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If creative artists sit with an idea bubbling inside them waiting for someone else to realise it, then they may have to wait some time.   In New York a SPA is not just a glorious place to release your tensions…

I have been taught the mantra “No Harm to Self, Other and Space” by Kath through watching her at work with the Authentic Artists in a wonderful array of workshops, rehearsals and human interactions.  I have used it in my…

I sometimes describe myself as someone who has an opinion on everything, and I can make a decision 100% of the time when needed, but maybe 25% of the decisions will be wrong. I’m trying to get across to someone…

One of the strange things to reflect on is how much time I am spending at the moment within my childhood and early life. Apart from organising a 50th anniversary gathering for the drama department and theatre we all worked…

For 10 years I have had the pleasure of facilitating and growing Producers’ Pool. Pre-lockdown we met monthly in London and then throughout covid we held monthly meetings on zoom.  The network is for producers and programmers of theatre and…

Yesterday I joined the rally at the Scottish Government to demand/cry for MSPs to stop cutting the arts. But in a rapidly moving political game,  the night before the original cut had been rescinded.  This was the latest in a…

I have been into Edinburgh 10 days over the last 2 weeks and clocked up 39 shows actually attended. I have another week to go with 4 more days in town.  Each show I see I aim to write a…

This blog covers three projects – 1. UK Korean Connections, 2. Producers’ Persona a database of and for creative producers across UK and beyond, and 3. Essential Creative Producing, the 10th course offered under my CGO Institute banner– this time…

Friends will know I am a great champion of the What Next movement and meetings. I aim to go to as many of the fortnightly intense 1hr conferences on zoom as I can. So much is discussed with an audience/participation…