do your own thing

A few months back, I was invited by Maddy Costa and the Dramaturg’s Network to speak on a panel about “Diaspora Dramaturgies”. I still don’t really know what that term means (and perhaps it’s …

I’ve been working on a kind of self-help tract for my own self, to reconcile some of the contradictions of being a caring artist in the shadow of capitalism. This is the second notebook post on the …

Since late lockdown, I’ve been working on a kind of self-help tract for my own self, to reconcile some of the contradictions of being a caring artist in the shadow of capitalism. For a while I …

It's been a tough year for anyone working in the performing arts, and I want to pick apart something I'm hearing more and more, especially as theatres announce their re-opening programmes and …

On quantum emotions. Writing drama, you're regularly asked to justify the actions of the fictional people you're creating, to give them clear reasons for doing what they do and saying what they say. …

The peeps at Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio invited me to do a lunchtime talk for them over summer. I've been banging on forever about how the theatre industry (and wider arts/creative worlds …

Last year, Tim and I wrote an Ethical Policy for Sleepdogs*. I’ve been meaning to post it up for months, and today it feels like my non-negotiable duty to share anything that stands up for y’know, …

I made this for the Sleepdogs office. It’s about not always doing things the same way, with the same patterns (unless that’s the right thing to do.) Also: trying to be clear and kind – to others, to …

When I was kid, I dreamed of being a film star (obviously). And in those fantasies, I pictured my adult film star self as having white skin. This didn’t at the time strike me as weird or odd in any …

Watch out. Absolute marathon, this one. Over the next few months I’m working as a dramaturg and writer alongside some great artists, as well as giving a few talks and workshops about sound design for …

To be clear, I made this chart for myself... (Click here for full-size readability fun.) I’ve been getting back into the frame of mind where I’m writing theatre for other people to produce. And I …