Ollie Norton-Smith
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...
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Ollie Norton-Smith
- Apr 9, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Ollie Norton-Smith
- Nov 23, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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Ollie Norton-Smith
- Aug 29, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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Ollie Norton-Smith
- Jun 20, 2020
- 9 min
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...
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Ollie Norton-Smith
- Jun 19, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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Ollie Norton-Smith
- Jun 9, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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Ollie Norton-Smith
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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Ollie Norton-Smith
- Jun 8, 2020
- 2 min
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:...
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Ollie Norton-Smith
- Mar 3, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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Ollie Norton-Smith
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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Ollie Norton-Smith
- Feb 11, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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Ollie Norton-Smith
- Nov 8, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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Ollie Norton-Smith
- Sep 9, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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Ollie Norton-Smith
- Jul 20, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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Ollie Norton-Smith
- Jul 9, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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Ollie Norton-Smith
- Jul 6, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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Ollie Norton-Smith
- Jul 4, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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