‘Write this down’
It was the end of a long day. We’d run out of time and the guards needed to get us
Life interrupted
Some personal news on my other site:
Without access, nothing is possible
For decades, longer even, cultural policy in Europe has been imagined as a conflict between two ideas. The first is
Between Beckett and Homer: excellence in co-creation
There are moments in every good community art project when you watch, suspended between wonder and terror, as it takes
‘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
The difference between a professional and a non-professional artist – Part 2
What does ‘professional’ mean? Like many words, professional has changed its meaning over the course of history, adapting itself to society’s evolving
The difference between a professional and a non-professional artist – Part 1
This photograph of the artists working on Irish National Opera’s Out of the Ordinary project was taken on 20 August 2021, at
Better together
Last night I sat in a Dublin B&B for watching a performance unfold in Leeds Playhouse through a laptop screen.
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,
Trusting the process, again
In January 2021, for the first time in my life, I wrote a long, detailed outline for a community art
‘Look! We have come through!’
‘Wish You Were Here’ – is here! Yesterday, a parcel of books was delivered to Sonya Hundal, the shadow writer
Regular Marvels 