A MUSICAL WITH SPIES? Yes – a Leavers’ Gala Musical with a difference! How much fun can you have? Spy School is a one act BIG musical show for 9 – 12 year olds that has been penned by myself (Barbara Hockley) with music composed… Read More »Leavers’ Gala Musical: Get Spy School!
Offbeat Directing 1: The Vision Quest Why read a guide? This series is not the definitive ‘How to Direct a Play’ guide – I wouldn’t presume to be anywhere close to that (not even sure what it might look like). This is how I direct… Read More »The Vision Quest
I have a lot of old, broken jewellery. I collect it from various places – including my own modest collection of things I never wear (most of it to be honest). Then, one day whilst browsing in a local charity shop I found a rather… Read More »The Candelabra Affair
WHAT IS THE SCENE CHANGE ISSUE? Confession: I HATE scene changes. That moment when everything on stage comes to a standstill. The magic disappears, the lights go dim and you suspend your interest. People in black clothes start whooshing around the stage moving things around. I… Read More »Elegant Scene Changes
When you finally decide you really do have to sell your costumes… It’s been a blast lovely costumes of mine. I’ve loved assigning you all roles and putting you on the stage. Or sometimes, you got to languish for years on a rail … waiting… Read More »Vintage costume clear out
This is what can happen when you leave an old bowler lying around the workshop. On one side of the table is the bowler. On the other? A pile of felt, some feathers, a few buttons, odd trimmings, braid and glue. One might almost think… Read More »A collision in felt