Greater Manchester Fringe Festival 2017
Last year, largely through a mixture of bad timing and disorganisation, I managed to completely miss my chance to be involved in the...
Margaret - a monologue
It's been some time since I produced one of my own plays. Well four months to be precise... so not that long at all eh? But this time...
Avoidance - the new play by Mike Heath
The end of this month (May 2017) sees Agrippa Productions bring award-winning playwright Mike Heath's newest play Avoidance to the stage...
What now?
My play Marina and the Clone opened last week for a short run at the Kings Arms, Salford. Of the four nights three of them sold out and...
All the real work is done in the rehearsal period ~ Donald Pleasence
Last week saw rehearsals start for Marina and the Clone, my first project as solo producer. We began on Monday evening with a read...
Shopping is for winners
Part of the role of a producer - at least a fringe-theatre producer - is to source props and costumes for the play you're working on. ...
How to be a brilliant poster artist
Think about a poster. A poster for a play or a movie let's say. How do you even go about coming up with something like that? When I...
Writing is re-writing
I finished writing Marina and the Clone more than two years ago - or so I thought. First drafts are called first drafts for a reason....
The highs and lows of auditioning for a cast
This Saturday just gone our director Mike and I spent the afternoon auditioning for the two male parts in the new production of Marina...
In search of a venue - it's not as easy as you'd think
As a new producer one of the first challenges I've faced is finding venues. Well not exactly finding them, I know what I want, it's more...
