A few days ago I was watching one of those TV panel shows and the subject of haikus came up. They’re short poems made up of just seventeen syllables, five in the first line, seven in the second and five again in the third.…
On June 27th 2011, Leftwing Idiot and Poppy came back from the Glastonbury Festival. I’d spent the weekend stuck in my old lair, unable to go up or down the stairs safely. My mobility had been deteriorating for much of that year but I’d been struggling on, trying to ignore the increasing difficulty I was having with getting about.…
Exactly a week ago our Kickstarter Campaign came to a triumphant end. We’d successfully raised all the money we needed to take our show, Backstage In Biscuit Land, to the Edinburgh Fringe in August.
Everyone who backed us was able to choose rewards, and these will be sent out later in the year.…
Our Kickstarter campaign came to a triumphant close this morning. An enormous thank you to the 197 people who are supporting me to take Backstage in Biscuit Land to the Edinburgh Fringe.
The appeal raised an incredible £7575, which is way more than the target we set.…
Just over a month ago one of the most memorable days of my life was just beginning. It was the day of ‘We Forgot The Lot’, when more than 300 children and young people with and without Tourettes took over Tate Britain.…
Tickets for my Edinburgh Fringe Festival show Backstage In Biscuit Land go on sale today!
This very exciting landmark means Edinburgh feels even closer than ever. It’s also a bit daunting because we’re still creating and developing the show! But it’s taking shape and I can’t wait to start introducing people to the surreal and magical world of Biscuit Land.…
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve begun work in earnest on Backstage In Biscuit Land (BIBL) and I’m really enjoying getting stuck into this new creative challenge. As part of our research and development I’ve been looking through bits and pieces from my childhood and I’ve found all sorts of interesting things – drawings, school reports, letters, behaviour charts and so on.…
There are still ten days to go until the end of our Kickstarter appeal, and it’s great that we’ve already exceeded our target – it means we’ll definitely be able to take Backstage in Biscuit Land to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.…
All of a sudden I’ve found myself noticing amazing details that I’ve never seen before at the tops of buildings. For example, I was in Covent Garden the other day and looked up to see a sheep’s head carved into the side of a familiar building, looking down at everyone on the ground.…
Amazing news! We’ve hit our Kickstarter target. This means we’ll definitely be going to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August with Backstage in Biscuit Land.
Hitting our target’s been a huge relief – I had no idea how anxious the whole process was going to make me!…
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