Acting is...
“Acting is doing things truthfully under imaginary circumstances.” As Meisner said.
Always say yes to artists - they give you a new perspective
US photographer Maundy Mitchell emailed me to ask if she could take my photograph for her series "Life's Work". It would take a few...

If you can "name the look" then you're going in the right direction
This is the latest Peter head. Sculpted by Ruth Paton and cast in fibreglass. He was painted by Fiona Clift inspired by ballet make up...

A mechanism should always serve a purpose
Going to the ballet a couple of weeks ago I realised that there are a lot of hand gestures. Welcoming people in, showing them around,...
Better to have a problem to solve, than nothing to do
Hattie today was going for a reading of her play at The National Theatre Studio and she was nervous about what they would think. She...

Working classy associate artist
Fiona Clift as Joanna Lumley in her show “Working Classy Women” at The Warren in the Brighton Fringe tonight and tomorrow. It's uncanny....

When you throw a few puppets away...
And someone rescues them.

The inside is as important as the outside
Showing the mechanism to move the hand gracefully. The piano wire pulls against elastic on the other side. Simple, controlled, very...