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As a self-confessed Luddite I admit that there are some transformative apps out there. Since learning about the whiteboard app Miro in a Disaster Design course I’ve been applying it to collaborative creative processes, and it’s solving many issues. Working remotely or internationally, lack of contact between writers/designers/composers, ideas that fall by the wayside, performers…
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A small Terrapin contingent traveled to Nagoya this month to develop a new work with Japanese artists. Set in a possible future of rising seas and shrinking islands, it’s a work that demands climate-conscious treatment. The story will be told using objects found in any theatre – brooms, ladders, blocks – and the stuff of…
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Creative development for a new show begins with long-suffering performers, pegs and stickytape. You might not see it yet, but Greta Jean and Bella Young will eventually be two cockatoos and a ferret. The process of developing new work is iterative, with the design, script, and direction responding to each other as the storytelling becomes…
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When the time comes, this is where you’ll find Axlebone. I like to think of this blog as a quiet corner of the library. I won’t be shouting news at you on social media, but if you seek it out, I’ll be posting here occasionally about works in progress, resource conscious making and design, and…