The Blackridge House: Laying memory to rest
This is a book about death, and about dying. As much a meditation as a story. Not morbid though. For death to occur, there must have been a life, and … Read More
Month: July 2019
Bitchin’ in the Kitchen: The Ovulation Awards
One liners and comments Moonless: 99 red balloons meaninglessly invade the set. Shoot them down! The Gospel According to Jan Coetzee: Matthew, Mark, Luke and Jan: Afrikaner wannabe Prophet, betrayed … Read More
The Bookbinder: Sometimes you have to break a leg to make an omelette
The power of a fairy tale is that good always triumphs. No matter how many times you have to read the same story to your child their psyche needs the … Read More
Moonless: A trick of the light
It’s strange to call a play involving the death of a child, suicide, and self-imposed isolation sweet. But that’s the most apt description of Moonless, and it’s an ambiguous one. … Read More
Black Light: The underground is happening
The room is pumping. Strobes, smoke, the tang of spray painters, chest-bursting 80s electro-pop synth and base, and there above the DJ table are two artists posturing in glitter in … Read More