Charlie Crane I met Charlie Crane mid to late 80’s through my work as a songwriter. I had just come to the end of a publishing contract with MCA Music and Charlie had just left employment as a publisher (can’t remember – maybe it was ABC Music) I was looking for a new publisher and … Read more
October 1st and 2nd sees 3 workshops taking place in the locations below in the Drama in the Dale production “The Bonny Moorhen”. This is a community play being developed by Jack Drum Arts with community groups to dramatise the Stanhope Riot of 1819 My part in this is to develop additional Digital activities. These … Read more
I have a slightly altered remit from October 1st and a range of exciting and interesting Community Informatics and Community Media projects starting up. Drama in the Dales This project led by Jack Drum Arts is about the creation of a ‘community play’ for Weardale, inspired by the story of ‘The Battle of Stanhope’ as … Read more
I spent the day filming for the Cornfield Flowers Project with Chris Wilson. We started out at Silpho field and then spent some time in the very atmospheric Spaunton Quarry. Then Chris led the way to the secluded “mushroom field” Finally we returned to the Jeep having left the engine running as had been hesitant … Read more
If you can’t make it to the event in Saltburn today (Thurs 3rd March) you should still me able to enjoy it online. I say “should” because this is experimental. At http://tvcm.co.uk/animex2011 there is a tweetstream with the hashtag #tvcmanim11 – a chat stream, a live stream and a “blogcast” releasing each film at the … Read more
Production has begun again after the Christmas break on “Tommy and Barry Go Back”. We lost a lot of production days before Christmas to weather condition and ill health so we have postponed the world premiere to March 3rd. It’s the same venue, Saltburn Community Theatre at 7.30pm. We moved our production location to Destinations in … Read more