November 19, 2017
From Queen Lear to Princess Paloma! We transitioned pretty much straight into intensive wedding planning and management mode, Paloma going up a gear from what I thought was a world productivity record set by her with Queen L...
June 24, 2017
‘‘[...] We that are young
Shall never see so much, nor live so long.’’
Poster by Paloma León Calopa y Carlos Cashiero
Photo by Henry A K Smith
The applause rings out, the actors bow, back slaps and hugs all round, everyone bea...
May 23, 2017
What is it like to put on a theatre production? I don’t know why, but a memory springs to mind of a day spent with a friend (several years ago now), who was at the time a TV director. My friend had three tasks that they were...
March 2, 2017
King Lear and the Fool in the Storm, by William Dyce
I can't believe that a month has passed since my last post! The only indicator that I could put on this amount of time having passed since I last communicated here is the n...
January 25, 2017
Image from Viridiana, by Luis Buñuel
Well, today feels like an important day in the evolution of our latest production, the Artman adaption of King Lear. Today, we finally got together all of the performers we need so that n...
November 27, 2016
We love doing research for our projects at Artman English, specially when it involves going to The Old Vic to see Glenda Jackson incarnating King Lear... What a treat! It was the crowning glory of another Shakespearean rehea...
November 24, 2016
Illustration by Pavel Tatarnikov
We are pleased to say that Artman English is back to the blogosphere, and that it is here to stay! ;)
This Autumn is being a very Shakespearean time for us, although fortunately the "murd...
July 2, 2015
I was preparing myself for another day of waiting in Jerusalem when I heard excited voices in the garden: in quick sucession, Jackie, Jan & Henriette (another member of the Theatre Day Productions' lovely bunch) gave me the...
June 27, 2015
This time a week ago, Oli and I were sat on a plane heading to Tel Aviv, feeling totally up for the Gaza experience, but also quite emotional and very tired after a night of sleep-deprivation (I'm afraid we'll never master t...
June 26, 2015
...and from Gaza:
Welcome to the Artman English blog...
As you might or might not have heard, we are currently working for Theatre Day Productions, an incredible theatre company that has been resident in Gaza for 20 y...
