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Book, Music & Lyrics
I’ve been telling people lately: I didn’t mean to write the book, music, and lyrics for Ukulele Days all by myself, and I hope I’ll never do it again. Don’t get me wrong, I’m really proud of Ukulele Days, I’ve loved working on it, and I’m so excited to take the next steps with the… Read more
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Three Years Later…
It’s hard to know where to begin this post. Last time I wrote, I was on my way to one of the last rehearsals for HOT (Helen of Troy). I feel so lucky that we were able to complete our planned run of four performances at The Cockpit at the beginning of February 2020 before… Read more
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Devised Experiments in Breaking Zoom
If people are saying “that’s not theatre” because the Zoom meetings they’re in are not theatrical, then that’s just a failure of imagination. There’s so much more potential than people realize at first glance. Read more
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Where Credit is Due
I’m writing this on my way to the second week of rehearsals for HOT (Helen of Troy). I’m stuck in traffic on the North Circular with a dozen boxes in the back of the car — oh, don’t worry, someone else is driving — and thinking about the best way to assemble the set pieces… Read more
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Was Helen of Troy real?
Earlier this week, I went to the British Museum to see their new exhibition, TROY: Myth and Reality… Read more
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Human Murmurations
It’s the listening that is really key for improvisation, and the song keeps changing as we each try out different ideas, sometimes offering a new melody and sometimes giving support to what someone else is singing. Read more
AMY CLARE TASKER 