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Big Society! One Last Time, Ladies & Gentlemen … Blog 5
January 23, 2012 – 12:54 pm | 2 Comments
Big Society! One Last Time, Ladies & Gentlemen … Blog 5

Oh my giddy Aunt.
The run-up to the first night – scribbled notes everywhere, head full of directions and pointers and ‘what-comes-next’ – is a blur of last-minute preparation. We assemble at City Varieties, production team, …

Beating The Draft – The Ghost of Christmas-Just-Passed (Big Society! Blog 4)
January 11, 2012 – 5:45 pm | No Comment
Beating The Draft  – The Ghost of Christmas-Just-Passed (Big Society! Blog 4)

The day before we break up the cast and crew for Christmas – the eve of Christmas Eve – we have a general run-through of the whole show, in front of lighting designer Tim and …

Big Society! – A Blog In The Machine … Episode 3
December 17, 2011 – 3:01 am | No Comment
Big Society! – A Blog In The Machine … Episode 3

First day of rehearsal, proper. Tension, fear and awkwardness balanced against joy, commitment and anticipation. This is not like being in a band. With Chumbawamba we’ve long since learned to know each other’s ways, learned …

Big Society! Blog Day Afternoon, Second Installment …
November 1, 2011 – 1:30 pm | No Comment
Big Society! Blog Day Afternoon, Second Installment …

Boff Whalley describes a warm up by actors of Red Ladder Theatre for Big Society which is pornographic in places. And he gets irked by a London venue

Big Society! – The Blog
October 12, 2011 – 8:49 am | 8 Comments
Big Society! – The Blog

Writer Boff Whalley commences his behind the scenes blogs about Big Society, destined for City Varieties in the New Year