It was while I was in high school that a production of the play ‘Popcorn’ was on stage in Cape Town. It caused a bit of controversy due to its subject matter being the highly topical influence of violence in media. This was the time when Quentin Tarantino was rocketing to the height of his … Continue reading Look Who’s Back
Literature
Interstitial
I've not been well this week, which means none of the half written posts I have are approaching completion. Normal service should resume shortly, but until then I thought I'd share a poem I wrote. I started performing spoken word poetry towards the end of 2018 and have thoroughly enjoyed it; the audience don't seem to mind either so … Continue reading Interstitial
Evidently…John Cooper Clarke
Anyone who knows me will tell you I’ve become a bit obsessed with poetry lately. Writing, performing, reading and gigging; it seems to be all I can talk about these days. Mentioning my historical love of the written word in a previous post, I have been feeling lucky to have seen spoken word star Neil Hilborn twice in … Continue reading Evidently…John Cooper Clarke
It’s Alive!
I can’t remember exactly how old I was; I assume around 11. I was standing in the foyer of a theatre somewhere in the small university town of Grahamstown (in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa) during the annual two week arts festival. This adventure was to become something of a family holiday pilgrimage during winter school breaks … Continue reading It’s Alive!
Redhead Ramblings 