Actor, Philosopher and Citizen of the Universe
A selection of short stories and poems from writer and actor, Max Rudd all placed firmly in the “gothic horror” genre. The collection takes us deep into Rudd’s twisted world of the supernatural in 4 unique and very different short stories, an extract from a screen play and 3 poems. The key point to make …
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Casualty in space? Gremlins? Last night’s episode was another very confident story from Chibnall. Not to everyone’s cup of tea, to judge by reactions on Twitter, but it ran smoothly and had all the elements we’re beginning to expect from this season. Once again, the key strength of the story was the character work and …
As the nights grow longer and darkness takes its rightful place as ruler over our hearts, it’s time for the horrors and spectres to take the stage. At least, that’s what we all did in Dereham this October. The Loco Horror Train was a brand new scare attraction running on the Mid-Norfolk railway. About 70 …
The show has come to an end. It’s always a sad moment. We had plenty of ups and downs in the production process, and a few moments of serious concern on the day of the first show, but we all knuckled down, but our best effort in, and it came out splendidly. I’ll miss this …
Rehearsals are well under way for SDL Theatre’s Ellis Project. It’s a honour to be working alongside Deborah and some really talented actors. Rehearsals have mainly been about working through the basics of blocking and discovering our characters. There is a real flexibility to Deborah’s direction style which means that, as an actor, I am …
It has been a very busy couple of weeks and I have been enjoying virtually every moment of it. Last weekend was spent at the Strumpshaw Tree Fair (a truly wonderful local mini-festival full of local arts and crafts, performers, storytellers and the marvellous Foolhardy Circus) and, whilst the sun was relentless, the magnificent weather …
The big problem with the legends of King Arthur is it is all so derivative. Of course, that’s the reason it’s perfect for comedy.... but then the comedy itself becomes derivative. An absolutely typical trope in the classical literature is of Lancelot or Galahad, wrapped in self-rigteousness, charging in and taking down all and sundry …
This weekend I worked with Dreamstone Productions for the first time on a murder mystery entitled “The Mummy’s Curse”. It’s always a pleasure to work with a new group. And a fine group of actors they are too. Despite the rain, we had a good turnout and even managed to avoid drowning the cast, although …
Have finally got round to creating myself a website. This is, to an extent, a little bit of an experiment. With a number of projects and tasks on the go, I’m hoping that keeping this site and blog running should provide an incentive to keep them going and get things done. And then, of course, …
