Cherry Potts, Writer

Category: Writing

  • London is Open

    London is Open

    Every year in September, buildings of historic, architectural and ecological note open for the public for free.  In London Open House is in full swing. Take a look at the overwhelming website – it’s all going on tomorrow as well. Most years I go and feast my eyes and wear out my feet: holidays are…

  • BBC short story cuts

    I’ll admit to an ambition shall I? I’d really like one of my short stories read on BBC Radio 4. What’s more I’d like it read by Emma Thompson. How likely is that? Not very, perhaps, but the chances are decreasing since the Beeb decided to cut its output of readings. Of course they do…

  • Clytha Castle

    Clytha Castle

    Clytha Castle has been on my list of places to stay for a long time – a folly in the best sense; it is a pinkish rendered, Gothick, castellated and turreted confection on a small hill in Monmouthshire – with panoramic views of Skirrid Fawr and Sugarloaf. It is gloriously daft – every opportunity for…

  • Tower, Train and Tree

    Tower, Train and Tree

    Monday Bit late posting this been too busy to upload the photos! Having finished the opera, had the birthday party and packed totally inefficiently, we are off on holiday to the tiny village of Upper Arley, and our home for the week, Arley Tower, a sandstone castellated cube overlooking the river Severn and the Severn…

  • The Blackheath Onegin book launched

    Most of my free waking hours since finishing the opera (apart from work, singing, partying, holidays…) have been spent fighting with the software to get the book to look beautiful.  Anyone planning to do a photobook on Blurb be warned you need a lot of free RAM.  It does very strange things, like randomly copying…

  • market research, test trading and marketing

    It was in my mind to post this on my other blog, but in the true spirit of being aware of my market, I’m putting it where it will be seen by the people I want to see it!  If you are thinking, what, no Opera? be patient, I’ll get there. I’ve been supporting my…

  • A Night Off from the Opera

    A Night Off from the Opera

    It feels really weird not being in Onegin-land for a day.  I actually go to work, and talk about something other than music, very strange!And despite not getting to bed until 1am and being awake again at 5, I decide I do have the energy for writing group.I have a completed story about Cretan bull…

  • Eugene Onegin – 2nd Dress Rehearsal

    Eugene Onegin – 2nd Dress Rehearsal

    Sunday: It’s interesting, having looked at Tony’s photos I’m more aware of how our ‘acting’ looks from the outside: who is doing a really good job, who relies on eye rolling and mugging, who doesn’t seem to be acting at all. Adapt our output regulators accordingly. A and I spend quite a lot of time (usually…

  • The Blackheath Onegin: Backstage at a Community Opera

    The Blackheath Onegin: Backstage at a Community Opera

    Coming Soon (Late August probably) The Blackheath Onegin Backstage at a Community Opera By Cherry Potts 80 pages of comment and photographs £15 All profits will go to next year’s Blackheath Halls Opera If you pre-order, we hope to have enough orders to get a bulk discount, which means that, provided you are prepared to…

  • Roaming Round Romsey

    Roaming Round Romsey

    I’ve been trying to create a montage of the glorious stone cats of Romsey Abbey, but no matter what  I do with it, I can only get half of them into the featured image at the top of the page, so here they are in their full glory. They leave me wondering whether the stone mason(s) working…