Arts Award on Voice

You probably think nothing could warm your heart more than Raymond Briggs' The Snowman, however you haven't seen the adaptation Briggs' The Bear at Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

A funny and thought provoking look at modern society and modern relationships.

"A dark and magical retelling of the Disney classic" - The Times

A hilarious take on some of popular culture's best loved characters

An interesting, but slightly eccentric one woman show

Review of Wicked West End performance for Silver Arts Award

We catch up with Nicki Carter from BP or Not BP about using theatre for activism and how they feel about BP sponsoring the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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For a dance show held by a group of students, I was happily surprised by the quality of their show and I truly felt as though I was experiencing dances from "all around the world".

There’s a saying in the autism community: “If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.” There’s a serious humour at the heart of it, a wilful contradiction of logic spoken with an eyebrow raised that asks for change. It speaks to the frustration felt by autistic individuals who have seen the story of their identity told through harmful medical hypothesising, misguided neurotypical guesswork and deeply entrenched stereotyping – and usually by people who are not autistic.

There are undoubtedly many more shows featuring Arts Award achievers in Edinburgh, but these are two I knew. Both have their Gold, and I wanted to give them a try. I’m glad I did!

Final day in the studio.  Finished my shorts, and just a few things to add to my sketchbook.