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As you may know, this blog started life as a resource aimed at the members and Alumni of Birmingham University's Guild Musical Theatre Group.















Since then, I have realised that a great many artists I know could use a serious resource for discussion and debate of the major issues.















So, I open this network to any and all arts professionals who would like to use it. Over the years, I have seen some awe inspiring performances and productions by a great many talented and high ranking individuals, whose knowledge would be an asset to the artistic community. I invite these individuals and others to come forward, so that their achievements may be celebrated.






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Its is also easy to forget, that we don't often have a chance to discuss or to think about the most serious issues affecting the arts. Despite all the progress made by online networks like Facebook and Twitter, there still needs to be a place where opinions can be viewed, and I hope that this will be such a place: a neutral ground, where all are welcome, and where knowledge can be shared.















Artists of all disciplines, I hope that this will assist your development and further networking. May this resource serve you well.















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Friday 8 June 2012

Paranoia: Only in the Theatre?

One trap performers can fall into, I reckon, is a kind of paranoid mistrust of others, and it's something to be wary of. Outsiders may laugh at the neurotic, insecure behaviour of stage performers, but that is because they fail to understand the effects of a turbulent, unpredictable environment on the people within it.

Perhaps I'm not the best authority to comment on this: but it's something that has come up again and again with shows I've been invovled with. I'd like to hear the views of full time performers on this one, but I suspect they probably would agree.
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