News & Blog
Keep up to date with all our activities by reading our regular blogs written by actor and theatre practitioner Janine Haynes.
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What A Year!
27 December 2017 - by Rosemary Hill
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
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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Arts for Health
15 December 2017 - by Rosemary Hill
An All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Well Being published an Inquiry Report in July 2017 entitled “Creative Health: The Arts For Health and Well Being”
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What is theatre? What do we want from it?
5 December 2017 - by Rosemary Hill
There are many forms of theatre in many different cultures. Should it be more physical than cerebral? Do we need to get away from text and wordiness?
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Post show blues and more
4 December 2017 - by Rosemary Hill
Many people say they get the post show blues when a production has ended.
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Working as a social enterprise
19 November 2017 - by Janine Haynes
The Play’s The Thing Theatre Company is a Community Interest Company, this means we are a social enterprise and we work for the good of the community.
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What a Performance!
10 November 2017 - by Janine Haynes
Well, “Our Town” has been performed and what an enjoyable experience it was. There’s nothing like a play production to bring out the best in team working.
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And so the ‘Our Town Get-in’ begins…
30 October 2017 - by Rosemary Hill
Well, we are now about to move into Stantonbury Theatre this weekend. It’s the 'Get-in' for 'Our Town' by Thornton Wilder....
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Our Town - performances grow closer!
24 October 2017 - by Rosemary Hill
We are getting ever closer to the performance of “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder. I’ve been promoting the play everywhere. Marketing has to be done on all platforms so thousands of flyers have gone out to schools, colleges and many other organisations or given to shops and outlets…
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Wired for Sound!
20 October 2017 - by Rosemary Hill
I’m currently directing “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder as part of MK 50’s “Home Sweet Home” project with Grid Arts (a collaborative group which has delivered several MK50 projects this year).
This is a joint project for my two theatre companies Pepper’s Ghost and The Play’s The Thing.
Pepper’s…