Blogs dated January 2012

St Peter's Church, Hever

January 31, 2012

While out walking in Kent in the late summer, we walked past a number of buildings, churches, and houses that would have been there before and since the creation of the King James Bible.

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Penshurst Place Garden

January 31, 2012

6:2 'My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.'

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Punctuation

January 24, 2012

I remember having a discussion with Patrick Marber as to whether there was, or was not, a comma in the middle of a particular short line in Dealer's Choice.

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The Serpentine Pavillion

January 24, 2012

Last summer I visited the 2011 incarnation of the Serpentine Gallery's Pavilion. This is an annual commission for an architect or artist to create a temporary structure for the summer.

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Berlin Jewish Museum Bowls

January 23, 2012

On the last weekend of November I made a much overdue trip to Berlin. I had not been for three years – since directing and choreographing Guys and Dolls in Germany in 2008 – that's another story!

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Juggling pots on the stove

January 20, 2012

I thought I should tell you a little bit more about the process. With these three plays to rehearse it's a bit like we're preparing a complex meal and juggling pots on the stove.

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Running with it

January 19, 2012

Let's talk about Amie. And the hopes and chances for a young actor in the business today. The one never undiminished, and the other for ever contracting.

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My writing process: the fourth poem 'Collision'

January 19, 2012

I remember the evening clearly. It was dark outside, that deep winter darkness hugged the building and I was sitting in the Reading Room in the Swan all warm and cosy, listening to the recordings that I had made that day. The place seemed quiet and intimate as if no one else was around but I knew that there were staff members, and visitors. That evening was an unveiling for all the patrons who had taken part in the Take Your Seat initiative.

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My writing process: the third poem 'Sue talks to me'

January 19, 2012

There is story within a story here and I remember everything. That moment of contemplation, sitting in The Swan Room after seeing 'Love is My Sin' in the Swan Theatre. This was a performance of Shakespeare's sonnets by Michael Pennington (who has the greatest voice for recitation that I have ever heard) and Natasha Parry.

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