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I turned 53 years old yesterday (as always, apologies to anyone who lost money betting against that)...
Two letters to Sarah Kane on the anniversary of her death
It feels strange to say I miss you – it feels stranger to say I don’t.
The Other Pocket: The Origins of The Hands of Hypatia
Ever since I was young, when I’ve felt overwhelmed by the perils of day-to-day life, I’ve imagined myself as a spaceman in my own ship. I drift through the cosmos and land on a bioluminescent planet whose only source of light comes from the natural vegetation. There I sit and look up at the stars.
A Risk on Paper: Re-writing Theatre at Home
“It’s the perfect time to try something. It’s the perfect time to take a risk.”
Essential Work
The live performance of Quiver seems a distant memory, a relic of the less suffocating weeks of COVID-19 restrictions. Almost like a miracle, Quiver was performed in the brief moment of time when it was possible.
tell ’em how you really feel
i decided that i am not inconsequential; that the world needs me, that it needs me to express my point of view with as much brave precision as possible.
At the Tip of the Point of a Sword
Whether a dashing sword fight or full-out pummel, fight scenes often occur at pivotal moments in the script, revealing characters at their most primal, emotionally heightened states.
Theatre These Days
It felt liberating. To stop trying to adapt. To just let go. But, of course, it also feels like a betrayal.
Venn Diagrams, Orwell, and a Garbage Bag Burial
On January 12, 2021 at 3pm EST, Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a State of Emergency on my balls. This means that all of the people who have been ignoring them since the beginning of the pandemic took two minutes to study the new guidelines and will, most likely, continue to ignore them.
Turning the Wheel: Leaving the Full-Time Theatre Life
Ali Joy Richardson is a writer, teacher, theatre director, and future therapist. She is also very tall.
A (sort of) Manifesto: Running Between Theatre and Film, Reimagining the Live Experience
Most artists can take a tiny budget and produce magic. We’re constantly creating new worlds, images and stories with nothing but shoestrings and determination. That is both our superpower and our curse. When done well, most audience members will never know the difference between a show by a large theatre house and one from an … Continued
ms. d, day twenty eight thousand, two hundred and sixty three
a one act closet drama.
Not Something to Pray Away, Not the Enemy, and Not in the Same Boat
My new therapist says he is keen to get started working on my avoidance issues. Man, I’m really gonna miss that guy.
Budgeting Miracles, Bad COVID Fringe Shows, and Tony’s New Porno
I was researching the story of the miracle of the oil that was used to light the Temple because I’d never actually known it.
Cheap Head, Good Art, and “Me Time” for Men
How is a lockdown like a penis?
Zoom lags, Cyborgs, and Brain-devouring Caterpillars
Despite myriad concerns about Zoom, the fusing of the performer’s body with the infrastructure of technology has allowed artists to create work even when performance venues are closed and physical gatherings impossible.
notes on the midway
change is unbearably slow, that is the agonizing sincerity of it.