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Additional panel at LonCon3
I’ve been asked to step in last-minute to moderate another panel at LonCon3 Reimagining Families (Thursday 11:00) In a 2013 column for Tor.com, Alex Dally MacFarlane called for a greater diversity in the way SF and fantasy represent families, pointing out that in the real world, “People of all sexualities and genders join together in…
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Last Blackheath performance of Count Ory this afternoon
It is the last performance! After Friday’s sold out but sweltering performance, it is cooler this afternoon, and I can consider the wearing of my (quilted!) tail coat fairly calmly. I hope the sweat in the wimples has dried … There’s a nice enthusiastic review on Classical Source. Lena Kern (official photographer) has been having…
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Third night for Count Ory
It’s the third performance of The Adventures of Count Ory tonight, with a chance that we get a real thunderstorm, and a certainty that those nun’s habits will be unbearably hot! Apparently I’m a very convincing nun (that’s me far left) and a number of people have said they are reminded of their school days……
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Blackheath Count Ory gets 4 stars from What’s On Stage
That’s a headline a girl like to write. read the whole thing here, but a little taster – …proves once again that the words Blackheath Halls and triumph are synonymous. …easy as it would be to dwell on the delights of the principals, it’s the magnificent chorus that deserves most attention… Opera up close has…
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Count Ory first night tonight
Here’s a sneak preview of what you can expect: the villagers from act I scene I. It’s all very Camberwick Green – until ‘The Hermit’ shows up…
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LonCon 3 – Suggestions?
So I’m on a couple of panels for LonCon 3, and I need to do some homework so that I’m properly on the ball. Suggested (re)reading (and viewing I suppose) please, from all you SF fans out there. First one: WE CAN REBUILD YOU. SF medicine regularly comes up with “cures” for disabled bodies —…
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Singing in a veil
A new experience, singing whilst dressed as a nun. Apparently the costumes are borrowed from a production of Sister Act, and fit where they touch – A’s ‘cutty sark’ needs letting down about a foot so we don’t see her stripey socks until we are meant to. (I like the strategically placed light, it gives…
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What a difference a floor makes
First stage rehearsal for The Adventures of Count Ory last night, and although there’s still some work to do on the seating, the stage is pretty much set up. Fantastic ‘stone slab’ flooring that will double as the town square and the castle. Bent-wood chairs have replaced the heavy cushioned metal ones that the audience…
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Three Mermaids
I have a bit of a thing about mermaids. The house is strewn with pictures and even a bit of stained glass. So recently I wrote about a mermaid in my story The Real McCoy which has been read at three live literature events by three different actors in under a month. To celebrate here…
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Songs of the Sea
Well, for a writing blog there’s a heck of a lot about singing on here. This post is no exception. Vocal Chords, my regular choir, are splashing out in Forest Hill on Saturday July 19th (The only day that week that I’m not rehearsing or performing in Count Ory at Blackheath. 3pm St Saviour’s Church,…
Cherry Potts, Writer, Editor, creative writing tutor; Lesbian, cat-mother, would-be singer. Any of these can crop up here.
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