Bind Tour Diary – Part 2

It seems a long time ago since our luxurious 10am starts in rehearsal and we now find ourselves 2 weeks into the Bind tour. After the second week’s rehearsal saw a host of fine-tuning from characterisation to the application of music and increasing technical problems...

“France Bad, England Good”

Calais Blog – Part 5 A few streets away from the food distribution centre, Catholic Aid is giving out second-hand clothing in a church hall. Migrants form a long queue into the street, once again mostly young Afghan men and boys and a few Africans. They are...

What Kind of Europe is this?

There are three French charities that provide meals for the destitute migrants in Calais: Salam, Belle Etoile, and since the beginning of 2009, l’Auberge des Migrants. They work in rotation and today the lunch is being provided by my new friends from l’Auberge des...

The Good Burghers of Calais

Up at 4.30 on a chilly November morning to go to Calais for the second time, hoping to interview more migrants for my script, and possibly meet up with some of the unaccompanied minors I interviewed five weeks ago in balmy September. This time the car is rammed full...

Bind: Tour Diary – Part 1

And with a week to go until the tour kicks off, intensive rehearsals for Bind (iceandfire’s new play for young people) are under way. Rehearsals so far have seen scientific adviser Dr Tom Churcher from Imperial College London add his, well, scientific advice...
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