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Hmm, this car is comfy first performance of Ignition - 22 Mar 2013
Rob Evans Jacqui Clark I have spots now. Must eat some vegetables and not just rely on Frankies squid and chips. Strange calm before the storm. The ferry in Lerwick harbour doesnt seem to care. Wear scarf Pit on hat (mental note different wan damoran as dis een maks me look lik a trow) […]
Casting on - 07 Nov 2012
Afore I cast on, a moment tae mind. Haands rest aesy an let da hert wirk juist fir noo. Its five year da day fae we lost Stuart Henderson in a car accident. I wirked we him aften on smaa an big scale projects fae youth theatre productions tae larger scale local events. […]
Our Shetland Sunday Tea - 05 Nov 2012
On Sunday the 21st of October we held a Sunday Tea with a difference. After a week of hitchhiking along the roads of Shetland, I had been well looked after and well driven by the people that picked me up. It felt like it was my turn to do the driving and looking after, and […]
Emerging Artist Amanda Monfrooe blogs - 16 Jan 2012
Bank of Scotland Emerging Artist Amanda Monfrooe reflects on her attachment with the National Theatre of Scotland and what 2012 holds in store . Although this is the start of a new year and although I am approaching the end of my formal association with the National Theatre of Scotland, things have never been busier. […]
A Christmas Carol social media round up - 12 Dec 2011
National Theatre of Scotland Digital Associate Eve Nicol joins in the social media call for A Christmas Carol, 29th November 2011, at Film City Glasgow and meets some of the participants . . . The dusty Victorian office of Messrs Scrooge & Marley were visited by altogether more modern guests bearing high tech wizardry that […]
Amanda Monfrooe blog - 18 Nov 2011
My creative process begins with writing. At this earliest stage what emerges is often an impulse driven free-write, void of any discernible dramatic conventions, such as character, setting, etc. Ideas, images, and stories that had been percolating in my mind are given free reign on the empty page. Bank of Scotland Emerging Artist Amanda Monfrooe […]
Truant blog 4 - 07 Nov 2011
The final instalment of Truant actor Claire McCracken’s rehearsal room diary. Truant: It’s A Dance Drama Following the sharing at the end of week three, John [Retallack, the director] decided to cut the verbatim speeches altogether, leaving room for scenes and movement. I had had two verbatims – one as a young carer and one […]
Truant blog 3 - 04 Nov 2011
Actor Claire McCracken continues her rehearsal diary extracts for Truant. Truant: It’s an intricate mirror of Glasgow The stakes were upped massively in the third week of rehearsals for Truant. The mysterious “Three Generations” scene was finally unveiled as a sequence in which Michele as Headteacher catches Fiona and me dogging it in the St […]
Truant blog 2 - 02 Nov 2011
Actor Claire McCracken continues her rehearsal diary extracts for Truant. Truant: It’s a Piece of Verbatim Theatre At the beginning of week two of rehearsals, we began to see the play slowly coming together, spending the first two days topping and tailing provisional scene changes. Everyone was equipped with a hefty stack of scripts for […]
Truant rehearsal blog 1 - 31 Oct 2011
Truant cast member Claire McCracken begins a series of blogs about the rehearsal process for the show, directed by John Retallack, which opens in Penilee, Glasgow, 1st November and tours local venues througout the city until 19th November. We’ll be uploading the rest of her rehearsal diaries all this week. Truant: It’s a Group Collaboration […]
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