We are performing ‘White Canvas’ at the Nightingale in Brighton as part of the Fringe on 27th & 28th May with Loucas Hajiantoni on piano. 5 shows in 3 days. Come and get some!

I am currently rehearsing Michael Rosen’s ‘Going on a Bear Hunt’ at the Little Angel Theatre in Islington. It is a great place to work. Pete Glanville is directing, Barb Jungr is doing the songs and music and I am performing with George Williams, Lowri James and Jess Jones. It is going to be on 11th May to 21st July 2013.

‘White Canvas’ is the first show by my new company Bespoke Taylors. This is a company I have set up with Clare Dunn and is based in Brighton. This first project has been made in collaboration with Little Green Pig Writing Project and Ella Burns and has been devised using music, painting, dance & object puppetry. We performed the first version of the show at Les Moussaillons Festival in Cayeux-sur-Mer in France in February.

The show has been made possible with R&D funding from Arts Council South East, all at the Nightingale Theatre, Brighton Dome, Passe Muraille, Loucas Hajiantoni who composed the music, New Writing South, Jonathan Young, Janine Fletcher, Commotion Dance, The Point, Eastleigh & a little pack of Taylors!

We are on Twitter @BespokeTaylors & Facebook as Bespoke Taylors Theatre

We did a workshop for five days with six children in Arrest France as part of Les Moussaillons Festival on the theme of Giant & Miniature with Clare Dunn and Joelle Loucif. It was great and we performed the end result, a 25 minute performance, to the village on the Friday. Here are some workshop shots.

I am in France working in Cayeux-sur-mer at LES MOUSSAILLONS festival. Me and Clare are here with our new company Bespoke Taylors and new show ‘White Canvas’ and have a van full of set and stuff! We have seen some shows already in this festival and from Monday to Friday we are doing workshops with Kids from the nearby village of Arrest with the wonderful scenographer Joelle Loucif who lives in Paris. The theme of the workshops are ‘Giant and Minature’ working with objects and the body and scenography. We perform our show at the Salles de fetes in Cayeux on Saturday 23rd in Cayeux-sur-mer.

Just been asked to work with the wonderful Hiccup Theatre Company; Sarah Brigham and Ivan Stott on their new show ’GRACE NOTES’ their experimental sound installation piece, for one family at a time to experience. This is for a week in March at the Point in Eastleigh and will be working with the wonderful Ed Wren. I will be taking the brass!

This is the project that I am working on with my new company Bespoke Taylors, I am co Artistic Director with Clare Dunn. We are making the first version of ‘White Canvas’ in collaboration with young writers from Little Green Pig Writing Project & Ella Burns. We have funding from the Arts Council South East and support from New Writing South, the Nightingale Theatre & Brighton Dome. Our first sharing will be at the Nightingale Theatre on Friday 15th Feb followed by:

Week of 18th February at the Festival Les Moussaillons, Cayeux-Sur-Mer, France

16th March @ Studio Theatre, Brighton Dome as part of Artichoke Art Group’s physical Theatre Showcase ‘im-Pulse’

27th & 28th May @ Nightingale Theatre, Brighton Festival Fringe

Working for the next two days with Little Angel Theatre, Royal & Derngate Theatre Northampton and Polka Theatre on ‘Moomin Summer Madness’ with Pete Glanville, Ben Glasstone and Laura McEwan!

A nice wrote up here from the Southampton Daily Echo for ‘The Elves and the Shoemakers’.

A nice review from British Theatre Guide for ‘Elves’ at the Take Off Festival in Durham. The bit that goes “including a tantalisingly brief bit of tap” refers to some of my fancy foot work! When Auntie Barbara came to see the show she called me Twinkle Toes afterwards!

I am currently in Theatre Hullabaloo’s touring production of ‘The Elves & the Shoemakers’ directed by Sarah Brigham, written by Mike Kenny & music by Ivan Stott. We made the show at the Point in Eastleigh have been on the road for three weeks playing in theatres, schools and community centres around the UK, mainly in the north east.

Today we go to the Take Off Festival in Durham! This is a big showcase of theatre work for younge people and lots of people and artists from all over will be there! The show is great and I am tap dancing, puppeteering, playing trombone, ukulele & euphonium, singing and doing a bit of acting!

These are the tour dates:

Had a very last minute and pleasing audition in London for David Wood who is directing ‘Spot’s Birthday Party’ next year.

‘Ten Out of Ten’ is Clare’s new show about success and failure and has been commissioned by Ovalhouse to open their autumn season of new work. It starts on 9th October till 27th @ 7.45pm. Only 40 seats per show and is lots of fun…

Follow them on Twitter @TenOutOfTenShow

Well, that was Edinburgh 2012. A great time spent in the company of ‘The Lonely One’ and Dotted Line Theatre. Here is a shot from the production with me, Rachel Warr, Sophie Steel & Jennie Fox. Photo by Tom Crame.