Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. This post is by Maren Robinson, our production dramaturg. Blood and Transitions: Inside Production Meeting II I was not in attendance at our first Neverwhere production meeting and Paul‘s blog post on that particular […]
Here Be Monsters Mapmaking and London Below
Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. Here Be Monsters Mapmaking and London Below I have been a tad neglectful in my blogging but not in my reading. Here is a link to a fantastic article in the Guardian about Henry […]
Mom writes in
Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Mom writes in … my mother wrote the following to me in an email response to the previous blog entry and I want to share it, it’s good… Is it […]
Marinating and Pondering Journeys
Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. Monday, January 11, 2010 Marinating and Pondering Journeys Been a while since I posted – sorry for that. I’ve been enjoying some R&R after the holidays and simply marinating on some things, reading and […]
Last post of 2009
Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Last post of 2009 Before the year comes to a close I am excited to share with you the news of the last weekend. On Saturday the 19th our production […]
A partial telling of the Story of the London Underground
Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. A partial telling of the Story of the London Underground It should be no surprise that a major part of my visiting London involved a growing fascination with the London Underground. I tried to […]
Rememberance Day
Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. Rememberance Day Being in London so close to Remembrance Day meant that the cultural heritage of war was very present. Everywhere you looked there were red “poppies” – signifiers of a society that shall […]
Where Old Bailey revives the Marquis de Carabas
Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. Where Old Bailey revives the Marquis de Carabas I walked along the south bank of the Thames and caught up with the HMS Belfast to check it out before moving on to take a […]
Who ARE these people?
Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. Who ARE these people? I’m going to let you folks who’ve never been on the inside of a New Theatrical Adaptation Process in on a little secret: the process of creating a live performance […]
Mind the Gap!
Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. Mind the Gap! Richard, while trotting alongside Door, Hunter and the Marquis de Carabas, looking for Earl’s Court, finds himself in the pedestrian tunnel connecting the Monument and Bank tube stations. I had to […]