After another messy morning of glueing on Friday, our best efforts to keep the workplace well ventilated weren’t enough to prevent collapses of giggles when we started work in the afternoon. So, we put aside our guidelines of Objective, Context and Strategy, to work on some small scale rigging and counterweight tricks. They look great on their own but, the challenge is to find the introductions and resolutions for these moments.



As we’re trying to find our ways in and out of the… Continue

This is going to be quite a personal and creative update, compared to the last two, which were a bit like press releases. I’m happy to say that today has been a good and naturally creative day.



My agitation over the last year about how this project might come into being, who to cast, whether we would get funded, and all of the technical detail that became so dauntingly real once we got the green light from ACW, left me with a lot of problem solving and management detail to… Continue

A case of the snuffles, or is it Man Flu? A wonky foot left over from graduation at Laban School. 1,000 rather elegantly sexy posters from the printers, that arrived with the promise of a very expensive visit to the post office. A potentially whooping hole in our touring budget. Brilliant management and creative input from Bridie Doyle’s all seeing eye, and a hit the ground running challenge to the cast.



We’re mucking about with an awful lot of second hand clothes, which is… Continue

In 48 hours time we’ll have already started devising a show called Wardrobe Diaries, before setting-off on a tour of Wales.

I’m devising/ directing WD with the help of a great, supportive & creative team:

Bridie Doyle Citrus Arts Manager & Choreographer

Nic Young (Riverfront) Co-producer

Deborah Keyser (Creu Cymru) Co-producer

Phil Mackenzie (Sherman) Dramaturge & Mentor

Dai Mitchell Production/Technical Manager

Carl Davies Designer



The… Continue

Arts Council Wales have given the go-ahead for CITRUS’ production of Wardrobe Diaries to develop, and tour Wales in autumn 2009. Created with support from Nofitstate circus & Arts Council Wales, Wardrobe Diaries has developed from an idea by former Nofitstate Immortal cast member James Roberts into a brand new circus & dance-theatre show, co-produced by The Riverfront & Creu Cymru.



In a rich mix of aerial and acrobatic skills, dance, honest imagination and quirky humour;… Continue

CITRUS will present a scratch performance of an aerial-theatre work based on blog/twitter posts during the G20 protests. Wednesday 5th Aug, Wales Millennium Centre @ 6.45pm. Book a seat at rsvp@wmc.org

Please come along & apologies for the late posting.