In 1917 Derby born Alice Wheeldon, socialist, suffragette and conscientious objector, was accused of plotting to murder the British Prime Minister David Lloyd George. Held in Derby’s Guildhall prison cells “that Wheeldon woman” went on to be tried at the Old Bailey whilst the world’s press watched. With striking resonances to the contemporary political...

Release ‘No one is sane; it’s all about degrees’ Release will be on at the Derby Theatre Studio at 8pm from the 11th to the 15th of January. Chelsea is a disturbed young woman with something to prove, Angela has a violent husband, Sarah never meant to hurt her bullying stepmother and Elizabeth’s love knows no bounds. They’re bought together in...

What are you up to this Friday…? Just a heads up to all who may be in Derby City Centre this friday that I will be performing with Sustained Magic Theatre Company in our Girl In the Wondow Project which is part of the Theatre Store. Performances are on the 17th of September at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30 and 5:30, last for 10 minutes and are 100% FREE. We...

A quick blog for you all from a Sustained Magic storyboarding session for the upcoming Girl In The Window: 2010. Please do all come along on the 17th of September. More info to be found at www.sustainedmagic.com. Did I mention that the event is free of charge? Watch A Fish Called Wanda Watch Roman Holiday movie online Watch The Hills Have Eyes II movie...

There has been hard work going on. Lots of it. Sustained Magic now has a new website and blog. You can reach it by pointing your browser to www.sustainedmagic.com There you will find more information about the Theatre Company i an a director of and what it is we do. There will be more to come and updated info regarding our upcoming projects. There are also links to...

The power of friend recommendations and a nation addicted to Social Networking This morning I had two friends on my new Ed Kennedy Facebook Page and after an hour of sitting down and sending friend requests and looking through automatically generated recommendations from Facebook I had sent out a good few requests. My inbox on my Macbook is now full of messages...

The Arts, The Election and the Meanifesto’s Well I have posted off my Voting Registration form now for my new house and so need to start thinking about who to actually vote for. Being a creative artist, I of cause want to make sure I don’t vote for someone who will be moving to close all the theatres and cut funding to Doctor Who. This basically means not...