There is art in every moment of our lives if we just remember to open up and welcome it in. This morning my colleague Jacqui and I hopped in another Hull taxi and, as I have each journey, I asked…
Tag: NSDF
Students tackling big issues with power and skill
So I left you, dear reader, with my first impressions of Iconoclasts, Say It Loud, and Hull Tory Taxi Drivers. So here is instalment two when I look at agoraphobia, trans/cis gender, alcoholism, pelicans, self harm, mosaics, and anorexia –…
Powerful voices from the National Student Drama Festival
I’m not sure whether I will manage a daily dispatch from my time at the National Student Drama Festival, but let’s start with a first one. I arrived at 9.25pm last night from a day in Belfast, and the administrator…
National Student Drama Festival – 2016
What do the Addams Family, Toyland murders, verbatim theatre on child pornography, fast turnaround arts journalism, and a 3hr course of creative producing have in common? The answer is Scarborough and the National Student Drama Festival. For the 2nd year…
From Jabberwocky to NSDF, Darlington to Scarborough
I can’t believe I have never been to the National Student Drama Festival. I first met the founder, Clive Wolfe, when I was at Bristol starting the British Universities Shakespeare Company. He was wise and kind. But we met it…