by Tina Hofman This blog is not dedicated to theatre, or arts, or working parents. It is dedicated to old friendships: those that date from the time of crooked teeth and falling of our bicycles, over the first experiments with vodka and tears spilled over the first love. There is a friend I have known since we were seven. She is one of the closest friends I have. I don’t get to see her very often; we live in different countries and lead very different lives. When time permits we talk on th ...
guest blog post by Marcus Fernando Character enters, taking giant steps. Today, I’m a dinosaur. I wasn’t always a dinosaur...but today I am. Being a parent does that to you. I think I’m a stegosaurus. Yes, I’m pretty sure I am. Character hops from leg to leg. I’m glad...I can be at home with them. I’m sad...I don’t always have time for their games. I’m glad...I work from home. I’m sad...I have to be on a computer so often. I’m glad...they want me to play with them. I’m ...
By Kristina Gavran Traveling with children can be great fun, it can be a necessity, it can be easy and enjoyable, and it can be the worst experience you ever had. It all depends. On what? Well….. so many things: their mood, their sleep pattern, food….. I still don't have an answer how to solve this problem. My son is not even two years old and he already has more stamps in his passport than I had before I turned twenty. When he was 3 days old he took his first car journey, when he was 2 m ...
On Sunday 23rd October at Tobacco Factory Theatre in Bristol we are part of Prototype program: experiments in theatre. With other wonderful artists we will be sharing new materials from our new piece focusing on fatherhood. The Father On stage is Father. He is rushing to pick up his Daughter from school. Last night his Wife gave birth to their Son. His wife is Croatian and Father is not. He has to organise a celebration in honour of his Son’s birth. It usually involves lots of dr ...
