Author Archives: bembodavies

NOTES FROM AN ACTORS’ WORKSHOP  – BAGAMOYO COLLEGE OF DRAMA, TANZANIA – October 2007 It was an offer not to be refused – “Could I contribute a two-day workshop at the 26th Bagamoyo Festival of Art and Culture ?” My … Continue reading →

SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RITES Humankind’s problems are magnificent. They are many; they are daunting. To resolve them requires vast amounts of human ingenuity. The strategy of the “Culture First” ‘fictive NGO’ involves creating the inner dynamic of … Continue reading →

Old friend and collaborator, Steven Bush is getting his latest play published by Talon Books, Vancouver.  I requested permission to write an introductory preface… The Installation of Self A script in book form remains desiccated theatre.  It lacks the man. … Continue reading →

a 4 1/2 minute short film was released and then withdrawn by the 10:10 coalition on action for climate change.  Designed to awaken a concrete commitment — it somehow fell a foul of some of the ground tenants of Non-toxic … Continue reading →

I somewhere found another ranting note…. a good one…. Acting consciously is no laughing matter; veteran actors can suffer in places that the young and eager haven’t yet found.  Aware of the pitfalls, one can usually count upon being caught … Continue reading →

A play in book form resembles a detective story:  Who done what to whom, how?  What on earth was the motive? Larry Tremblay, if he exists at all, loves the theatre.  His formula is ingenious: squirming actors give a squirming … Continue reading →

One of my rants just came to the surface from a forgotten existence beneath my heaps of data files. If this page, as a portal of ideas and words, is to carry its weight, I’m going to throw out things … Continue reading →

ACTIVE VERB LECTURE SERIES #4 a coincidence it may have been, but Society for the Promotion of Human Rites has signed on to hold the fourth edition of the Extracting Enthusiasm project on the 28th of May at the Festival … Continue reading →