On a sun kissed Sunday
On a sun kissed Sunday in the marquee straw bales set the scene The joy of bringing people together and building a team, pulling together a show which has a range of elements (drama, poetry, story, song, dance), and not forgetting to entertain, to share that joy, while getting ideas and information across […]
The theatre bug
In a week when all thought processes tend to gravitate towards this weekend’s show I was pulled up by a stray comment overheard on the radio about getting the theatre bug. I caught that particular bug a long time ago and there’s no sign of a recovery, one of the reasons we have a show […]
Connecting to the land
I’ve been working on a script for a community project conceived as a response to a pageant which was staged in 1938. Prompted by the Leith Hill and District Preservation Society the pageant was staged in the grounds of Milton Court, a local mansion now a corporate headquarters, with a script by E M Forster […]
On Launching a book
Writing has an element of baring the soul and it can feel that reading to an audience exacerbates the sense of exposure. Somehow, despite this, it’s almost always a pleasurable experience, an opportunity to share, to see that people are moved, amused, provoked and that makes the whole business worthwhile https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/on-launching-a-book
A playwright turns his hand to blogging
This has been a different few days – the first talks about and readings from my new book, approving proofs for different distribution channels, all culminating in the big launch on Friday. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/a-playwright-turns-his-hand-to-blogging
A passionate launch
The back room at The Stepping Stones in West Humble was packed as locally based theatre company Damn Cheek Productions presented an evening of poetry, song and insights as part of their Mole Valley theatre project Passion for the Planet. The evening featured speakers from River Mole Watch and charity New Ways as well as singers from […]
Ancient Wisdom for New Times
I wrote this blog for the Damn Cheek website and it can be seen there but I wanted to also include it on my own site and so, here it is. The image above is the image for the show, created by designer Chris de Wilde. When Damn Cheek’s partners in Gateshead asked us back […]
Planting
As part of our show Passion for the Planet last summer audience members were invited to plant seeds and to water them. The result was the vibrant splash of colour pictured above. A reminder that we can create new beginnings, that seeds which we plant can produce something beautiful, an encouragement as we start a new year. […]
Creativity in a time of Covid
It’s a strange phenomenon. Theatres are dark, just a few lights here and there, brave venues operating at 30% capacity. Concert halls have musicians bravely playing to empty seats. Stars of the musical theatre are driving vans. Ballet dancers are encouraged to become cyber experts, an encouragement now denied. And yet, in the midst, creativity […]
The Whistle and the Fiddle
As we face more restrictions on socialising, on numbers at weddings and , for some, on movement, I was reminded of a few verses I penned earlier in the summer after a Damn Cheek performance of Brendan Murray’s play ‘Big Baby’. As part of that production, we were fortunate to have a multi instrumentalist in […]