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A blurry image of a performer in motion, rising and opening her arms wide on a black stage

Always An Artist - Week 50

A manifesto, of sorts

Two mason jars holding bouqets of flowers. In the bottom right, roses in white and peach tones. In the top left, other flowers that I can't name in red, white and green.

Making An Impact

It's what we're all trying to do, right?

A rehearsal room with cream walls and light brown wooden flooring. In the foreground is white sheet music titled "Oh Stevie, Why Am I Doing This?" in the blurry background, you can see a person on a chair wearing light blue dungarees.

Faded Glamour

A song cycle

Lots of books with colourful covers arranged in the shape of a heart. Resting on green grass.

How To Be A Romantic

Come and see the show!

A mood board of images, featuring big dark starry skies, colourful northern lights, rusting farm equipment, winter trees and wooden cabins

Director's Concept - Almost Maine

I'm really in love with this one

A group of people sat in the audience lit by an orange glow from the stage, all looking to the left of the image. They are excited and clapping along to the music. They are sat in a marquee with cream fabric walls, looking like there could be a wedding at any moment.

A Conference, a sit-in and a boogie!

It's been a whirlwind but in a good way.

A white man in his 20s singing and pointing to the left. He is in a black theatre with lights behind his head. He is wearing a black top and red plaid shirt.

Schrodinger's Cup

An analogy that will be explained

A mood board. Most of the images are in dark blues, greens or earth tones. They depict resistance fighters in World War Two, gritty civilian survivors, and ethereal ballerinas in ragged romantic tutus. There are navy blue text boxes featuring quotes of desperation and deep feeling.

Director's concept - Die Rheinnixen

The return of the mood board!

A recording studio. There's a keyboard in the foreground and some microphones in the middle of the room. All the decor is in warm, earthy brown and yellow tones. There is a window on the left wall into the mixing room.

Admiration

A very cool week

In the foreground, an iPad on a music stand. The front page on the iPad screen reads "Have You Met Stan? A New Musical." Blurry in the background are three people gathered round a bar having a discussion.

Have You Met Stan?

In rehearsals

In the foreground, a woman with a brunette bob faces away from the camera. She is wearing a black and white striped top and is hunched over writing in a notebook. She is in a grey and cream rehearsal studio. Blurry in the background is an actor dressed in black.

I almost forgot that this is the point

Forgive the title - I rarely hop on trends

A bed with grey sheets. On the duvet, there is a cream notebook, open to a page with writing, and some beige postcards.

A new show - the early stages

This isn't a blog about a consistent strategy - I don't have one

A paperback copy of the play, with "Much Ado About Nothing" written in white text. There is a dark-toned pre-Raphaelite painting of a woman on the cover. The background is light brown wood.

Director's Concept - Much Ado About Nothing

I will always be a Shakespeare girl

A mood board. The pictures are mostly in dark, woody tones, featuring lots of books and files. There are orangey-brown text boxes featuring quotes from the show.

Director's concept - Testament

Going into a bit more detail

An overhead shot of a desk. There is a silver laptop at the top, and a planning notebook in the middle, with colourful tabs. There is a hand coming into shot form the right, making notes on a pink post-it.

Why I have never ever saved myself time

Facilitation is so labour intensive

A mood board for a production of Traviata. There are blue text boxes containing quotes about misunderstanding, shattered illusions and not seeing things clearly. The images show large scale artworks with mirrors, people falling, the Louvre glass pyramid, prisms throwing colourful light, and breaking glass.

Always An Artist - Week 2

A few observations

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Always An Artist - launch

My 2025 challenge to myself

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