Nosferatu in Perth and Kinross

On Monday this week I was in Crieff. I shared two performances of ‘Nosferatu’, one of which was dementia friendly, at the Richmond Care Home. Thank you to the wonderful care staff, particularly Suzie and to Strathearn Arts for its support. It was a most enjoyable day!

#Nosferatu #Puppetry #StrathearnArts #RichmondCareHome #Crieff #Storytelling #PerthandKinross

An Actor’s Core Skills: Storytelling

This September I will be delivering this adult weekly acting course for Edinburgh Acting School at Summerhall Arts. The above pictures are of some of last terms students presenting the story they created in their final class of the course. We spent the term looking at lots of different aspects of storytelling – our voices, our bodies, our relationship to the audience, the use (or not) of technology, preparation for performance, rehearing, feeling confident, visual storytelling, object theatre and puppetry. Students wrote original work, performed a piece they had learnt in the past, or an extract from a favourite novel – even a dungeons and dragons scenario. I am looking forward to meeting the new students – there are still spaces available so please do come along to Summerhall this autumn and winter!

Book a place here: https://www.edinburghactingschool.com/actorscoreskills

My Two Bessies are off to Beacon Arts!

Ada and Little Toy are bringing their stories to Beacon Arts this Sunday. Ada is going on an epic adventure to find her seven brothers and Little Toy is risking life and limb on the high seas in search of best friend Gem. Don’t miss them! Little Toy is at 11 am and Ada’s story – The Seven Ravens – is at 1.30. Click on the links to book! #puppets #stories #fairytales #families #storytelling #objecttheatre #beaconarts