Behind My Lens
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“Read, read, read. Read everything – trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.”
–William Faulkner“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
–Franz Kafka“The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.”
–Albert Camus
Kid Stakes - From the Page to the Stage
Putting your hand up to Direct a play can be the most rewarding nerve racking experience possible even for a person who has appeared on stage in many productions. This is particularly true when you are directing a play for community theatre. Community theatre has unique challenges but equally it can be the most rewarding. In directing you take a collective as well as a personal journey of discovery. You learn a lot about yourself as well as others. You need to build trust in those who you are directing because they are the ones who are on stage sometimes feeling very vulnerable in front of an audience. As I said community theatre throws up challenges not faced in the professional ranks and as director you need to be aware but not alarmed. you also need to be passionate about what you are doing because if you are not then how can you possible expect your cast and crew to be. This post should not be seen as an attempt to write a directing manual because frankly every production is different and requires the director to be nimble but more it is my experience interwoven with some principles that if you are considering directing may assist you in your theatrical and personal journey.
VALE: Bill McDonagh
It is with much sadness that we learned of the passing of MMuDS Life Member Bill McDonagh. Bill’s involvement in the performing arts started before MMuDS was founded but it was within MMuDS that his influence was strongest. Bill was involved in almost all elements. He was a performer who could also be seen up a tall ladder setting lights or setting up microphones. He built sets and in fact won a ZONTA award for his Sweeney Todd set while also being its Director. Bill also spent many years on the MMuDS committee and served several terms as MMuDS President. There were in fact very few things Bill did not do when it came to his years in MMuDS.
ReActor Factory
While there was understandably a lot of publicity and interest in the very successful production of The Elephant Man, running in tandem has been another MMuDS project
The Drama in Black & White
While I like the colour version of this image I really like the Black and White. it gives what is a dramatic exchange even more drama. As beautiful as the colour is sometimes it can overwhelm the image and you can loose some of the drama of what is going on. Anyway that's what I think. What do you think? Pictured below are Sandy Mackinnon and Rick Lindsay
ReActor Factory
A wonderful start to ReActor Factory . Twenty Seven youngsters joined Bernie, Susie and Erica for lots of fun including dance, theatre games and learning a four part song.