I hear ya Zosia Jo! 'On giving up not giving up' articulates the struggles of being freelance in the arts and playing the ever saturating, ever depressing, ever pull your teeth out funding game! Which Zosia Jo describes as The Capitalist Hustle. And Zosia has decided no more. After 9 years crafting a career in …
Dear Louise
Lucy Meet my friend Louise I'll be back Monday Hi Louise Lovely to meet you Great you're interested in the classes I've added you to the mailing list Thanks for this Hope to be with you Wednesday Zoom shut me out of this afternoon's class No idea why I didn't just abandon you all Louise …
50 does 50
As we all know Covid-19 and lockdown caused everything to stop earlier this year, affecting almost everyone and everything. At the time 50+CDS were half way through our second block of the year with weekly classes taking place down at our new base and home, The Montgomery Theatre in the centre of Sheffield. We joined …
zooming away
So lockdown. That old chestnut. Stay Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives. The voice of actor Mark Strong echoing round our heads (think it's his voice anyway.) Whoever came up with that slogan must be very pleased with themselves. But this is our new life. The 'New Norm'. To start with I watched the news …
Playlist of Joy
I don't know about you but I've never spent so much time on my phone. These past few weeks I'm spending more time online, chatting to family and friends but also on the look out for those videos and clips that are heart warming, joyful and downright hilarious. I've seen loads of great content online …
