I have what I refer to as a sadness. It manifests itself in many ways: mostly in depression and its many variants – anger, lethargy, uncontrollable crying. My main trigger is anxiety, which I usually get when I feel overwhelmed…
The Audience Anxiety
I recently went to Devoted and Disgruntled, an open space event where theatre makers get together and discuss, well, pretty much whatever they want. It was my first time attending, and, I have to say, I left far more devoted…
The Coming Storm, or keep speaking until you have something to say, maybe
I remember when my nephew was around 4 years old, I had put him on time out for misbehaving. When his time was up, I tried to rationally and calmly talk to him about why I had put him on…
Do you remember?
“We’re watching True Lies right now, do you remember?” Jared had jokingly recorded that on my teddy bear that let you record a quick message. I had that message on there for ages, all through high school until I moved…
If you want to feel like a rock star at Ed Fringe then wear a light bulb blue bowler hat.
[As this is a long post about Ed Fringe, please feel free to jump to sections: Daughters of Lot, Mies Julie, bad comedy guy, A Guide to Second Date Sex, How a Man Crumbled, Shane Koyczan, and conclusion] The Edinburgh…
The Pursuit of Money
Remember how back in June I wrote about why I was happily unemployed (for now)? Well for now has ended. I’m still happy and unemployed, but not so happy about the latter. “Oh theatre! That must be fun!” That was…
If men gave birth, this is what it would be like.
There’s quite a bit of feminist literature out there speculating how the world would be different if men were the ones who had to give birth. Joe Penhall’s darkly hysterical play Birthday at the Royal Court takes us to the…
The power of stories in The Drawer Boy
Michael Healey’s play The Drawer Boy playing at the Finborough is a touching story of memory, friendship, and guilt. It’s a wonderfully nuanced text which explores the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive and the stories we tell…
I’d gladly give another 8 hours to Gatz
At curtain call, I was so emotional that if I were to let go, I would have wept and wept and wept. I was so moved by the simple audacity of Elevator Repair Service’s Gatz – a reading and wonderfully imaginative…
Fear has potential but was ruined by a ghost
This is a very uncomfortable play and even with it’s many flaws Fear, playing at the Bush Theatre, is still and interesting story. The play chronicles disadvantaged youths, Kieran and his lackey Jason. We first meet Kieran as a meek…