Gill Kirk: making it all up
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Magic Beans & The Myth of Artistic Poverty
Poverty paralyses art. It doesn’t inspire. It murders. For twenty months, while my life was fat with “material” (running away from domestic abuse with a freshly-two year-old), it was thin on cash. As the months went by, the rent went up, the flexible hours vanished and the hope of ever getting a mortgage and stable…
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A bad writer…
Before you leap in, protesting, writing letters to the Queen, setting up Change.org petitions, I’ll say I don’t mean I’m a bad writer….just an appalling blog writer. Phew. The country heaved a sigh and put down its quills. On the 1001 excuses list, the top one is I’ve been writing. Loads. All of it (fanfare)…
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Learning from the professionals- part 1
A wee thought or two about the first of two script development days in the last 10 days. Mainly about brilliant actors and directors.
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A Bit of a Song and Dance
Ever feel you’ve got the weight of the universe on your shoulders? You need Dan Dare – or does he need you? One man’s “Potteresque” escape hatch, live on stage and for one night only… A script in hand show – come and see theatre get made! Monday 14 July, 7:30pm, Tobacco Factory Theatres (Brewery)…
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Stage Manager sought
A quick ad from our sponsors. Tobacco Factory Writers’ Forum (Bristol) are seeking a stage manager for 1-night script in hand with lots of “business”, to join a 100% unpaid team. If it still sounds interesting, read on. You’ll need to source lots of props and some costume between now and the show on 14…
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A quantum of an update
Just a very quick cheat of a posting: click here for the first update for supporters of the quantum play. News on our support from Old Vic New Voices Lab, how we beat the fundraising target by 25%, a piece in Arts Professional on what not to do and the skinny on this month’s big…
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Tips from my crowdfunding experience
The great chaps at Arts Professional have run a piece on my crowdfunding experience. If you remember, I was aiming to pay professional actors and director to help workshop my quantum mechanics script. Here’s a link to my original crowdfunding video – https://youtu.be/JTjduZoCWpk And here’s the piece: happy reading! http://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/272/article/tough-month
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Exciting news…..soon!
Spring is in the air, the blossom is appearing and things are starting to happen with the next stage of QM, my quantum mechanics play. If you remember, we raised 25% above target in December-January, through talentbacker, to fund a script development day with professional actors and a director…. Things are starting to happen, so…
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Does this make me a Marxist?
Busy, good times. Last week saw the London VAULT Festival outing of Passion, thanks to Allie Butler and Helen Cuinn at tidycarnage. I’ve also been working up the notorious ten-page treatment (and other stuff) required for ifeatures and proposals for Screen Yorkshire’s Triangle. And we’re moving towards the development day for the all-consuming quantum mechanics…
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Chance to see…
Upcoming show dates: 4-8 March, 6:30 pm, London – PASSION: http://www.thevaultfestival.com/passion/ – tidy carnage do their magic with Passion, a one-woman rave for a soldier with PTSD, as part of the excellent VAULTS Festival 2014. Edan’s back from Afghanistan and raving; hunting an escape. Just what kind of escape will become all too clear… July…
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And as if by magic, the story structure appeared
There are a million books on story structure, especially in the screenwriting world. You can leap from Joseph Campbell, through Christophers Vogler & Booker, to Robert Key, Syd Field, Viki King, Blake Snyder and most recently, the excellent Into The Woods by John Yorke (if you want a reading list, I refer you to the…
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Meme of the Week
Originally posted on Studio Mothers: Life & Art: Happy Friday. :::::
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