Wednesday, 26 June 2013

On Beauty in Sheffield

Location: The University of Sheffield

On Beauty is complete. It has been six month's work for Vanessa, Jasmine and George, a year's work for myself and almost two for Eleanor but we have finished the tour together. The final moments onstage were incredibly powerful as collectively we said goodbye to Stencil and Nude. It has been a beast but we have worked so hard to make it the show it is today and presented it to so many people in two countries.

Coming back to The University of Sheffield felt strange. Back in the building in which my formative years were spent. But now, three years on from my final assessment in this venue, I am back, as alumni, presenting an international full length original work as a professional director, with a fellow alumni who wrote the piece itself. It felt rather special.

This tour has been incredible. Every element of the production was truly epic. And the bond the five of us now share through presenting this to an international audience is genuinely special. I am glad to have done this, and will remember this for years to come.

It definitely merits a tattoo... Watch this space!

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