For this month’s blog, three members of the Jungle Door team share their experiences at the Edinburgh Fringe. Edinburgh Fringe Storytime by Sabrina Kelleher Edinburgh Fringe Vlog by Rena Bryson Edinburgh Fringe blog by Hazel Doolan It’s been a month since Edinburgh and I’m still processing it. When speaking to anyone, my words have beenContinue reading “Eva’s Echo’s Edinburgh Fringe Experience”
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Stages of Arts Applications
This is a busy time of year for artists of all disciplines for sure. Reason being, applications! Whether applying through the Arts Council, upcoming festivals, bursaries or any other type of funding, the summer months seem to be peak times with numerous applications opening and deadlines assigned by the new time. Here are just someContinue reading “Stages of Arts Applications”
Directing Digital : Uniform
The clothes line is down, the costumes in storage and the stage/screen empty. That’s curtains for Uniform, something I somewhere deep down didn’t think I’d ever be able to say! For several reasons, check out the video above for the full story. Such a big chapter deserves a proper closure, so for this month’s blog I thought I’d reflect on the process of creating digital theatre, what I learnt and how the experience has affected my view of digital theatre. I hope this article will be useful for other artists creating digital work.
The Curse of the Clothes Play
So, last year I wrote a play. For the reasons of the events after writing it, I shall no longer call it by name until post-production. Now I shall refer to it as ‘The Clothes Play’. Anyway, after writing ‘The Clothes Play’, we set out our rehearsal schedule, meetings, key dates, and any other things that go into production. We were all set and then these things happened;
Whatever happened to class?
I’m about to ask a big and complex question, which I have no intention of fully answering but I would really like to ignite a conversation on the topic. Are the arts classist? For the purposes of this short blog, I’m going to focus on the Irish theatre industry as it’s the area I’m most familiar with. I’ll also be discussing the issue through my own personal experiences within this blog but in the future will explore the industry from a birds-eye view.
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