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Let it Flow - Fear & Creativity

It’s 13.10 on a Thursday and I’ve just topped up my glass of red. It’s Ok because I’m in the South of France on a self imposed writers’ retreat so it would literally be rude and counter productive not to. That’s what kind of person I am these days, literary and pretentious. I teach yoga too and I really like wine   so…I can’t be pinned down. It’s also ok because it’s getting hot and I’ll jump in the sea shortly, that’ll wake me the fuck up. I’ve come here with my mate Liz, she’s working on a novel. We need the space to be creative and bohemian and cool so we rented this Air B n B which is just gorgeous and the sea is literally across the road. And when I say road, I mean the M6. We can just about make out the soothing sounds of the Mediterranean lapping away at the shore, beneath the roar of dozens of HGVs en route to Italy. Manchester knocked the wind out of my sails recently. I finished Emergency Door Release, my one woman show, about three months ago. That was a crazy ...

Bypass & Breathe - Don't think, Just do

Last year I announced to my Mum that I was going to start a theatre company knowing full well   that a) I had no idea what that meant b) I had to do it lest I disappoint my Mother any more. I tried to pretend I hadn’t said it for a while until in a flurry of anxiety/excitement I very quietly launched ‘The Bluestocking Theatre Company’. And by that I mean...I made a Facebook page.  In another fit of progress I rattled off a mission statement (of sorts) -   ‘The Bluestocking Theatre Company will celebrate, elevate and illustrate the stories, voices and experiences of Humans identifying as Women. And, in the spirit of balance, it will also seek to tell the stories of people identifying as Men. Mostly it will tell the story of what it means to be Human. To entertain, educate, inspire and ignite, in ways yet to be discovered. Performing work from new, emerging as well as established writers' and artists', it seeks to bring fresh opportunities to those who feel d...