Fishwick Papers: The "Once You're In The Chair It's Not So Bad" edition
Hello!
It’s a cold rainy day here in Sydney, in the middle of a cold rainy week, and I’m curled up in bed, with a cat at my feet, a song in my heart, and some links to share with you all.
Before I do, some quick updates! First is that I’ve been appointed as the Artistic Co-Director of the New Zealand Improv Festival, which is such a joy. I love this festival and I’m stoked to be taking the helm alongside my dear friend Matt. We’ve just announced the festival dates — 7–14 October this year, in Wellington — so put them in ya diary!
Second, if you’re in Sydney/Eora, I’m putting on two shows in the Sydney Comedy Festival this year. One is the return of The Saboteur on 26 & 28 April at The Factory Theatre. We had the rehearsal for this today, and let me tell you this is one of the more raucous and competitive casts I think we’ve had.
The other show is Crash Test Dummies on 3 & 5 May at The Factory Theatre. It’s a show with two of my favourite collaborators Maddie Parker and Emilia Higgs. The goal that we’ve developed for the show is “I want to make little magical worlds for my two wonderful friends to play in.”
A couple of things have come up recently that make it looks like, for the next few months at least, I’m going to be able to do a lot of very exciting theatre things, and I can’t wait to tell you about them.
But in the meantime, sum lynx:
Building Immersion
Funding Art
Australia sees videogames as valuable, but is it just because of money?
Theatre never recovered from COVID, and it might be too late
Gone wrong
Impropaganda
Eurovision Dance Party of the Week
There we are! Thank you for reading, stay warm, and I’ll see you next time.
MWAH,
jim xoxo