Well done to all who were involved in the programming, hosting, performing and presenting at this year's Autumn Exchange. This mini festival is a showcase of work for children in Scotland and the quality of work was fantastically high. There were a good number of tour-ready shows plus some discussions and a few works-in-progress. Some personal highlights, and things to look out for in the future were:
The Monster in the Hall by TAG. Brilliant, fast-paced show for teenagers. It was funny, well performed, really slick direction and a great way to kick off the festival.
Cloud Man by Ailie Cohen. A beautiful wee show for young ones that stylishly incorporated performance, visual theatre and puppetry. Plus it had some great music.
Paperbelle by Frozen Charlotte. A wee gem of a show that started off like a blank canvas and ended up being a joyful celebration of colour.
Lots of other things to remember and be inspired by. Well done to all involved!
Friday 29 October 2010
The Farmer's Cheese in South Africa
I am just back from a wonderful trip to South Africa where I was performing in the fantastic children's show The Farmer's Cheese. This show has music composed by Oliver Searle, especially for children who wear cochlear ear implants. We have been performing the show on/off for over a year around the UK but this was our first excursion overseas. The show is funded by Med-el, a company who produce these implants, and in South Africa we performed the show for children, many of whom were cochlear users.
The show was fantastically popular with the kids. They really responded well to the music and loved the silly antics from the two performers, Clare McGarry and Martin O' Connor. We even had to sign some books at the end of one performance which made me feel a bit like a celebrity!
Friday 15 October 2010
Some photos
Hello. I just received some fantastic photos of my show Anmut from its designer Kate Temple.
I've also just completed an application to do the show at the Sound Thought festival in February next year so fingers crossed!
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