Save NSDF (National Student Drama Festival)
I've just relaunched our website (http://www.pegabovine.co.uk), as we have a week of frenetic activity next week. More on that anon. Anyway, do visit it. One of the first things that I've had to post on it has been some rather unfortunate news. I'm reposting it here as I'm lazy, but keen that you sign the petition (yes, another one) and save this venerable institution:-
The first show we did as the sort of semi-professionals that we now are was "The Freudian Slip", which was selected for the National Student Drama Festival. We won two awards there, had an opportunity to show our work to 1000 students, met countless theatrical professionals who have become advisors and friends, made lasting friendships with our practitioner peers, disco-danced with Mark Ravenhill, and were on a panel with Frantic Assembly. It was one of the best weeks of my life. I've been every year since, working on the daily magazine Noises Off, and have seen a staggering array of amazing work from people who are about to become household names - Al Smith, Joel Horwood, Tom Dalton Bidwell, Thom Tuck from the Penny Dreadfuls, Chris Perkin, Alex Ferguson, Khalid Abdalla, Tom Ferguson, and loads more.
The Arts Council has decided to cut funding for the NSDF, putting its future in very real jeopardy. Please visit the link below for more information, and do sign the petition.
http://www.nsdfpetition.org.uk
The first show we did as the sort of semi-professionals that we now are was "The Freudian Slip", which was selected for the National Student Drama Festival. We won two awards there, had an opportunity to show our work to 1000 students, met countless theatrical professionals who have become advisors and friends, made lasting friendships with our practitioner peers, disco-danced with Mark Ravenhill, and were on a panel with Frantic Assembly. It was one of the best weeks of my life. I've been every year since, working on the daily magazine Noises Off, and have seen a staggering array of amazing work from people who are about to become household names - Al Smith, Joel Horwood, Tom Dalton Bidwell, Thom Tuck from the Penny Dreadfuls, Chris Perkin, Alex Ferguson, Khalid Abdalla, Tom Ferguson, and loads more.
The Arts Council has decided to cut funding for the NSDF, putting its future in very real jeopardy. Please visit the link below for more information, and do sign the petition.
http://www.nsdfpetition.org.uk