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This has been such a momentous year. Three prime ministers (!), the loss of the Queen and arrival of a ...
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When taking the leap doesn’t lead to flying. In June I took, what felt like, the biggest leap of my ...
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Lights up on a frazzled woman hunched over a tablet in PJs. It is 1st April. Playwrighting begins. I ...
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In a year filled (by pre-pandemic standards) with obstacles, fear and trials, the entertainment industry has been there to save ...
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So with my review of 2021 in mind, what are my goals for 2022? Well I’m paring back. I’m going ...
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Well, this year has been … interesting in terms of hitting those goals. I didn’t manage most of them. A ...
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After what is arguably the most bizarre year in living memory, a new year has finally dawned and now it’s ...
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Firstly, does anyone else keep mistyping 2020 as 2029? No? Okay, just me then. Crashing on … Well, that was ...
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We’re getting close to the end of the year — what? I want to rush to the end of 2020, ...
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Christmas is fast approaching and this year is likely to be very different for a lot of us. Fewer parties ...
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Time for a little progress update. I submitted my play, ‘The Fall’, to The National Theatre on 23rd January and ...
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How to deal with Handsy men Sports! How to be shooketh Diplomacy How to care for someone’s mental health How ...
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Acting is a group activity. We train with other people; we audition with others and we spend most of our ...
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I think I can safely say, it’s been one hell of a first half of the year! Between a global ...
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I’ve been a little quiet on here since my promise to return full throttle at the end of a hectic ...
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It’s nearly the end of May and Camp NaNoWriMo is well and truly over. I wrote about my preparations for ...
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I worry about offending people. In real life it can sometimes leave me feeling misunderstood or overlooked because I’ve been ...
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It’s time for my first Camp NaNoWriMo. I’ve participated in November NaNoWriMo, (National Novel Writing Month, for the uninitiated) on ...
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The procrastination is real. But so is the plan. And I have a plan … what could go wrong? Here’s ...
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Valentine’s Day is just round the corner, mere hours in fact! Somehow it always takes me by surprise how quickly ...
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