61 stories by "Filskit Theatre"
It is all getting a little tense at Filskit HQ. There have been late nights, hysterical ideas and the obligatory panic purchasing of projectors. At the point of writing it is only one week u…
Are theatre goers guilty of treating performances like a trip to the local Odeon? Rustling sweet wrappers, slurping on fizzy drinks, taking pictures and even answering calls – is our a…
Is there more than one way to be an actor? Well, yes! Speaking personally for a moment, when I (Sarah) left college at 18, I wanted to be an actor in every traditional sense of the word. It …
Is it just us or is anyone else getting fed up to the back teeth with reality TV? The gaudy production values, the expensive telephone voting lines, Louis Walsh and well, the sheer repetitio…
It's hard to believe that the Olympic and Paralympic games have come to an end. I am the first to admit that I was sceptical about the whole event, and living in southeast London, spent a lo…
After two glorious weeks of research and development we are happy to say that The Feather Catcher has started to take shape. We've experimented with bubbles, unsuccessfully tried to build a …
Right now London feels like a bloomin' brilliant place to be. The Olympics did not bring the chaos, disappointment or unprecedented disasters that were promised. Instead we were met with an …
Youngsters, teenagers, lend us your ears! We at Filskit are miffed. It appears that young people have been having a bit of a hard time of late. And as young arts professionals (yes, 25 is st…
Last week saw the Filskit ladies and friends pack up the Nissan Micra for the second time in two months to head off to another Fringe Festival, this time to the Pulse Fringe at the New Wolse…
Addiction: a heavy word saturating our lives these days. Narcotics, alcohol, gambling and even shopping attract this label of compulsion. Heck, you've most likely heard us Filskit ladies con…
Wow, what a bank holiday that was! Being a part of the Brighton Fringe opening weekend was always going to be exciting, but it was even better than any of us had hoped it would be… So …
Brighton Fringe 2012 in numbers: 3 weeks 675 events 193 venues 155 free events 3,475 performances Thousands of participants 1 million visitors to Brighton in May The Olympics aren't the only…
Filskit Theatre is 25 – no, not the company, the ladies themselves. Now a lady never usually reveals her age but we thought this a relevant topic (and we're no ladies!). The most junio…
Over the past couple of months there has been a question at the back of our minds: can the fringe and professional worlds play nice? This is not an original thought, but a session called at …
Many of us will be familiar with sayings such as “patience is a virtue” and “look before you leap”. On numerous occasions we at Filskit have been told we are far too …
This weekend we Filskit ladies traded our lie-ins and lazy afternoons for a full two days of theatre talk at Devoted and Disgruntled 7 hosted by Improbable. As many of you will know, the umb…
"What is my motivation?" Thanks to the works of Stanislavski most of us are familiar with this clichéd expression, usually associated with the more 'theatrical' thespians as they seek to fi…
Snow White, Cinderella, Beauty & The Beast " just some of the well-known fairy tales you may have seen or heard in your youth. They are the ancient stories that have been manipulated ove…
Disclaimer: Filskit would like to apologise in advance if we appear jubilant, smug or overly excitable in this week's blog (but we have started 2012 with a bang!). Not so long ago you may ha…
The first week of January is always a little difficult. Going back to work after all the Christmas dinners and mince pies can be a struggle, but while recovering from the lethargy of the pas…
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Arts Council forms have been filled out with care, In the hope that some funding s…
The theatre world is a small one and it often feels as though every time we turn around we bump into someone we know. In fact, just the other week at a Grant for the Arts funding talk we bum…
It's that time of year again " almost the season for battling through the shops to buy Christmas gifts (or panic buying online and doing a one stop shop on Amazon!). It is also approaching t…
“It's not you, it's me”, “we need to talk”, “I've met someone else”, “we can still be friends” " these and other such cringe-worthy lines are …
Ten years ago, nobody knew what 'trending' was. It certainly wasn't shell suits and bum bags. You'd be considered a vandal if you wrote on somebody's wall " and if you suggested 'poking̵…
