inspiration n stimulation or arousal of the mind, feelings, etc., to special or unusual activity or creativity the state or quality of being so stimulated or aroused someone or something that causes this state an idea or action resulting from such a state the act or process of inhaling; breathing in From English Collins Dictionary - …
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I have to be honest. It's day 8 of the 30 Day Challenge to myself to blog a-post-a-day and I was completely stumped on a topic. So today's subject comes from John Hunter, my lovely man. Ta! 8 Points to Keep in Mind... When it comes to chatting to the director during the initial meetings …
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As of writing, today is going to be a pretty typical day for me. As in hectic. And exactly the kind of work I like. 😉 Although composing is now my bread and butter, I also do some other work to keep the roof over my head. Today is a pretty good example of how …
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Beyond The Front Line is a new show by
Slunglow, currently in development and due to play at the Lowry, Manchester in October. Below is the new trailer...
Having just returned last Sunday from a week of research and development with the Slunglow team, I've had time to reflect on how the week went for me in terms of productivity, efficiency, effectiveness, those sorts of things. Winter Break We stayed in St. Aygulf on the South Coast of France, the French Riviera, just …
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Beyond The Front Line - Trailer (01:46) [audio:BFLPodcastAd.mp3] Click on the player to hear the trailer podcast for Beyond The Front Line, a outdoors installation theatre show produced by Slung Low in association with The Lowry Theatre. It's playing 7th-17th October 2009 and is shaping up to be an unforgettably epic theatrical experience with performance, movement, lights, sound, video projection and pyrotechnics.
This is Day 5 for me at the Sundance Theatre Lab at White Oak Plantation, Florida. I'm here as composer with a great bunch of artists from Punchdrunk Theatre developing ideas for their epic, immersive, experiential, theatre adaptation of Woyzeck.
The 'short adventure for one', Helium, has completed its run at the Barbican. 4 stars in The Guardian The show is a theatrical installation, or 'box show', where an audience member travels through a number of specially-constructed rooms featuring digital audio, video and live performance. The audience is invited to follow Bella's imaginary journey through …
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Hi - and welcome to my new blog! My first post comes on one of the last few performance dates of 'Helium' by Slung Low, performing at The Barbican in London to riotous acclaim (4 stars in The Guardian, same in Metro), and the news that I'll be off to Florida in October with the …
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