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Great day in the rehearsal room with Daniel hay Gordon and his dancing friends...

I've been thinking about my realisation from yesterday and I've got some more:

That's what we're watching when we watch acting. People looking like they are thinking that they are somewhere doing something, when actually they are on a stage, or a film set or whatev...

I just realised that the reason it's funny is because "it really looks like he thinks he is in a garden" (when actually he's on a table).

I never understand it when I'm doing it. Duh!

Just been auditioning people - lots of people - and realised that my old mantra of "Head-body-feet" is wrong. It should be "feet body head". Movements begin in the feet, develop into feelings in the body, and finally become thoughts in the head. 

It looks like it's official - Blind Summit's Le Rossignol, made in Bregenz in 2014, directed by Mark, will be revived at WNO in 2020 in a double bill with Bluebeard starring Bryn Terfel and directed by David Pountney. We're dusting off the puppets...

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Ever fancied trying your hand at extreme puppetry?

It's 5 years since we held auditions and we're very excited to meet new people. If you're a physical performer, actor, dancer or even puppeteers and you would like to try your hand at puppetry send us your details. If y...

What is the right relationship of funding to production?

If you overfund and underproduce then everyone is well paid but the work is disappointing. On the other hand, if you overproduce and underfund and then everyone is knackered. So I guess you're trying to get it...