Archive for November, 2008

Do schools today kill creativity? (Sir Ken Robinson)

by francis on Nov.14, 2008, under Talks

This is a little bit of a diversion from the last couple of blog entries but I feel this video important viewing for any parent or teacher, and anyone else for that matter.

Why don’t we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it’s because we’ve been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies — far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity — are ignored or even stigmatised, with terrible consequences. “We are educating people out of their creativity,” Robinson says. It’s a message with deep resonance. Robinson’s TEDTalk has been distributed widely around the Web since its release in June 2006. The most popular words framing blog posts on his talk? “Everyone should watch this.”

A visionary cultural leader, Sir Ken led the Government’s 1998 advisory committee on creative and cultural education, a massive inquiry into the significance of creativity in the educational system and the economy, and was knighted in 2003 for his achievements.

“Ken’s vision and expertise is sought by public and commercial organizations throughout the world.” - BBC Radio 4

Enjoy!


Sir Ken is launching a book in January called:
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Director interview & Set Construction

by francis on Nov.13, 2008, under Shows, Theatre

I popped down to see the Tuesday crew to see the progress of the ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead‘ set. The theatre is open every Tuesday for the social club but also for the Tuesday Crew! The Tuesday crew creates all the amazing sets for each of the productions at the Nomads. They do an AMAZING job every week building the sets for the shows. If you want to get involved in set construction pop along to the theatre on a Tuesday to find out more!

This video is a interview with director Alan Wiseman about the show ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead‘ which opens next week, Tuesday 18th November until the 22nd November. To book or reserve tickets you can ring the Box Office answerphone on 01483 284747.


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Nomads Theatre Tour

by admin on Nov.02, 2008, under Theatre

I managed to collar Julian into giving a quick theatre tour, it was very last minute and sorry about the quality. I also apologise for the state of the theatre its not usually this messy but everything is a bit manic because there are two shows going on at the same time and one show had just finished so there was a lot of costumes and bits of set all over the place and people were rushing around tidying up. Enjoy!


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Also if no one saw the previous blog, unfortunately one of the kids has had to pull out of Annie so were now looking for a boy aged 12 - 14 to play Dillon.

We are also still looking for a Drake (English butler non singing haughty older actor) and a Rooster (singing dancing loud role) anyone know any candidates please let us know.

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First Annie video diary entry

by admin on Nov.02, 2008, under Interviews, Shows, Theatre

Well here it is the very first video diary. Most of it was filmed last weekend so in this podcast:

  • We take a look in at the first Annie rehearsal and find out how we managed to loose one of our cast before we had started!
  • I do an interview with Julian Pindar who has been acting at the Nomads since he was 8 and is now a professional actor heading to the West End in January next year. He talks about how he got into acting from Nomes and some tips he learn’t along the way.

Sorry about the sound and video quality we’ll get it right! Anyone wishing to audition for Molly or work on the Annie crew in our production of Annie please contact us.


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Annie Box Office Opens!

by admin on Nov.02, 2008, under Shows, Theatre

The Box Office is now OPEN! You can now book tickets by ringing:

01483 284747

This show is going to be truly fantastic, I personnally think this is the strongest singing casts the Nomads has ever had. I just can’t wait!

Unfortunatly one of the kids has had to pull out so were now looking for a boy aged 12 - 14 to play Dillon.
We are also still looking for a Drake (english butler non singing haughty older actor) and a Rooster (singing dancing loud role) anyone know any candidates please let us know.

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