So we are over half way and getting into the final pages of the text. This part is difficult and needs a great deal of care and attention. There is so much in the news at the moment about the mental well being of young people and with the announcement today of a terrifying statistic of 1 in 4 young people self harming this piece now seems more relevant than ever. It also means we need to tread carefully and make sure that we leave the audience with clarity and also hope. Havi

So, we have hit Day Three with a bit of an exhausted glow...we are doing well but it's full on and these girls are working hard. In response we have spent the day in more discussion about the ever evoling nature of the piece and the ultimate question of what we want to leave our audience with... It's certainly a tricky thing to unpack - the piece itself deals primarily with the impact of eating disorders on the central character, Alice, but in our version, not only do we have

So, end of Day Two and the cast have been fantastic. Here's one of them to tell you about it......over to Hannah Greig! "We had an amazing start to our day with a run of all the blocking we did on day one; in which there was clear progress on learning the lines that we were given yesterday. Afterwards we continued to block more scenes that included lots of choral speaking and relevant topics about the pressure that is put on young women to succeed at school and in society. We

It's been a fascinating start to our week long project, with four talented and engaging young women on board to begin the development of our chosen text 'Gorgeous' by Anna Furse. Over the course of the week we will be delving deep into the current situation for young women, how it feels to be living now in the world of social media, pressure to be brilliant and thin and successful. In fact that was our first task today, to talk and for me it gave me an amazing insight into ho

So as we approach a new academic year, both school tours are getting a fresh cast and some new development time. It's always super exciting to see what new actors will bring to the text and today was our first opportunity to get to grips with the epic final scene from That Face by Polly Stenham which hits the road from October with some fantastic new actors in role as Henry and Mia. Going back into the rehearsal room always reminds me how complex and logistically challenging