three months in a pub theatre in Acton, until one day I am told that they won’t be able to pay me that week. Or maybe ever again. Ah, so the streets of London aren’t paved with gold after all.
Cub Cap
Cub Cap
I am eight years old and an enthusiastic member of the St Andrew’s Cub Scout pack in Croydon. Realising that the more athletic and sporting badges are not for me, I set my sights on earning my Entertainers badge. I write my first play, a theatrical epic that conflates what little I know about the histories of Walter Raleigh and Francis Drake.
Allsorts
Allsorts
I am working as a sales representative for Bassett’s and accidentally drop a tray of samples in front of a client, mixing a number of different varieties of liquorice sweets together. Although Bertie is initially horrified, the client is delighted with the colourful, jumbled assortment, and so I invent liquorice allsorts.