Monday 17 December 2012

I must post this article TODAY!

http://www.rferl.org/content/pen-day-imprisoned-writer-remembering-jailed-voices/24771628.html

Please have a look at this article: to all my fellow writers who cannot keep their dignity because they write about the Truth!

Blessed be xx

Sunday 9 December 2012

Production Team [1]

While I prepare the business plan for my play, here's some information on some of the artists who will work for me on my debut theatrical work.

As promised, continuing this "catwalk" of artists, my mentor and co-director, Chris Amos.


Chris graduated in Theatre Arts from Bretton Hall College in 1987 and has worked as an actor, writer and director ever since.  Written work includes RED STARS, the opera FLIGHT 19, the Cameron Mackintosh Award nominated THE RETURN OF DOCTOR X and the critically acclaimed and award winning AMERICAN EAGLE, due to be revived in 2013.
He has created the award winning module THE REALM BELOW for Bioware’s NEVERWINTER NIGHTS computer Report Programme Generator (RPG).  He is currently working on the script for THE RAINBOW WITCHES, an animated film for children, and a new play with music CHASING LEVIATHAN, due to première in 2013.  

There were two other local artists with more or less the same experience as Chris in theatre production, both at professional and amateur levels.  Chris was the first on my list and the one that matched perfectly the type of production I'm staging due to his extensive experience in Youth Theatre. He's also the artistic director of Sparx Theatre Company, a group open to people with disabilities of all ages, which made him the perfect candidate to co-direct the play! He showed an interest after reading the first draft of the script, and I feel extremely honoured and blessed to be mentored by him throughout the development of this production.

Unfortunately, I have no picture to show You yet, so I guess You'll have to make an effort to come and see the play!  :)

Wednesday 5 December 2012

A quote dear to me!


Didn't we all have dreams when we were young?  But the reality of making a living took over when we had to pay our bills, rent our apartments, raise our families, and take care of others.  We sacrificed our dreams, repressed them, or delegated them to the background until they were so far away that we forgot they ever existed.  
Lucinda Bassett

You should know I'm a collector, an unusual one: I'm a collector of Words! Since my teenage I've been collecting quotations!

Quotations can be an inspiration to many, words that can brighten up a dull day or task, words that can give birth to new ideas, that can produce those rare Aha! moments we all need in our life!

Through quotes, I have often felt a relief in realising that what happened to me is common to other people, one of the reasons that led me to engage in blogging for my project.  I am aware that I'm not an isolated case, that many others like me have put on hold or completely forgotten their dreams, and I really hope this project will inspire as many as possible to go search the path they were meant to walk, because I strongly feel and believe this is the right time!

I'm also aware that this project might not be successful, but it feel fantastic to be able to work on it and try to make it work.

Things are progressing in many ways, links and networks are forming, and I have been put in front of the bold reality that it is certainly hard work but it's worth it! I must thank Pasco Kevlin for invaluable advice on how to apply for a grant: this guy might not be there in one month time since the Arts Council is changing and cutting on many of its services  ¬_¬

Blessings x