Archive for April 2020
The story behind the story – BRRR!
Writer and director of BRRR! our family show, now available to watch in full online, reveals the true inspiration for the production’s central character, ‘Steve’ the penguin… Without that grumpy little penguin none of that would have happened Way back in November 2013 Proteus had just moved into the Creation Space, and we wanted to…
Read MoreGuest Blog – Junk Jodie
For our next blog we asked our good friend, resident artist and Proteus alumni Jodie Marsh-Hoffman to pen a few lines about following her heart to carve a career as both a performer and visual artist, and what led her to set up a new arts and crafts Youtube channel as Junk Jodie! Hi I’m…
Read MoreAlex’s Wednesday witterings – pressing the ‘pause’ button
Hi folks. Alex here, musing and amusing, cake taster, lord of the rings, theatrically-inclined sort, and Engagement Producer here at Proteus. My role at Proteus is all about working with our audiences and communities to understand what it is we can be doing to help. For many of our young people, that is through offering…
Read MoreTeenage kicks in lockdown
Mary Swan here! For those that don’t know me I am the Artistic Director and CEO of Proteus, but crucially I’m also a Mum to two teenage daughters. So, I wanted to share the experience of having teenagers in lockdown, as there seems to be a plethora of resources and activities for younger children, but…
Read MoreA very theatrical scavenger hunt!
Hi, Helen here! Homeschooling is going pretty well here at Palmer Towers, but I’ve just had a horrifying thought – next week is the school holidays! Given that I’m still going to be working at home, and homework from school will be minimal, what on earth am I going to do with Palmer Jr for…
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