“Good art is always communicating the unspeakable and unknowable” | Rob Maltby on the fundamental connection to humanity at the core of his art

How did you get into art? I think that I have always been into it! I don’t know about that, I know it is the kind of thing that every artist likes to think of in retrospect, but I think that the crystallisation of it came when I was about 17, when I realised that, … Continue reading “Good art is always communicating the unspeakable and unknowable” | Rob Maltby on the fundamental connection to humanity at the core of his art

“The tropes I was most interested to tease were the ones that had most affected my romantic life” | Writer and Director Billie Esplen on inverting romcom clichés in Cowboys and Lesbians

Tell us about your show Cowboys and Lesbians. Cowboys and Lesbians is the little nerdy gay child of my heart! It's a queer rom-com about two teenage best friends, Nina and Noa, who start writing a sexy cowboy film together, and may or may not figure out they fancy each other in the process… What … Continue reading “The tropes I was most interested to tease were the ones that had most affected my romantic life” | Writer and Director Billie Esplen on inverting romcom clichés in Cowboys and Lesbians

“I think the ability to include everyone in your joke is the key to wit.” | Sarah Cameron-West on bringing the rage, awkwardness and sarcasm of KAREN from Edinburgh to London

Tell us about your show, KAREN. KAREN is a fast paced one woman show about our Protagonist, who gets dumped on her 30th birthday at Alton Towers mid-way through a Calippo. Things go from bad to worse when it is revealed that Protagonist’s long term boyfriend Joe has been having an affair with her arch … Continue reading “I think the ability to include everyone in your joke is the key to wit.” | Sarah Cameron-West on bringing the rage, awkwardness and sarcasm of KAREN from Edinburgh to London