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Actors fears NO.135

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  Actors fears NO.135 So today my heart’s exploding.   It does this sometimes, rakes itself over the hot coals of traumas of the past and fears for the future and dives headfirst into all the feels and that’s ok, well it’s not, it’s a physical release that’s indicative of a lot of pain I haven’t processed and a lot of things I desperately need to address and change in my life but that’s not the point today, the point is, ok, this happens sometimes but what do I do when it happens on a day like today?   You see, I’m actually attached to a show at the moment and we’re on tour this weekend and it’s a good show, no it’s a great show with an amazing cast and crew that I have loved every second of working with but when my heart goes boom like this it leaves me, firstly, exhausted, numb and emotionally dry and secondly, automatic defence systems kick in and bury all those ‘feels’ deep down to allow me to survive and function, like antibodies dispatched to sterilise an open...
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Why is Macbeth a Monster and Loki Simply Mischievous? - or - Theatre Rant the First!

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 A comparison and discussion of two epic heroes and villians of stage and screen! Post extract: "it’s easier to just pigeonhole Macbeth as a ‘dead butcher’ (5.9) rather than examine the familiar, if flawed, characteristics of a man in context, a man not so far removed from who we ourselves may be...A lot has been said of the similarities of the first Thor movie with Shakespeare’s Hamlet , I want to look at Loki as Macbeth ...Macbeth is evil and yet Loki is misunderstood, mischievous, conflicted or even victimised! Why?"               (Wikimedia Commons - Macbeth meets the Witches) Macbeth Versus Loki! I, financially, experientially and due to chronic health problems and a defeatist attitude, will probably never get to train in acting and theatre but my passion will always lie with the stage.   So, rather pathetically, I often find myself debating with myself over some theatrical production or concept as there’s not many people, o...
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Storm Flash Fiction

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Summer Solstice has sung but nothing except dull skies and rain greet my window.  We're heading for stormy weather so I thought I'd share a flash fiction piece I wrote a few weeks ago during a 'borrowed' summer storm, and inspired by Adam of The Book of Darkness and Light over on Facebook, who has been sharing amazing, free writing workshops over lockdown.  (And yes, events are still ongoing and yes, you should check them out, especially if your passions lie in the more ghostly and macabre!) Broadcasting the storm that raged in his little corner of the UK over Facebook Live, he challenged us to listen and write for 8 minutes and just see what the weather invoked.  Dampened spirits perhaps but with wet ink! Here's mine! I hope you enjoy! Ps I don't usually share my writing but something clicked that day, perhaps it was the power of the storm (Pixabay Free Usage - image by enriquelopezgarre) When the storm started... ...Cara didn’t notice for she was sound asle...
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