Comedy
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Tickets on sale for A Glass of Nothing
So I finally finished writing my play ‘A Glass of Nothing’. Quite handy really, as the first actor’s read through was on Saturday afternoon. Unlike Douglas Adams, I hate the whooshing sound deadlines make as they go by. In fact even thinking about missing a deadline makes my toes curl in horror so I was mightily relieved to…
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A space for Eddie Izzard
I saw Eddie Izzard on Saturday night. I love the proliferation of characters (all played by himself) that populate his stand up act. He carried the audience with him on fantastic imaginative journeys. I particularly liked the death of Caesar scene. Stabbed twice by a Roman called Tenacious and his dying gasp misinterpreted as ‘remember me as…
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A Glass of Nothing – update
So, this play then… ‘A Glass of Nothing’ Its first staging will be at The Warren, Theatre Box, Brighton on Tuesday 17th, Wednesday 18th, and Thursday 19th May. I will be obviously trumpeting this from the rooftops before it happens. To give you an idea of what it’s about, here is some blurb: Have you…
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A Glass of Nothing
Just wanted put something on here about a comedy I’m working on for the Brighton Fringe Festival next year. Last year I went to see a rehearsal for a production and grew fascinated by watching an actor drink endlessly from an empty glass. I wrote a bit about it here and now that random thought is…
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Just because you hate an advert doesn’t mean it doesn’t work
I really, really despise the campaign for Haribo sweets, currently making a return to UK screens as welcome as a bout of acid reflux. What’s weird is that I don’t understand my own irrational, visceral loathing. After all, it is patently intended to be a funny and cute little advert about how Haribo sweets bring out the child in…
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Postmodern Homelistic Art? Guilty as charged
Hilarious. I’ve not enjoyed an advert as much for a long while. Love the mockery of po-faced artistic statements and its talk of ‘Postmodern Homelistic Art’. Also hats off for recognising the latent botcher in us all and how, having botched something, we attempt to justify it. Madefor Promart by the Fahrenheit DDB agency in…
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Accidentally on purpose
Many creative people learn to accommodate seemingly random events into their process. Film maker David Lynch, for example, invented a terrifying character when he glimpsed Frank Silva, a set dresser on the pilot of Twin Peaks, accidentally reflected in a mirror during the filming of a scene. Frank Silva was then cast as Bob, a demonic…
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Somersby Cider wobbling on the shoulders of a giant?
The Somersby Cider advert is funny, and quietly remarkable. For it relies on a knowledge of Apple stores, and the Apple brand. It is no coincidence that Apple’s fanboys and fangirls are stuck to the flypaper of creative departments everywhere. It subverts the seriousness of Apple stores, replacing customers with drinkers examining pints of cider…
Peter Kenny: a writer's notebook 