I’ve just spent a few days in Northumbria workshopping the bone conduction headphones for my opera that I’m in the process of writing. I’m writing it in collaboration with a scenographer and librettist / stage director. The creation process is … Continue reading Opera Creation enoa lab #2 : bone conduction and staging
I have just spent a week workshopping my upcoming opera at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. The opera creation process has received support from the European Network of Opera Academies (enoa) and the Gulbenkian Foundation. You can read about … Continue reading Opera Creation enoa lab #1 at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
Yesterday, I took part in the Harrogate Competitive Festival for Music Speech and Drama, Solo-Acting Shakespeare category/class. I came 3rd with Distinction with my performance of Othello Act 4 scene 3, Desdemona (the Willow scene). The competition was high in … Continue reading Performing Shakespeare & Competitive Festivals for Music Speech and Drama
I am please to announce that my team was selected by enoa for their Opera Creation Journey programme! For information about how we got this far, see the post about our initial presentation to the enoa panel here. I am … Continue reading I am writing another opera!
I’m not famous enough to call this a cameo, really, but nevertheless I’m really thrilled to say I make a small appearance in Topher Holland‘s latest music video for his song Papa Guede. The new music video is available on … Continue reading ‘Cameo’ in another Music Video
Two of my compositions, angustia (flute, violin, accordion and optional fixed-media electronics) and ‘We lived in the gaps between the stories.’ (graphic score for amplified accordion) features on Polish ensemble Layers‘ new album Grundestein! Below is the album cover with … Continue reading New CD: Grundestein by Layers
I can now announce that I have finally passed all components of my PCertLAM in Acting with Distinctions! I can put the letters ‘PCertLAM’ after my name now. *beam* Continue reading LAMDA: PCertLAM Acting (Distinction)
We’re in the throws of a Lockdown and I’ve just had the privilege of presenting a paper on a potential opera I hope to write along with two other collaborators: a librettist and a scenographer. The presentation was conducted online … Continue reading International Conference at La Monnaie De Munt
In this article, I unpack some of Bertolt Brecht’s theories. What follows is a discussion about the Alienation Effect, Epic Theatre, Gestus, Contradiction and Complex Seeing. I also explore what realism means and question how one can be ‘innovative’ today. … Continue reading Brechtian Acting & Realism
Good news! The Ghost of Hope House (Macabre Pictures) has been selected for Haunted House FearFest! Tickets are available here. Sales end 21 March 2021 20:28 Continue reading Haunted House FearFest Nomination!
The short film HEATHCLIFF (Asgard productions) won best student film in the Druk International Film Festival! I play Cathy and I can’t wait to see it! Continue reading Film Award: Druk International Film Festival
I’ve made a YouTube video that tries to elaborate on my own approach to composing music. This entails what I think about what we call “Avant garde” music or “contemporary classical music” today. By all means, check out the video … Continue reading Practice-Led Research into an ‘Avant Garde’ Style
I’ve made an online lecture that discusses the compositional technique of Olivier Messiaen with reference to his quartet: Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps (Quartet for the End of Time) for clarinet, piano, violin and ’cello. In this lecture, I … Continue reading Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps
I once made a video about my experiences at the Museum für Moderne Kunst (Museum of Modern Art, or MMK for short) in Frankfurt, Germany. You can view this on my YouTube channel (although it’s one of my first videos and … Continue reading Museum für Moderne Kunst
I’m in another Horror feature film, this time by Macabre Pictures. It’s called Coven of Evil and the release date is May 26 2020. An investigative journalist tries to save an innocent young woman from a Wiccan cult, but in … Continue reading Coven of Evil (feature film) Release Date
