Category Archive: theatre

21 Jan

The Theatre Spirit

The Theatre Spirit

Once upon a time… I wonder how many great stories start with that line… I once entered a competition to write a fairy tale, in the …

 
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20 Jan

Fairy tales

Fairy tales

I love stories. Give me a good story and I’m gone – lost in the pages or the narrative until it’s good and done. I’ve been known …

 
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09 Sep

The Big Banana

The Big Banana

Tonight, on the waterfront, the Wellington Ukulele Orchestra were in fine form. For sheer musical meaty goodness it’s very, very hard to beat them. I …

 
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18 Dec

Celebrating life

Celebrating life

Another Christmas is close at hand. A time to celebrate the gift of life. Celebrating beginnings and endings lessons learnt along the way achievements pain endured and survived new dreams new plans decisions made opportunities taken shedding …

 
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12 Jul

315 – The nature of the observer

315 – The nature of the observer

A couple of times lately I’ve rushed into our lunch room early in the morning to grab a jump-start coffee only to find myself in …

 
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17 Jun

290 – Pictures at an exhibition

290 – Pictures at an exhibition

As a kid I loved not only Modest Mussorgsky’s compositions ‘Pictures at an exhibition‘, I loved the whole idea – walk around, consider the works, …

 
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07 May

249 – Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left.

249 – Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left.

Undermine their pompous authority, reject their moral standards, make anarchy and disorder your trademarks. Cause as much chaos and disruption as possible but don’t let …

 
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12 Dec

103 – Can you feel it?

103 – Can you feel it?

There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you …

 
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28 Nov

089 – Gift of the amateur

089 – Gift of the amateur

Music, after all, is the background score to our lives, not merely surviving in our memory banks long after so many of our seemingly stronger …

 
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05 Oct

035 – Waiter, waiter…

035 – Waiter, waiter…

Being a waiter is a lot like theatre – it’s not surprising given that starving waiters all over the world have to support themselves by …

 
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