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2 June 2022 opera / Regular Marvels II / Traction

This is special

In the dusty hall of a disused prison workshop, 30 people shuffle into a big circle. Silence falls. They draw

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6 April 2022 Regular Marvels I / Uncategorized / Where we dream

Start by valuing what’s already there

Last night, Arlene Goldbard and I recorded the next episode of our blog, ‘A Culture of Possibility’. Our guest was

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20 September 2021 Uncategorized / Wish You Were Here

‘Wish You Were Here’ – Meeting at last

Yesterday, eight months after we first saw each other in the blurry haze of Zoom, the writers with whom I

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21 August 2021 Regular Marvels II

Better together

Last night I sat in a Dublin B&B for watching a performance unfold in Leeds Playhouse through a laptop screen.

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20 August 2021 Regular Marvels II / Uncategorized

Livestream – Watch ‘The Promise of a Garden’ tonight

This week, Leeds Playhouse welcomes the public back to the theatre with ‘The Promise of a Garden’. This unusual production,

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5 August 2021 Regular Marvels II / Wish You Were Here

Trusting the process, again

In January 2021, for the first time in my life, I wrote a long, detailed outline for a community art

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25 July 2021 Regular Marvels II / Uncategorized / Wish You Were Here

‘Look! We have come through!’

‘Wish You Were Here’ – is here! Yesterday, a parcel of books was delivered to Sonya Hundal, the shadow writer

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4 July 2021 Regular Marvels II / Uncategorized / Wish You Were Here

Final proofs: Writing from Boston’s Lockdown

We’ve almost made a book. The final proofs went out to the writers of ‘Wish You Were Here’ on 1

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14 June 2021 Regular Marvels II / Traction / Uncategorized

Learning the right lessons

Ten days ago, at home in France, I watched a live stream of a performance happening in Portugal. Nós. Vocês. Toda

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21 May 2021 Regular Marvels II / Traction / Uncategorized

Using digital technology in co-creation workshops

The clue’s in the name: participatory art happens when people get to participate. The closure of cinemas, theatres and music

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