elizalanglandJul 17, 20197 minThou Art Alive: Not Liking ShakespeareAndrew didn’t like Shakespeare. “Well,” he said, “when I say I don’t like Shakespeare, I don’t mean I don’t like Shakespeare, I mean I...
elizalanglandJul 17, 20194 minThou Art Alive: What’s My Through Line? It was my first experience of playing Shakespeare using parts and cues. As I got up to read I asked ‘what’s my character’s through line?’...
elizalanglandJul 17, 20192 minDrowning in Metaphor The river water was clear, clean and deep, the weather hot. Aberdeenshire was a gentle place that summer, the countryside of Monymusk,...
elizalanglandJul 17, 20191 minYou are a Force of Nature! You wouldn’t argue with a force of nature, would you? You couldn’t argue an avalanche into a change of course or cajole a bolt of...
elizalanglandJul 17, 20193 minI Screech to a Halt at Lairg I screech to a halt at Lairg because I’ve been starting to think about lunch or at the very least a tea break on my journey from...
elizalanglandJul 17, 20199 minJust Home from Singing a Sad Song and Getting a Laugh The red nose helped. The ancient and august cathedral helped. Acoustics sublime. The Steinway helped. The genius playing the Steinway...
elizalanglandJul 17, 20191 minThoughts in the Shower I’m talking about when ‘it’ all seems so suddenly clear. Like in the shower. Why? Is it because when we turn on the water we’re earthed,...
elizalanglandJul 17, 20192 minTalking the Taboo What we say. It goes well with those shoes. What we want to say but don’t. Are you going out in that? What we say. You’ll be fine. What...