Good morning!
Short and sweet one today!
A good meeting yesterday about the development ideas for the new Cultural Industries Quarter in Barking where are studios are based. There is a great deal of regeneration happening and the transformation of this old industrial
area is seriously underway. In two years you won't recognise the place. In front of our studios at the moment, big red cranes loom as industrious workmen (yes all men) do their stuff. Apparently the 'golden' brick happens in July. I have never heard that phrase before and assume it means the first brick that is laid? Not sure really. But what I do love is that even in the most grounded of industries they are still prone to using metaphor! You see how it seeps into everything we do.
I was sorting through some old papers yesterday at the studios. Mostly an archive of my old Triple Action newspaper cuttings from the eighties. I was packing some of them up to send to Steven Rumbelow, who was the Artistic Director and now has a successful film company which specialises in zombie horror movies! I would say this is a departure for him, but then on reflection I realise that much of our work at TAT was extremely dark. Titus Andronicus, Faustus, Solaris, Ulysses to name but a few. So I guess zombie movies are natural progeny. He has asked Maciej and I whether we might like to be in such a movie! I am considering it......
http://www.renegademotionpictures.com/
In filing and organising papers to send to Steve in Canada lots of bits and pieces drop out of books and long faded envelopes, old theatre tickets, photos, bills, notes to people and receipts. I was amazed to happen upon a postcard that I sent in 1981 to my mum and dad which was sent on my way to Warsaw and just after that fateful first visit to Auschwitz. Funny that as I was only there again ten days ago - what was the chance of finding that?
A moment later out fell a photo of my very young self taken on the same trip - ah how youth is lost on the young! Thought I would share these bits of memorabilia here - thanks for the indulgence! (I think Nita was probably getting a bit bored with the number of times I said to her 'look at this' yesterday!)
Lots to do today - more to sort through, two proposals to write and some exciting new things to add to the business plan. Watch this space!
Short and sweet one today!
A good meeting yesterday about the development ideas for the new Cultural Industries Quarter in Barking where are studios are based. There is a great deal of regeneration happening and the transformation of this old industrial
I was sorting through some old papers yesterday at the studios. Mostly an archive of my old Triple Action newspaper cuttings from the eighties. I was packing some of them up to send to Steven Rumbelow, who was the Artistic Director and now has a successful film company which specialises in zombie horror movies! I would say this is a departure for him, but then on reflection I realise that much of our work at TAT was extremely dark. Titus Andronicus, Faustus, Solaris, Ulysses to name but a few. So I guess zombie movies are natural progeny. He has asked Maciej and I whether we might like to be in such a movie! I am considering it......
http://www.renegademotionpictures.com/
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| Cadda is my parent's nickname for me - my writing hasn't improved! |
A moment later out fell a photo of my very young self taken on the same trip - ah how youth is lost on the young! Thought I would share these bits of memorabilia here - thanks for the indulgence! (I think Nita was probably getting a bit bored with the number of times I said to her 'look at this' yesterday!)
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| Me at 21 in Poland |
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