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29 June a few more productions
I've been attending a few receptions and, for the most part, they are the same thing: speeches, food, wine and networking. I'm pleased that, thanks to the efforts of Pervaiz and the ACE...Posted by felix, 30/06/2010
Back from Mumbai
Got back Sunday and letting it all sink in. We met some amazing people who are so completely dedicated to developing theatre in Mumbai, despite the lack of subsidy, it was quite humbling to...Posted by Philipa Vafadari, 29/06/2010
Home by Marcia Layne
Home by Marcia Layne Part One The day I flew to South Africa I had only hours before ran the 5k race4life at Don Valley stadium. Some people thought I was crazy but I was determined to run in the...Posted by Pervaiz Khan, 29/06/2010
Grahamstown Mon 28th June - Day 4
Ahh, this morning I awake and the sun has returned. Good job, cos I need brightening up. I had weird violent nightmares. Too much cheese & wine last night? As I recall through the red...Posted by segun, 28/06/2010
Skorokoro
I have to dedicate my first day to Mpumelelo Nikiwe and Simthembile who helped me in my hour of need. Here’s how the story goes.. Having travelled thousands of miles, there is nothing worse...Posted by Padma Rao, 28/06/2010
I've gone all spoken word by Amanda Huxtable
26.6.2010 Excuse me , I said excuse me I've gone all spoken word. I was eating at the Fiddlers Green and wandered into the events tent yesterday when UK and South African spoken word artists fed...Posted by Pervaiz Khan, 28/06/2010
a great deal to seen and numerous people to talk to... by Sharon Watson
The 2010 World Cup football hype is overwhelming, and how can it not be? One of the worlds biggest sporting events and for the first time on African soil. Fortunately or unfortunately which ever way...Posted by Pervaiz Khan, 28/06/2010
Africa is big. by Amanda Huxtable
20 June 2010 Father's Day. Africa is big. Ok for an opening statement this is ridiculous but it is. On the plane we finished with Europe within three hours of our flight and we still had...Posted by Pervaiz Khan, 28/06/2010
Day 2 - Boy in a Tree and Dance shows
Second day and again great weather. First show Boy in a Tree saw 2 minutes and then the play stopped due to an actor taking seriously ill. It then all went down hill, as the publicity for...Posted by Pawlet Brookes, 27/06/2010
27 June very, very cold
Today was cold, not ice-cold like England but miserably cold like….er, England. Everything was grey like England but wait, England is, apparently, swelteringly hot. So it’s...Posted by felix, 27/06/2010
26 June
Krunch by Talawa’s Young People’s Theatre. A show I’d seen before at the Bernie Grant Centre and enjoyed very much. This time, under more basic technical surroundings it was still...Posted by felix, 27/06/2010
Day 3 - Talawa's Young People Theatre
Not seen much today but it was great to see Talawa Young People's Theatre and Krunch. Fantastic write up in Cue, and a wonderful experience for the young people. The local...Posted by Pawlet Brookes, 27/06/2010
Grahamstown Sun 27th June - Day 3
Grey drizzly morning & goddamn it's cold & windy! "Why oh why didn't I bring UK winter clothes?" I ask myself (not for the last time). I finally get a wireless password for...Posted by segun, 27/06/2010
Urban Lounge reading - Keorapetse Kgositsile South African Poet Laureate
Urban Lounge reading - Keorapetse Kgositsile South African Poet Laureate
Posted by Pervaiz Khan, 27/06/2010
Waiting for a workshop to start - Felix Cross & Phillippa Yaade Villiers
Posted by Pervaiz Khan, 27/06/2010
Morning meeting - Felix Cross, Jenni Lewin Turner & Sharon Watson
Posted by Pervaiz Khan, 27/06/2010
My Fantastic Music day continued:
The next great music thing today following on from The Soil: Nearly 30 years ago, way before I became a black theatre icon, I had a different life as a musician. Much of it was as the leader of an...Posted by felix, 26/06/2010
Jam packed....
Sustained Theatre is walking the streets of Grahamstown once again.While South Africa is the focus of the world's football fans the National Arts Festival (Grahamstown) is in full swing. From...Posted by Pervaiz Khan, 26/06/2010
Day three
But today was really about music! Fabulous music!! First, I finally got to see The Soil. Three young guys from Soweto singing a cappella songs in a smooth, lyrical, heart-rending style, complete...Posted by felix, 26/06/2010
World Cup Free & Cape Dance Co.
