134 stories by "Chris Grady"
For the first time in 30 years, I am a resident of the Edinburgh area, hopping on the bus or train to travel the 30 minutes from my home to visit the other-worldliness which is Edinburgh in …
If Lin-Manuel Miranda takes six years from first song to full show for Hamilton, then it encourages me greatly when I keep telling new writers and new creative to take their time.
If I was going to find a suitable place to work on a grant application to support the very first piece of work which seeks to explore "How we choose to reveal our bodies through life, perfor…
If I have learned anything in my six years with Mountview, and four years of that conceiving, championing and teaching the MA in Creative Producing, it is that the title "creative producer" …
It is my last job of work for Mountview after six years with the school " helping the 12 producers on this year's MA find their way to the end of the seven-week Catalyst Festival.
Some of the reviewers of It's Only Life still seem to talk of John Bucchino as an unknown American songwriter, which is a shame " let's hope this production is the start of an awakening of a…
There is money out there to make projects happen. There are people with phenomenal expertise out there who can help. If you are interested in them, and what they are doing, and why they migh…
It has been nearly two months since my last blog during which time Kath, her mother, and I have moved from Suffolk to the village of Blackness on the Firth of Forth to the west of Edinburgh.
After an extraordinary masterclass in the life and work of solicitors and estate agents, Kath and I can honestly say out loud (and believe) that we will be leaving Suffolk on Tuesday after 1…
It's rare for my wife Kath and I to work together to put on a show. We did a rather special site responsive project in central London some years ago which had a cast of around 40, two spaces…
As 2017 is analysed and filed away, Kath and I are busily sorting out 40+ years of archives, lofts, photos and our individual and shared lives as we reduce (a bit) what we plan to move to ou…
As reported in The Sun this week, the company of Hair at the Vaults invited us to organize a performance of the show where the audience would arrive and enjoy the show (and the bar) clothing…
I seem to have had a couple of weeks of creating and being in spaces where extraordinary and unexpected things can happen.
I was at a Shadows workshop at the weekend with the amazing and challenging Jamie Catto, who is Insanely Gifted. I had the privilege to work with 12 of the Authentic Artists who are on a two…
Last week was a rather extraordinary and rich week of theatremaking and spaceholding. It started with a joyful evening of fun cabaret created by West End Frenchies and managed by our alum Mo…
Along with a wealth of wise words and inspirational texts, there are a few people who just inspire me by capturing in a simple way what I need to know at any point in my life.
Freshers week at Mountview is complete and 12 producers from UK, Peru, Spain and Greece are now settled down in Wood Green with assignments, projects, lectures and meetings packing their liv…
Behind every one of the 3000 plus companies of theatrical giants centre stage at Edinburgh Fringe there is a small team of staff at a special centre dedicated to their wellbeing.
In our final two days at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and International Festival I caught 6 shows and missed one. My apologies to my colleague from my very early days in Edinburgh, Rob…
I ask again: how do critics do it? Seeing shows, meeting people and finding time to write. Anyway, here is a catch up on a few shows I have seen over a weekend of Fringe Breakfasts, CGO Surg…
After five days away, we are back for another week of theatregoing, along with 20 panels, workshops, surgeries and meets. May I recommend living in Portobello during the Festival? Swimming …
A quieter day at EdFringe as I moved around the City, which is packed with theatremakers looking for theatregoers, theatregoers dodging the showers between tourists, tourists looking at vist…
This was planned as an eight-show day " which is eminently possible on the Fringe, but in the end, I abandoned a cross city walk to one show, and saw seven. Here are thoughts and recommendat…
By chance of the calendar, I've seen five solo shows back to back, and they all offered me different insights into the art of this truly difficult theatrical form, and the nature of life, lo…
I only saw four shows yesterday and used the rest of the time to check in with venues, pick up my tickets for the other 30 or so shows, have a couple of surgeries with artists opening shows …
