Blog Category: Acting Company Blog
Keep up to date with all the news and gossip from Mind the Gap's Acting Company. Projects in development, new workshops available for commission and everything that goes on 'behind the scenes' at Mind the Gap Studios.
04/09/2012
Chris Steel's Irresistible Blog - 04 September 2012
Hello Chris Steel here again with this week's blog. Well the day has finally arrived that the cast of Irresistible go down to London! Jez Colborne and Mind the Gap’s Artistic Director Tim Wheeler went down last Friday and did a preview performance at the Liberty Festival, which was well received by the friendly audience.
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Chris Steel's Irresistible Blog - 29 August 2012
Hello, Chris Steel here again, Mind the Gap’s in house reporter. Today I have been asking the about some of the vehicles that the cast will be using in Irresistible. Jonathan Lewis said, “I use the wheelchair to help me when I’m reading palms.” I also asked Jonathan about the character that he plays, “My character is one of the Hobos. He walks quite slowly and likes to sleep. He has travelled everywhere.” Tim Wheeler, Mind the Gap’s Artistic Director said, “Jonathan’s character is like one of the Roman Gods.
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Chris Steel's Irresistible Blog - 22 August 2012
Hello, Chris Steel here again, Mind the Gap’s in house reporter. Today I have been asking the cast about some of the costumes and props that are used in Irresistible. I asked Liam Bairstow what he thought of the outfit he wears as a Crew member in Irresistible. He said, “I really like my costume as I like the colour and it helps me get into character”.
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Chris Steel's Irresistible Blog - 15 August 2012
Hello Chris Steel here again, the in-house reporter for Mind the Gap giving you your weekly update about Irresistible. Today I have been asking some of the cast what they have been up to over the last week in preparation for the performances in London in September. Daniel Collier told us “We have been watching some videos of the opening ceremony of this year’s Olympic Games and getting some inspiration.
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Chris Steel's Irresistible Blog - 08 August 2012
Hello my name is Chris Steel. Over the summer I’m the in-house reporter here at Mind the Gap. I’ll be sharing stories to let people know what is going on here during the run up to our performances of Irresistible in London in September. Today I have been interviewing members of the cast and finding out what they are getting up to.
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I was star struck by Howard
Last Monday ITV came to Mind the Gap Studios. They have interviewed Tim and the Making Theatre crew. You can watch us on This Morning on Monday 11th June. I always watch it because it’s fun and the presenters are really interesting.
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Oska Bright On the Road comes to Bradford by Alison
Mind the Gap submitted four short film to the Oska Bright Film Award and not one but all four went through the final stage and Thug Dance was short-listed for the award. We didn't win the award but we were very excited to have made that far.
Write first comment27/01/2012
Making a World of Difference: When Arla met Mind the Gap
For the past two days, Mind the Gap has been working with a group of eight people from Arla Foods on a High Potential Leadership Programme. Arla make dairy products like Cravendale milk and Lurpak butter. It’s very different from making theatre!
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Developing Real Voices Real Lives
Hello Zara here, Acting Company have been working mostly on Real Voices, Real Lives it's about disability hate crime and we've developed scenes. So in one scene there's a perpetrator and a victim who go shopping together and the perpetrator who makes the victim pay all the time. There's another where we sing the song Wheels on the Bus but we put other words in that get used about people who have a learning disability.
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Last week of term
Hi it's Zara again. On Monday we had Mia and had the guys back from Stig, we welcomed them back in session. We did like a dance piece all together, I worked with Howard and Susan - different groups came out and did their little bit to show the audience and then we were in a clump. We rehearsed and then did a little showing for staff. It went okay, it was good and I enjoyed working with Howard. We've also been rehearsing Real Voices, Real Lives - we showed Alan and JoAnne it because they've been on tour and haven't seen it.
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