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Welcome to our blog space! We have been making theatre with and for our communities since 1972 and our mission will forever be to foster a more connected and equal society. So if you never want to miss a Bubble moment, read on…
Our current Writer in Residence Gina Hamer interviews Mothertongue's Cecilia Thoden van Velzen.
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We are up for the Art Explora - Académie des beaux-arts: Audience Choice Award!
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I am a bit nervous as I sit down to write this blog, maybe even scared of saying what I have to
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Monday morning and it is the beginning of a new week filled with interviews, research gatherings with our volunteers and lunch! Today
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This weekend saw the final performances of Blackbirds take place at the newly opened Canada Water Culture Space. The Culture Space is
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It's been another very busy week for the Blackbirds team! From last Tuesday the technical team were turning the Pumphouse Museum in
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Please share with us your comments, feedback and memories from the Blackbirds performances at The Albany this October.
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Congratulations to the Blackbirds cast on a successful and memorable return! In case you didn't know, Blackbirds has returned this Autumn and
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Congratulations Blackbirds! Thanks so much for your hard work over the last couple of weeks and I hope the experience has been
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Well done for last night!! It felt like quite an epic moment to be launching Blackbirds into the world and it looks like it
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The day of Blackbirds - or B-day as it shall now be known - is nearly here..... The troops are readying The
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******* UPDATED REHEARSAL SCHEDULE********* Hello! Hope that you are enjoying the sunshine... Just to alert your attention to our newly updated rehearsal
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Hot off the paintbrush...here we go. The costume designs for Blackbirds First off - the Grownups Hot off the paintbrush, here we go...the
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Yesterday evening, Pip and Alice took us through their respective design/costume ideas. It seemed to bring everyone another inch closer to the
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Performance Schedule The performances dates and times have now been finalised and are as follows: Preview:                   Sunday 8th May, 7.30pm Performance 1       Monday 9th
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...but some very strong performers! Spreading over several spaces, we worked on a number of different scenes. We resurrected the weak horses
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..in Dilston Grove. And thankfully there is not a bomb in sight. Last Friday, we had a merry little trip down to
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With the scripts hot off the press, our assembled company of 30 sat down to read what writer Simon Startin has been
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On Thursday's session, we did some more work on public sheltering. First of all, houses 8-13 got back into their family groups
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Last night, the sirens sounded on Mayflower Street. We gathered up our most treasured possessions and necessary bits and pieces and headed
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The week before last, we all headed down to Mayflower street, just behind Bubble HQ, we looked at the buildings on the
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We had our tenth interview yesterday - with Daisy Edwards of Bermondsey. The full interview will be available on the site in
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Our Thursday intergenerational sessions are now well underway. In these sessions, we have been using extracts of the interviews, alongside facts and
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