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Friday, April 1, 2022

Diary of a director: ‘I am buzzing off the passion and sweat of this gang’ by Cora Bissett

Cora Bissett is staging a musical adaptation of Peter Mullan’s film Orphans for the National Theatre of Scotland. Here, she shares her notes from rehearsals This is a massive show. After t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PM

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

When Dad died, I unearthed my teenage diaries – and turned my time as a rock star into a play by Cora Bissett

I had just left school when I signed a record deal and toured with Blur and Radiohead. Now, 25 years later, I’m taking those memories to EdinburghThe call comes from a manager in Edinburgh…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM

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