On the Record – Blog #2

Draft two. Phew. Now it’s time to hear it read out by some actors and play with some staging ideas before getting it ready for rehearsal and production indien viagra. With the generous support of the National Theatre Studio, we’ll be doing that in mid-April. It’s...

Individual vs Society’s Rights

There is an ad on television at the moment that really gets my goat. I have a cold shiver every time it’s on. No, it’s not the Go Compare opera man, it’s an ad for skincare that starts with the line “Your skin has 3 fundamental rights…” Skin doesn’t have rights, and I...

Interrogating Verbatim Theatre

iceandfire celebrated the UN International Human Rights Day 2009 at LSE with a rehearsed reading of Broke. This bought the audience into connection with real-life experiences of people living in poverty in the UK – homelessness, unemployment, overwhelming debt...

Exploring Safe Spaces

iceandfire’s “Our Safe Space” Audiovisual Project, Sheffield. “Giving voice, providing a platform, skills development, social bonding, confidence building, breaking down barriers, community cohesion, racial equality” … the list of...

Friends in need…

Anyone who works at a charity will know what it’s like – although an organisation may be able to get funding for its project work (the “glamourous side” of the work, if you like!) it’s always hard to raise money for day-to-day basics...

Everyone Has the Right

For two years (2007 & 2008) iceandfire and Amnesty International UK ran the Protect the Human playwriting competition. This was a really exciting initiative as it gave iceandfire the opportunity to explore the work of hundreds of playwrights, create relationships...

Taking Liberties with Theatre

This article was originally printed in the Guardian Theatre Blog on 3/12/09 Next week, iceandfire theatre company launch Everyone Has the Right, a call for new plays about human rights, in partnership with Amnesty International. As their patron I should declare an...

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...
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