by Iceandfire | Sep 18, 2009 | Blog |
What have I learnt so far during my Canadian odyssey researching theatre for young people? First and foremost that Canada is big! Very, very big. I have been with the francophones in Montreal, the city slickers in Toronto, the oil barons in Calgary and now with laid... by Iceandfire | Sep 7, 2009 | Blog |
One of the things that terrifies me most about creating theatre which delves into the lives of real people is getting the details wrong. This is especially true when those people are caught up in an issue which is still being played out in the news and in society more... by Iceandfire | Aug 27, 2009 | Blog |
During an interview with a PhD student on Friday I was asked whether I, with my performance, was trying to be like the real person I’m interpreting in Rendition Monologues (Binyam Mohamed). To sound like him. To move like him. Honestly, as weird as it sounds, I don’t... by Iceandfire | Aug 13, 2009 | Blog |
At the end of July the core team of iceandfire decamped to the wilds of Norfolk for their first ever company Away Day. An intense three days was spent there in a hostel; brainstorming, planning and consolidating a clear financial and artistic vision spanning the next... by Iceandfire | Aug 12, 2009 | Blog |
Our most recent outreach script, Seven Years With Hard Labour, written in partnership with Index on Censorship, launched on Saturday night at the brand new Free Word Centre in central London. Performed to mark the 21st anniversary of the 8th of August uprising, the... by Iceandfire | Aug 3, 2009 | Blog |
In November 2009 iceandfire will launch a free, unsolicited script service for playwrights exploring human rights stories, PlayRights. But what is a human rights story? We have prepared the below in order to try and answer that question and would really value your... by Iceandfire | Jul 20, 2009 | Blog |
iceandfire’s Patron and esteemed actor Juliet Stevenson has been awarded a London Citizen of Sanctuary Award, for her work promoting the cause of asylum seekers and refugees in Britain. Ms Stevenson was unable to attend the ceremony in June so was presented the... by Iceandfire | Jul 16, 2009 | Blog |
What’s the link between community health programmes and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? Or, more specifically, the MMR vaccination and Article 29, ‘Everyone has duties to the community’? Once you find a link, how do you write a play for 12 year... by Iceandfire | Jul 6, 2009 | Blog |
This article by Colin Firth in The Guardian today eloquently explores the pitfalls and advantages of actors getting involved in charitable and/or political causes. Essentially, the problem is that the public and the media can become frustrated and cynical about... by Iceandfire | Jul 1, 2009 | Blog |
Thoughts on writer’s envy, Iran, Israel/Palestine and the u.s.p. of playwriting… There are times, particularly when I am ‘between’ plays, that I suffer from ‘novelist-envy’. Although the journey of a play from conception to production is likely...
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