Grahamstown is a relatively World Cup free zone; the odd vuvuzela piercing an otherwise tranquil atmosphere that has been the first couple of days at the festival. I wanted to find a bar full of...Posted by felix, 26/06/2010
The First Two Days - a Tragi-comedy
I have arrived in SA a couple of days earlier than everyone else specifically to see The Rivonia Trials by Aubrey Sekhabi, Mandla Dube and Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom. Aubrey and Paul are two of the...Posted by felix, 26/06/2010
Grahamstown Sat 26th June - Day 2
First thing in the morning, I get up & shiver in the communal showers, then hustle down to the accomodation information point to confirm where I'm being moved to. Worst luck, it is...Posted by segun, 26/06/2010
Pawlet's blog -
From Heathrow to Grahamtown A fantastic start to my journey seeing Stevie Wonder at the airport but unfortunately my temporary phone for the trip is a dinosaur – so no pictures. Sharon...Posted by Pawlet Brookes, 26/06/2010
Grahamstown Fri 25th June - Day 1: The Shows
The Dust - Three Brighton Players. This blurb for this theatre show was intriguingly opaque: "Our parents raised us in difficult circumstances in order for us to get a better life, a better...Posted by segun, 25/06/2010
Grahamstown Fri 25th June - Day 1: Settling In
Only three of us left in Atherstone House, me, Padma Rao and Jenni Lewin-Turner. Padma and I go for breakfast at 9.30 with Padma from Newcastle in a huge student refectory called Jan Smuts Hall....Posted by segun, 25/06/2010
Artists’ Advisor e-group bulletin 267
Artists’ Advisor e-group bulletin 267 1/ ESCALATOR: LIVE ART ACTIVATOR PROGRAMME – CALL FOR PROPOSAL 2/ PICTURE THIS WRITING RESIDENCY 2010 3/ INTERN WITH CONEY 4/ LOUDER BITES!...Posted by Michael Atavar, 25/06/2010
Grahamstown Thu 24 June - The Road is Long
I feel like singing like Etta James, "At laaaaast!". After 27 hours of travelling by train, plane & automobile (well, minibus), I'm here in Grahamstown to attend the South African...Posted by segun, 24/06/2010
Day 1 - BandBazi/Q Theatre Productions - Mindwalking
We arrived late last night and havn't really recovered from the journey but are already straight in with a meeting at The British Council offices today - they gave us the travel, visas and...Posted by Philipa Vafadari, 17/06/2010
Artists’ Advisor e-group bulletin 266
st1:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } 1/ LIVING NEWSPAPERS: A DRAMA APPROACH 2/ EVENT EVALUATION: HOW TO MEASURE RETURN ON INVESTMENT 3/ UNLIMITED COMMISSIONS – ADVICE SESSIONS 4/ STONECRABS...Posted by Michael Atavar, 17/06/2010
News from Creative & Cultural Skills: Diversity in the Cultural Sector
We have recently published two new reports on diversity in the creative and cultural industries, Diversity in Cultural Heritage and the Arts and Diversity in Music, Design and Craft. Creative...Posted by yumi okuda, 16/06/2010
NU Century arts have got another e-bulletin out
The Hockley Flyover Show The Flyover Show returned for its third year of providing a quality musical experience to people all around Birmingham. Live Box The current season of Live Box has now...Posted by yumi okuda, 16/06/2010
Info Mania
How do we respond to calls for less information on the one hand, with suggestions that important decisions are being made by too small a group of people? Some of us deal with upwards of 60 e-mails...Posted by wildeman, 16/06/2010
The Job In Hand
Perhaps it shouldn't; but it bothers me to read occasional jibes that Sustained Theatre is a waste of time and money, that all we're doing is lining our own pockets with Arts Council Money....Chair's Blog
My thanks to Surface Impression for setting up this blog (I think!) There are only a few weeks really before new elections so I'll just warm up the blog for the new Chair. I hope people will be...Posted by wildeman, 12/06/2010
Minutes from National Meeting
Wondering what was said at the national meeting? The minutes are now downloadable as a .pdf document
Posted by robin price, 11/06/2010
ACE update, regional hubs update and minutes from national meeting
Here's the latest updates from the Regional Hubs. There are 8 Sustained Theatre Regional Hubs – each Arts Council region, apart from the East, that has not established a regional hub over...Posted by robin price, 11/06/2010