Day ninety-five – Chess club
But before we speak of traps and stratagems, moving pieces around the board, other manoeuvres. First was an wanted intrusion, when a student from the BHM course burst through the
November 19, 2024
Teaching in Lucknow
Project ’25 – CMS Lucknow
It has been my modus operandi to seek out theatre projects around the world by myself, and these have frequently developed from personal contacts. But even these have to be
June 8, 2025
High drama
I suppose I ought to deal with the picture first, since that is bound to attract attention. First of all, I am fine. Not entirely fine, as I have a
June 23, 2025
Zombie apocalypse
I am teaching three times two hour sessions a day at the moment: an “audition” class with the cast to start with, and then two INSET classes with groups of
June 24, 2025
Teaching teachers
And so we have come to the end of my week teaching teachers how to teach Drama. It was a bit of an additional task: while I was in Lucknow
June 27, 2025
Aesop and Faustus
One week on from our arrival… and the play to be cast tomorrow. Refugee Week seems a lifetime away, but an awful lot has happened in a very brief time.
June 28, 2025
Let them do it
CMS are doing their best to get as much out of me as they can while I am here, and if it weren’t for the fact that I am absolutely
July 7, 2025
Rajajipuram 1
Which is the name of one of the twenty-five or so campuses that comprise CMS. With more being built – it’s hard to keep up. As well as directing Aesop,
July 16, 2025
Long day
My first assignment for the day was the final session with the Year 7 (13 year old) students. They have made remarkable progress over the past five days, from mice
July 19, 2025
Mime cars, etc
RJPM 1 asked to have the benefit(?) of my teaching for a second week, so I am back there again with a different group, of more senior students, alongside a
July 23, 2025
Fun and games
More of a diary entry on this occasion, with forays into all three of the blogsite’s Lucknow categories: Life, Project, and Aesop. But fun and games throughout. This was my
July 27, 2025
Youth Skill Development
Today was Day one of my two day involvement with Amity University, Lucknow – I don’t know if this is THE university of the city, or one of two, or
July 30, 2025