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Messingham's Head: July 2010
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SINGING THE SONG AND DOING THE DANCE. Thursday, 15 July 2010. Well, second meet really, but first with more than three people. Obviously, any first read-through is a nightmare and I optioned not to let my actors, one of whom I’d never even met, have any information about the play in which they’d agreed to be in. So that got them nervous. JUST ONE OR TWO THINGS WE NEED. I explained all we need now is money, a venue, loads of really glittery Disco costumes, a set, a composer, disco songs, dancers, a house ...
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Messingham's Head: January 2011
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SINGING THE SONG AND DOING THE DANCE. Wednesday, 5 January 2011. Okay, it's not Christmas any more but I felt the urge to write about something other than Disco for once. Girls can safely look away now: it's about the new Tron. POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT TRON LEGACY (SORT OF). Okay, it’s not remotely a movie. It’s really not a blockbuster kids popcorn Harry Potter Narnia thing. It’s not even the endless, dismal Avatar. Anybody remember The Lawnmower Man? Of course, it would have been nice to see the Tr...
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Messingham's Head: ANOTHER BLOG ABOUT DISCO
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SINGING THE SONG AND DOING THE DANCE. Tuesday, 15 February 2011. ANOTHER BLOG ABOUT DISCO. ANOTHER BLOG ABOUT DISCO. Yes I know. I haven’t written anything here for a while. I’m sure all 34 of you who have viewed my previous blogs are devastated…. What’s been happening is that the play has been progressing at the speed of a slow moving glacier. So this post is more of a summary than a blog. A SAD MAN RANTS. I love my work.). The way to beat the producer blues was to rewrite Disco. I locked myself awa...
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Messingham's Head: TRON LEGACY
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SINGING THE SONG AND DOING THE DANCE. Wednesday, 5 January 2011. Okay, it's not Christmas any more but I felt the urge to write about something other than Disco for once. Girls can safely look away now: it's about the new Tron. POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT TRON LEGACY (SORT OF). Okay, it’s not remotely a movie. It’s really not a blockbuster kids popcorn Harry Potter Narnia thing. It’s not even the endless, dismal Avatar. Anybody remember The Lawnmower Man? Of course, it would have been nice to see the Tr...
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Messingham's Head: September 2010
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SINGING THE SONG AND DOING THE DANCE. Wednesday, 15 September 2010. We Can Be Heroes. The DP and I intended to force a reaction from a viewer, as an ‘in-yer-face’ trailer for a longer comedy series idea about the current UK delusion of the entrepreneurs dream; otherwise known as ‘rich people taking money off stupid poor people by pretending their desperate ideas have value’. I’d like to use a better word: heroic. After all, the Kray Twins were probably ‘likeable’. At first. To tell the truth, I think som...
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Messingham's Head: We Can Be Heroes
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SINGING THE SONG AND DOING THE DANCE. Wednesday, 15 September 2010. We Can Be Heroes. The DP and I intended to force a reaction from a viewer, as an ‘in-yer-face’ trailer for a longer comedy series idea about the current UK delusion of the entrepreneurs dream; otherwise known as ‘rich people taking money off stupid poor people by pretending their desperate ideas have value’. I’d like to use a better word: heroic. After all, the Kray Twins were probably ‘likeable’. At first. To tell the truth, I think som...
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Messingham's Head: MUSIC DISCO BOOGIE
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SINGING THE SONG AND DOING THE DANCE. Monday, 21 March 2011. As threatened a million years ago – here’s the next blog about Disco. It’s about music this time. I can write this now as the music to the show has nearly completely been delivered. Also, I have almost finally managed to find some lovely dancers willing to join in the fun. Welcome aboard (I hope) – Emma and co. I’ll say it. I do love disco music. As with all music, disco is music that takes me back in Time – that runs parall...I love nearly all...
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SINGING THE SONG AND DOING THE DANCE. Wednesday, 24 November 2010. I guess for marketing reasons if nothing else, it’s time to start writing about the big writing project ‘going down’ in Messingham Town. It's a long blog 'cos it's the first one. There have been rumours and now I can confirm: yes, I am putting on a comedy musical play inspired by the great Brit-shit Joan Collins movie The Stud. Funny, passionate and, yes, just a little bit naughty. Anyway, The Stud, which I’m not going to bang on ab...
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Messingham's Head: March 2011
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SINGING THE SONG AND DOING THE DANCE. Monday, 21 March 2011. As threatened a million years ago – here’s the next blog about Disco. It’s about music this time. I can write this now as the music to the show has nearly completely been delivered. Also, I have almost finally managed to find some lovely dancers willing to join in the fun. Welcome aboard (I hope) – Emma and co. I’ll say it. I do love disco music. As with all music, disco is music that takes me back in Time – that runs parall...I love nearly all...
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Messingham's Head
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SINGING THE SONG AND DOING THE DANCE. Tuesday, 21 December 2010. RAISE A GLASS TO THE DISCO PHOTOSHOOT! Last week I finally managed to complete a project with Disco I've been trying to get done for ages: a photoshoot to build up a press pack for the production to try and garner some sponsorship for the May dates. PRACTICE MAKES A GLAMOROUS PHOTOSHOOT. I want to thank Jeanette and the cast for braving the wilds of Worthing for the Monday night and especially Andrea for going to the pool hall next door and...
