I always have to have some mental time-out after any sort of production. A sense of needing some caution against simply reacting. Well, to be honest there is such a plethora of things that I could have reacted to: The emotion of seeing my words...
Fiona Flower and I originally forged a friendship online, although we have now met in person several times. I discovered her work supporting survivors of domestic abuse for a charity and invited her to look at my script, 'Chains' and give her views. Here she...
It’s been a year since we went into production with Learning at Artsdepot studio theatre. A year feels like the minimum time I needed for some distance from it all. Not that there weren’t many, many joys and a deep sense of gratitude from me...
Mandy Greenwood and I met at university. We were on the same course and also in the same hall of residence. However, we particularly bonded over long conversations about our relative faiths. Mandy kindly agreed to share her deeply personal reflections on Learning with us. I...
I saw The Learning Play in November 2024. What a thought-provoking piece - some lines still ring in my head. The chemistry between the couple was electric and helped us understand their perspectives I think. I learned a lot, and the music and dance provided a...
I was lucky enough to attend the world premier of Learning at the ArtsDepot, North Finchley on 16th November. This deeply personal theatre piece titled Learning is the brainchild of Francesca Rose and Seamus Finnegan. It started life as a series of semi-autobiographical monologues written by...
Learning rehearsals are finally under way. It’s a relief really. There was a sense growing in us all of something about to happen. That feeling of taking our marks, being left all keyed up, with nowhere to go until the starter gun fires. Waiting…waiting… …...
Maybe it’s time I wrote a blog post…having hidden for long enough behind a couple of excellent guest bloggers (here and here) and then spent the rest of the time chasing others who said they’d write something for me and then didn’t…. (you know who...
Welcome to our second blog post by Gemma Franco, our Musical Director who has also composed the entire, beautiful score for Learning. Here, Gemma writes about her own creative process and how she experiences the inevitable connections between her heritage and the cultural significance of...
We are delighted to present our opening blog post, written by Seamus Finnegan, playwright, dramatist and lecturer, and more importantly a writing mentor whom I just couldn’t do without… Here, Seamus recounts how our association developed and something about the catalysts for writing my current...