Cheeky and Tiny. Bar maids and performers from Paradise and Purgatory, the bar for those that are lost and those that don't want to be found.

Been rehearsing in the evenings for the past 2 days. Things always feel more exciting at night...a thinner veil between imagination and reality perhaps.

I love working in the mornings but somehow the night just carries you away. You start writing some ideas and time has slipped away.

Working after a morning in London is exciting as well. I enjoy the level of inspiration which is accessible. You can feel it working your imagination. Then it is like just watching ideas flow rather then feeling like you are generating them.

Tried to see the exhibit at the Tate Modern this morning called "How It Is". Missed it though!

I didn't realise it finished 2 weeks ago.

I love the idea of the installation. Disappearing into darkness and all the existential questions that raises! -Really wanted to see it as it is very much like an idea we are working on for The Dancer and The Devil.

Loving London and looking forward to rehearsing at our base in Cornwall this weekend as well.

Things are a little more wild there! I will post some images of the Cornish part of the project this weekend.

Been working on some more illusions today. I love illusions. The play, the art and the ceremony involved in a good illusion is just magic...literally!

Looking forward to talking some more with Jack Morrison this weekend. He is a great friend and an amazing wealth of knowledge and experience when it comes to the history of theatre and ritual. He used to be a stage manager at The Globe and worked with Mark Rylance which I find very exciting as I think Mark Rylance is pretty amazing.

Finally, here is a picture of Angelina and Myself posing outside BAC, "Britains most influential theatre"! I like that!...

Just wanted to share the Flyer for The Dancer and The Devil!

All carged up

What a great day!

Things are shaping up now. BAC is such a creative space to work in. You can feel the echoes of great theatre in that building.

The General Office which will be the venue for the scratch show next week is more perfect then we remembered. Dark, intimitate and cave like, the perfect setting for a strange cabaret club somewhere between the deepest part of the forest and a place in our imaginations.

So...working on the narrative and the overall structure of the performance, enjoying the time to research and explore ideas at BAC.

Over the weekend we return to our rehearsal space in Cornwall to work with Julian Gaskell (From The Ragged Trousered Philantrhropists) and Emily Dobson.

Really excited to be working with both Julian and Emily; Julian for his wild gypsy music and charismatic/eccentric stage presence; and Emily for her explosive and beautiful dance style and her fantastic ideas for the character.

I am playing the host and Master of Ceremonies, a character called Jacob. A deserted Army general, a lone wolf and a charmer.

Angelina (Director) has such great ideas and such a strong connection to the stories in this show. She is really exciting to work with and I think she is really enjoying working on a project in this way. (She will also be making a very exciting appearence in the cabaret club!)

After The Dancer and The Devil appears as part of the scratch festival at BAC we are continuing the development of the show at 2 of our other favorite venues; Prema Arts Centre in Uley(Gloucestershire) and The Lowry, Salford where we will preview a full length version of the show/event in early 2011.

We are looking forward to Porl Cooper from The Lowry joining us at BAC next week.

Beautiful evening down on the South Bank.

More to follow.

BAC Scratch Festival 5..4..3..2..1...

Rogue Theatre has arrived in London.
Excited and a bit nervous at the prospect of creating a new show for the Scratch Festival.
Anna Maria Murphy has written some beautiful text for the first part of the story, we have an exciting team including musician Julian Gaskell (Gypsy, Punk, Folk, Cabaret style music) and dancer Emily Dobson (Cscape Dance Company and Kneehigh's Don John).

Angelina (Director) and myself are really enjoying the creative freedom and the exciting potential of the project. We are excited to try out some new ideas, work in a new way with some new people and engage with audiences in a way which shapes the development of work and ideas. Whilst there is a certain healthy pressure on us it is a welcome change to the familiar pressure of a rehearsal process which counts down to the first date of a long national tour.
Looking forward to working at BAC tomorrow.

Please spread the word, Rogue Theatre presents an experimental scratch performance called "The Dancer and The Devil" at BAC on Weds 5 and Thurs 6 May at 8.15pm.
Go to www.bac.org.uk for more details.
More to follow...