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Daniel Kershaw · 31 August 2011
So let me get this straight. It’s all courtesies and thank yous when Gordon the Optom reviews your shows favourably, but on the very rare occasion he doesn’t like something (and let’s be honest,…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 26 February 2011
Tricked you. Now you have to read on as punishment. If you perform theatre, you should see theatre. This is not a discussion about the necessity of seeing theatre as an means to develop your artistry;…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 12 May 2010
Theatrical friends and peers, It has been a while since I blogged on this site and already I can hear the trolls emerging from their dark and sordid caves to begin their hateful rants. The subject on…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 4 March 2010
You clicked onto this thread because of the title, didn't you? Degenerate! Now you have to read the entire post to repent for your sinful ways Cast of Characters. Christina - Theatre Producer. Daniel…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 27 February 2009
A troll is an internet term for a user who makes anonymous and usually irrelevant, if not malicious comments on forum threads. Little do people know how the term became a regular part of the internet…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 9 September 2008
A very short word from Daniel Kershaw. The objective of some of my blogs is to highlight a very important issue regarding this otherwise fantastic website – Walters who sling. Many of us here at the…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 7 September 2008
It’s hard being me. I write a light blog for theatre.asn like the one mentioned below and overnight I’m getting phone calls and emails from paranoid theatrical practitioners thinking that I am avo…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 1 September 2008
Ever had the misfortune of going to a show produced or starring one of your friends only to find IT WAS A PIECE OF SHIT? Then this guide is for you. These ten tips will assist you in avoiding and dipl…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 24 August 2008
Last night I got a disturbing phone call from director Peter Clark. I will transcribe it from memory as best I can. I think the phone call was around 11pm. Daniel answers ringing phone. Daniel: Hello.…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 19 August 2008
Hey every1, My name is Tracii Welsh and Im 13 but I can look alot older specially when I get dresed up and go out to the movies and shopping mall. I wanna be a moviestar a really big one but i am not…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 17 August 2008
Now that I have your attention, you flithy perverts... Welcome to the Birthday Party – leave reality at the door. Clothes optional. If you don’t come to see The Birthday Party at the Rechabites Ha…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 10 August 2008
Yes, I’m posting. Yes, I vowed to abandon the website to the vicious, uncouth plebs who think it’s cool to abuse people in internetspeak instead of the Queen’s English. So, for all you with the…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 30 March 2008
This post was a rant I wrote a few years ago and am taking down, because I don't want people referring to it forever. I am a bit old and less impetuous these days, but still highly opinionated. That's…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 30 May 2007
As you are no doubt aware of, the one act season is rapidly approaching. Just letting you know that I will be submitting an original play into the one act festivals in September (company not yet confi…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 20 November 2006
Remember when I had a yarn about supporting original theatre and we all thought it was such a noble cause? My crazy director forked out his own cash, just so he could produce his own script, because m…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 20 October 2006
What would you say about a man who financed his own play, just so he could put it on? Crazy? Stupid? Really, really stupid? Well, that’s the story of John Grimshaw’s, “The Karaoke Twistâ€, of w…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 25 September 2006
I have a big stupid grin on my face that I can't get rid of. The one act play I wrote, 'Awakenings’, took home 4 of the possible 8 awards at the South West drama festival on the weekend. We were awa…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 9 August 2006
Next week sees the opening of the Garrick One Act festival. This sees the debut of Jeff Watkins, aka, Lubrug, as director for ‘Quake’ and myself, as playwright for ‘Awakenings’. It is importan…
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