2022 In Review

2022 In Review

This has been such a momentous year. Three prime ministers (!), the loss of the Queen and arrival of a ...
On Failure

On Failure

When taking the leap doesn’t lead to flying. In June I took, what felt like, the biggest leap of my ...
Camp Nano: A Play?

Camp Nano: A Play?

Lights up on a frazzled woman hunched over a tablet in PJs. It is 1st April. Playwrighting begins. I ...
A Year of Entertainment: or Great Things from 2021

A Year of Entertainment: or Great Things from 2021

In a year filled (by pre-pandemic standards) with obstacles, fear and trials, the entertainment industry has been there to save ...
2022: What I'm Plotting

2022: What I’m Plotting

So with my review of 2021 in mind, what are my goals for 2022? Well I’m paring back. I’m going ...
2021 - A Retrospective

2021 – A Retrospective

Well, this year has been … interesting in terms of hitting those goals. I didn’t manage most of them. A ...
2021 Kinda, Sorta Goals

2021 Kinda, Sorta Goals

After what is arguably the most bizarre year in living memory, a new year has finally dawned and now it’s ...
Wrapping Up 2020

Wrapping Up 2020

Firstly, does anyone else keep mistyping 2020 as 2029? No? Okay, just me then. Crashing on … Well, that was ...
A Year of Entertainment

A Year of Entertainment

We’re getting close to the end of the year — what? I want to rush to the end of 2020, ...
Movie Fan Gift Guide: The Lockdown edition

Movie Fan Gift Guide: The Lockdown edition

Christmas is fast approaching and this year is likely to be very different for a lot of us. Fewer parties ...
Reject: The Fall Falls

Reject: The Fall Falls

Time for a little progress update. I submitted my play, ‘The Fall’, to The National Theatre on 23rd January and ...
19 Things Classic Movies Have Taught Me ... In Gifs

19 Things Classic Movies Have Taught Me … In Gifs

How to deal with Handsy men Sports! How to be shooketh Diplomacy How to care for someone’s mental health How ...
Acting Challenges of Lockdown

Acting Challenges of Lockdown

Acting is a group activity. We train with other people; we audition with others and we spend most of our ...
Shifting Sands - Arkadina.com

Shifting Sands

I think I can safely say, it’s been one hell of a first half of the year! Between a global ...
Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter

I’ve been a little quiet on here since my promise to return full throttle at the end of a hectic ...
Camp Lessons

Camp Lessons

It’s nearly the end of May and Camp NaNoWriMo is well and truly over. I wrote about my preparations for ...
A Sensitive Line in the Sand

A Sensitive Line in the Sand

I worry about offending people. In real life it can sometimes leave me feeling misunderstood or overlooked because I’ve been ...
April is the Camp-est Month

April is the Camp-est Month

It’s time for my first Camp NaNoWriMo. I’ve participated in November NaNoWriMo, (National Novel Writing Month, for the uninitiated) on ...
Slaying the Dragon

Slaying the Dragon

The procrastination is real. But so is the plan. And I have a plan … what could go wrong? Here’s ...
Your Golden Valentine

Your Golden Valentine

Valentine’s Day is just round the corner, mere hours in fact! Somehow it always takes me by surprise how quickly ...