Sustaining Your Creative Practice

In our final episode of this series, we speak to playwright Eve Leigh on how to create a joyful creative practice, finding inspiration beyond conventional structures and getting big ideas down on the page. It was a wide and far-reaching conversation and we hope you're inspired by the discussion. We also reflected on the conversations we've had during this series and our hopes for the future. For more details on the series please visit www.hightide.org.uk. 

This week's guest is award winning playwright and journalist Juliet Gilkes Romero. We discussed writing from real life events, shining a light on important issues and creating work that has the power to challenge the world we're living in.  For more information please visit www.hightide.org.uk

Our guest this week is Writer & Actor Temi Wilkey. We discussed writing intersectional characters, how you can create rounded characters and how you can explore the wealth of human experience with confidence in your work. For more information please visit www.hightide.org.uk.

Our guest this week is Ned Glasier, Artistic Director of Company Three. We discussed creating collaborative work with communities and young people, how theatre can honour its civic duty to its community and the range of artistic possibilities working with communities can offer. For more information please visit www.hightide.org.uk.

Our guest this week is HighTide commissioned writer Sonia Jalaly. This episode discusses the value of joy in theatre. We chat about creating work that's joyful to bringing joy in to your creative process to the power of using joy to shape your career as an artist. For more information please visit www.hightide.org.uk.

Our guest this week is director Debbie Hannan and we explore curiosity lead ways to research your work, from digging deeper into the world, to using art works as research, to finding new surprises in the play itself. For more information please visit www.hightide.org.uk.