George and I have had an exciting week together rehearsing Travellers’ Tales and performing at The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter as part of Creative Conversations at the From Devon With Love Festival. It was really interesting to perform our initial ideas for The Ugly Duckling & Other Tales from the Worboys Productions Theatre Farm Retreat and gather some feedback from the … Read More
Happy 2016!
Happy New Year! 2016 is upon us and we are excitedly preparing for the year ahead. We have submitted some important applications this week to develop The Ugly Duckling & Other Tales, a new theatre project for children aged between 4-7 and their families, inspired by Balinese Shadow Puppetry. We will be performing our initial ideas which we developed whilst … Read More
2016 approaches…
As Christmas approaches, it’s fair to say that it’s been a busy few months for George and I. I’m currently touring with Rainbow Theatre South West performing in Sleeping Beauty (it is Pantomime season after all). We are also writing our first Arts Council England Grant Application for The Ugly Duckling and Other Tales, a piece we developed whilst on … Read More
Writing, Rewriting (and maybe writing again)
I’m now in the last few weeks of my first term on University of Birmingham’s MRes Playwriting Studies course. Much of our focus has been on breaking down the structure of plays and developing our own voice as writers. In particular I found a session with Lin Coghlan on building plot from character a very enlightening lesson, and it has … Read More
Life on the Worboys Farm Retreat 2015
Last week, George had ventured to the Farm on his own to start work on our latest children’s theatre piece, the working title of which was ‘Shadow Stories’. Not really knowing what to expect on the farm, I set off from Devon on Sunday 30th August armed with my wellies, jumpers and waterproof jacket. The farm was in a beautiful … Read More
Farm Retreat Blog – Week One
Day One I arrived nice and early deep into the South Suffolk countryside. A few wrong turns and a tractor or two and I finally found it. A peaceful setting which will form my home for most of the next two weeks. I then made my ‘work home’ by setting up camp in a secluded studio space in the corner … Read More
Off to the farm…
Since our return from Sardinia, it’s been all go for us at Above Bounds and we have some exciting announcements…. No.1 We are going to the Farm! We have been given a place on the Worboys Productions Farm Retreat 2015 in a gorgeous location in Suffolk. This is a safe place for us to develop and devise some children’s theatre … Read More
Rooted Moon International Theatre Festival 2015- The Journey to Sardinia
Our journey to Sardinia started back in April. George knew that some graduates from the East 15 BA World Performance course were setting up this festival in Sardinia and asked me if I would like to produce a piece of new theatre for the occasion. This sounded exciting and was something that would really put our skills in inter-cultural theatre … Read More
Portrait Preview
Hello everyone. After a very successful Kickstarter campaign we have been busy preparing to take Portrait to Rooted Moon in Sardinia. This week will be our second week of rehearsals hosted by the lovely people at The Seagull Theatre in Lowestoft. And we have one more announcement for you! On the 23rd July we will be performing Portrait for the … Read More
We made it!
Yesterday we achieved 108% of our funding through Kickstarter! We are so grateful to everyone who donated and helped us spread the word. Now the preparations really begin. Outstanding rewards will be made and sent out, and we will begin rehearsals for Sardinia. We hope to announce some preview performances in the UK, so stay tuned for details. If you … Read More