News & Blog

Keep up to date with all our activities by reading our regular blogs written by actor and theatre practitioner Janine Haynes.

• Lots of exciting news!

  15 April 2018 - by Rosemary Hill - with 0 comments

  

  Well, we are well into the tour of “Funny Faces” two plays by Steve Dimmer - “Simply Joan” and “Wot Sid Did” working with Next Page Productions. The first outing was the Sid play for Oldham Sit Com Festival which went brilliantly! Then the whole programme i.e. both plays were…

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• Touring!

  5 April 2018 - by Rosemary Hill - with 0 comments

  Well, working for Next Page Productions has been a huge delight. Great fun. We have worked very hard whilst laughing along the way.

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• Can anybody act?

  26 March 2018 - by Rosemary Hill - with 0 comments

  We read and see a lot about hopefuls who may have some skill in performing being on the many talents shows on TV...

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• Funny Faces by Steve Dimmer

  18 March 2018 - by Rosemary Hill - with 0 comments

  

  These are two monologues which are funny, poignant and touching. Steve Dimmer’s writing is based on extensive research and he draws us into these two actors’ lives.  People may not associate me (Rosemary Hill) as a director of comedy, but actually I do love comedy- whether it be acting,…

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• Are the classics still relevant?

  5 March 2018 - by Rosemary Hill - with 0 comments

  Last night I went to see Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” at Milton Keynes Theatre - a new version by Patrick Marber directed by Ivo van Hove for the National Theatre.

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• How to build a project - How funding is achieved

  30 January 2018 - by Rosemary Hill - with 0 comments

  We are in between projects at the moment. We have lots of ideas bubbling away and we are keen to get started, but it all depends on funding!

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• The importance of creativity!

  22 January 2018 - by Rosemary Hill - with 0 comments

  It is well known that doing creative things whatever it may be makes people happy.

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• The Role of the Director

  10 January 2018 - by Rosemary Hill - with 0 comments

  There’s been much in the news in the past few months about The Globe Theatre...

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• What A Year!

  27 December 2017 - by Rosemary Hill - with 0 comments

  Well, as 2017 draws to a close we take a look at what we did in the last year. It’s been a great year for both The Play’s The Thing, (our professional company) and Pepper’s Ghost (our sister community inclusive company).

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• Diversity

  19 December 2017 - by Rosemary Hill - with 0 comments

  ​There’s much talk about diversity these days. Funding bodies like the Arts Council want to see it as they want to see inclusivity.....

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