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2019 will be the year of Brexit. On 31 December 2018 I reluctantly celebrated the changing of the calendar, knowing that this was what lay ahead in 2019 and that none of us really know what this [...]

19 performances with 19 participants (and one no-show) over 3 days…* I cannot express enough my gratitude for the honesty and openness I have experienced during every body’s [...]

I love this quote. As an epic procrastinator I think it is worth remembering and trying to live by. I first saw it on a picture of Emma Adam’s desk. She has it on a post-it attached to her [...]

Someone recently tweeted “Turn 40 and your life becomes nostalgia, haha.” I called them out on it (gently, of course). I saw turning 40 as surprisingly freeing. I was past the age [...]

Christmas is over and we are well into the new year but a few things linger on… the remnants of rather sad looking, unsold gifts in shops, the extra weight from too much cheese/port/mince [...]

I finally left my part-time day job on 31 August. Exactly 12 years to the day that I moved to Leeds to start working at Leeds Met Gallery & Studio Theatre. It was a very exciting decision to [...]

It’s great to be returning to Latitude later this week. It’s been 6 years since I was last at the festival. I am especially excited to be returning as a performer with SBC Theatre and [...]

So my year of being 40 is almost over – tomorrow at 7.13am, I turn 41 – and on the whole (national and international politics aside) it’s been a good one. I started it by [...]

Last night I undertook a full moon ritual. I had asked around to find a cleansing ritual and this was sent to me. I have never done anything quite like this before and I wasn’t sure what to [...]

I don’t do this every year but somehow it feels important this year. 2016 has been a terrible year for reasonable, caring and forward thinking people. The truth and expertise have been [...]