tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31532437926741253542024-03-13T18:15:10.327-07:00Steve Ansell ggghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16479052995850134251noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153243792674125354.post-69384396780140491052017-03-21T06:38:00.001-07:002017-03-21T06:45:53.478-07:00'DREAMING' Under the Southern Bough play script published in China<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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script ’DREAMING Under the Southern Bough’ which I wrote with collegue Adam
Strickson. the play underwent a number of revisions from its first outing in Leeds in mid 2016. By the time the show toured China in Autumn 2016 the script was starting to look and feel much more like the play I imagined. I still feel like the play is unfinished business and the UK script contains further notes and stage directions (should it ever get published). I'm considering an anthology of Chinese translations so maybe it really is unfinished business.</span></span></div>
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ggghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16479052995850134251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153243792674125354.post-49589400595623244002017-03-21T06:31:00.005-07:002017-03-21T09:54:49.624-07:00One Minute Plays: A Practical Guide to Tiny Theatre<h2 class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
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book ‘One Minute Plays: A practical guide to tiny theatre’ which Rose Bonczek
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retailers and also bookshops. The UK price for the paperback edition is around
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">(Salon de thé, épicerie fine, boutique et petite restauration gourmande.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My first Dbow (diddley bow) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sounds pretty both good clean and distorted. I'm currently working on the French connection Mk2 (a.k.a '<i>the Angus</i>') when I have it finished I will post a video of the pair of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">18 - 20 Feb</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sylvie by Dan Seidan</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have been playing Dan Seidans track for many years and it remains one of my favourite songs of all time. I finally had a chance to record it last year with 'The Truth' at my good friend Owen Turners (Magoo) studio in East Anglia. </span><br />
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ggghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16479052995850134251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153243792674125354.post-37121762246705712862016-02-04T08:59:00.002-08:002016-02-06T11:15:51.494-08:00Ashleyhay Festival<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Good Earth Collective</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Good Earth Collective will be playing the Ashleyhay festival this July. I played the last one in 2014 and it remains one of the best festival experiences of the year. Great people great cause and it's zero waste vegan event.</span><br />
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