Adventures @ 60 North of Sixty

Now that we've finished all the tech rehearsals, the one dress rehearsal, and had the opening night (only 40 shows to go...), I'm go...

For nine of the last ten days I have been functioning as "dresser" - providing assistance in getting the actors in and out of thei...

No, not what you might think! I'd never considered this before, but it stands to reason: in crowd scenes there is a range of social le...

The Mystery Plays are an interesting genre of theatre: "community production" is the name, which means that the participants are m...

During my first week in York I learned a new technique: "rough braid." "Braid" as such is familiar, of course - you buy ...

I've just finished the first of my five weeks in York, where I am one of a team of volunteers making costumes for the 2016 version of th...

Friday I got in the mail my very own copy of Betty Kirke's fabulous book on Madeleine Vionnet. Delight - better than ice cream! (or what...