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Rehearsal Diary - Day 1
Day 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-Smith
Feb 8, 20224 min read
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The Future is Unknown
We 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-Smith
Apr 9, 20211 min read
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Over a year in
Hamish, 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-Smith
Nov 23, 20201 min read
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Having our cake
It'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-Smith
Aug 29, 20202 min read
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Speed Dial pitch
I'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-Smith
Jun 20, 20209 min read
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How we made WOYZECK
Hello 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-Smith
Jun 19, 20201 min read
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Woyzeck Onstage:Online
We'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-Smith
Jun 9, 20201 min read
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Black 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-Smith
Jun 8, 20201 min read
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Lockdown living
It'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-Smith
Jun 8, 20202 min read
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Tone. 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-Smith
Mar 3, 20201 min read
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Big 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-Smith
Mar 2, 20202 min read
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Rehearsals 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-Smith
Feb 11, 20201 min read
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Ring 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-Smith
Nov 8, 20191 min read
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Ollie Norton-Smith
Sep 11, 20190 min read
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Another 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-Smith
Sep 9, 20191 min read
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Ollie Norton-Smith
Aug 14, 20190 min read
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Rehearsal mode
It 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-Smith
Jul 21, 20191 min read
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A chance encounter
We'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-Smith
Jul 9, 20191 min read
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Farewell 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-Smith
Jul 6, 20191 min read
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Murder on the Dancefloor getting closer
Whilst we've been savouring our experience in Hong Kong we've also been hard at work getting ready for Murder on the Dancefloor, which...
Ollie Norton-Smith
Jul 4, 20191 min read
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