Ollie Norton-SmithFeb 74 minRehearsal Diary - Day 1Day one of rehearsals – two years after our last period of working together! We were lucky enough to have the whole writing team with us...
Ollie Norton-SmithApr 9, 20211 minThe Future is UnknownWe are BUZZING to announce that we are working with the Pleasance and VAULT to curate a week of new work at the inaugural Fringe Futures...
Ollie Norton-SmithNov 23, 20201 minOver a year inHamish, Joe and I have been working on the Speed Dial script for over a year now. It seems pretty crazy that all the work we've put in so...
Ollie Norton-SmithAug 29, 20202 minHaving our cakeIt's been a frustrating few months for everyone, and Hamish, Joe and I have been the same with the rewriting of Speed Dial, which has...
Ollie Norton-SmithJun 20, 20209 minSpeed Dial pitchI've just come across the document I made for pitching Speed Dial - at that time called In A Network of Lines That Enlace - to the...
Ollie Norton-SmithJun 19, 20201 minHow we made WOYZECKHello there. We've been overwhelmed by the positive response to Woyzeck being streamed online. if you're one of those who has come across...
Ollie Norton-SmithJun 9, 20201 minWoyzeck Onstage:OnlineWe're delighted that WOYZECK (2018) is streaming for one week from this Sunday 14th online as part of Durham Assembly Rooms' and Gala...
Ollie Norton-SmithJun 8, 20201 minBlack Lives Matter.We haven't done enough as a company to employ, support and celebrate black voices in our work up to now. This isn't good enough. Please...
Ollie Norton-SmithJun 8, 20202 minLockdown livingIt's about 3 months since we opened Speed Dial at VAULT Festival in March. Blimey. It's absolutely crazy to me that it's been that long:...
Ollie Norton-SmithMar 3, 20201 minTone. Dial. Ring. 2 fantastic shots from the 10 minute extract of Speed Dial we performed at the Les Enfants Terribles Award showcase at Greenwich Theatre...
Ollie Norton-SmithMar 2, 20202 minBig week!I'm incredibly excited that we're opening Our Man in Havana at VAULT festival tomorrow! It's been so long since we performed it in London...
Ollie Norton-SmithFeb 11, 20201 minRehearsals proper for 'Speed Dial'Halfway through the first day of the second batch of R&D for Speed Dial. The first week in January was incredibly exciting, and yielded a...
Ollie Norton-SmithNov 8, 20191 minRing ring...Exciting ideas building for a new show that we hope might be emerging at some point in 2020! Stay tuned for more and be ready to answer...
Ollie Norton-SmithSep 9, 20191 minAnother fringe, another revival!Well that was the month of August! Thank you everyone who saw Murder on the Dancefloor in Edinburgh, it means the world to us. We're so...
Ollie Norton-SmithJul 20, 20191 minRehearsal modeIt feels mad to say, but we're two weeks into rehearsals (I don't know where the time has gone). It's been absolutely bananas so far, but...
Ollie Norton-SmithJul 9, 20191 minA chance encounterWe're a few days into rehearsals now, but before we get too into Murder on the Dancefloor mode, I wanted to share an incredible story...
Ollie Norton-SmithJul 6, 20191 minFarewell old friend...It's three weeks since our final performance of Our Man in Havana in Hong Kong at Artistree. Whilst we'd never say never and hope that...
Ollie Norton-SmithJul 4, 20191 minMurder on the Dancefloor getting closerWhilst we've been savouring our experience in Hong Kong we've also been hard at work getting ready for Murder on the Dancefloor, which...