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Been a while. Been busy

So one of the projects I’ve been working on for the last year, is a project called Friends From Afar, with a Westminster based arts organisation called Dream Arts. It’s a group of young people (15-21) from all around the world; who are living in London. I co-lead it with Catherine Palmer; who I’ve worked with before through Pilot Theatre and Young & Talented.

We meet every Thursday and we do a bit of a drama and music, play some games and eat some food.. We’ve been slowly developing this show over the last year. Most of the group have never done anything like this before but the premise, the characters and a number of the scenes; were all create dby them, we’re really proud of them.

All the music in the show is being triggered via a loopstation. Part of the process has been me showing them the basics of beatboxing and rapping.

It’s been a really rewarding project, not only are they a great and fun group to work with, I’ve been able to put a script togethor as well as work with them to compose all the songs. It’s rare I get to facilitate, put a script togethor and do the music, outisde of my own solo stuff.

I started last year, just as we came out the pandemic, so I felt rusty and I’d lost a bit of confidence. I was skint, the grants had dried up and I was pulling my hair about how I was going to continue doing this, so when Catherine phoned me out the blue, I jumped on board.

Here we are, one year ater about to bang-out a show at the Institute of Contempory arts, in London. Come through, it’s gonna be sick. #TSOOP