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Slow learning

  • by Richard Bradbury
  • Posted on July 27, 2020November 25, 2020

Fast food and multi-tasking. Together, they define the days of many people. “Time is money”,…

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Please see below the latest from our series of Riversmeet Monologues. For more information, visit our productions page.

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We focus on high quality writing, performance and teaching which engage with contemporary issues by linking the past to the present.

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Our new Riversmeet Monologue comes from Jan Woolf' Our new Riversmeet Monologue comes from Jan Woolf's new play "Blood, Gold and Oil". T.E. Lawrence better known as 'Lawrence of Arabia', here played by Douglas Clarke Wood gives his own perspective. Exhausted and demoralised he examines the price of his fame and the perfidious nature of Western interventions in the Middle East - all too relevant today. Watch on the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ #MiddleEast #theatre #monologues
In Spring 2021 we held a very successful Slow Read In Spring 2021 we held a very successful Slow Reading course on Virginia Woolf’s ‘Mrs Dalloway’. By popular demand Virginia is back this autumn when we will offer a course on ‘To the Lighthouse’. Interested? Contact us info@riversmeetproductions.co.uk #slowreading #slowlearning #virginiawoolf
The Magic Mountain has been suggested as our next The Magic Mountain has been suggested as our next longer Slow Reading course. Interested? Contact us info@riversmeetproductions.co.uk #slowreading #slowlearning #ThomasMann
Following our first successful course on Ulysses w Following our first successful course on Ulysses we are delighted that there is demand for a second one. So, why are we going to run a second Ulysses course? Two reasons - the first was a resounding success and also Richard continues to believe it is the greatest novel written in the 20th Century! It is also, at times, almost forbiddingly difficult but it is also a funny, open-hearted, generous and intelligent novel.⁠ ⁠ Lots of people would love to read this fantastic book and many have got as far as picking it up, opening it even, reading the first chapter then running in the opposite direction!⁠ ⁠ With a little help you will be able not only to read it but to enjoy it. If you’d like to know more check the link in the bio.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #ulysses #Jamesjoyce #slowlearning
If you haven't had the opportunity yet, make sure If you haven't had the opportunity yet, make sure you check our latest blog post by writer and dancer Anne Aylor. She talks about the power of dance to inspire and transform. Link in bio.⁠ #ballet #dance #blogs
The wonderful Michael Simkins has appeared in coun The wonderful Michael Simkins has appeared in countless TV dramas and with the RSC and National theatre. He is magnificent as Lord Sidmouth in pursuit of Percy Shelley in our latest Riversmeet monologue. To watch, check out website (link in bio).⁠ #percyshelley #michaelsimsinks
'Poems and Plagues' This month's guest blogger Tim 'Poems and Plagues' This month's guest blogger Times Journalist Alan Franks is an award winning writer and musician. This post explores how poems and plagues have intertwined for hundreds of years. Check the link in the bio ff you would like to know more.⁠ #literatureblog #plagues #pandemicpoetry
Bookshop. This is a companion piece to Lynton, it’s 1812 and Elizabeth Hitchener has joined Percy Shelley in Lynton where he is in self imposed exile. Here she explains how a woman from a humble background became such an avid reader. ‘Bookshop’ is an excerpt from a play by Richard Bradbury, and was directed by Aidan Casey. Elizabeth Hitchener is played by Celeste de Veazey (& Bérengère Ariaudo de Castelli) with thanks to Jamie Hoskin.
Savannah and Her Thirteen Moons. When you need 4 m Savannah and Her Thirteen Moons. When you need 4 minutes and 33 seconds of calm and beauty today feel free to enjoy these short readings from our latest publication Savannah and Her Thirteen Moons. Written by Shaun Traynor for his granddaughter Savannah, loved by children and adults alike.
Hatchet Job. This short starring Alex Stewart expl Hatchet Job. This short starring Alex Stewart explores some people’s attraction to violence with a captivating contrast between voice and content that characterises the darkest fairy stories. To read more about it visit our website (link in bio)
Tuesday 15th December at 7pm join us for the launc Tuesday 15th December at 7pm join us for the launch of “Savannah and Her Thirteen Moons” by Shaun Traynor. The second part of the event will focus on our first publication “Stormlight” by Jan Woolf. Access the event through our link in the bio.
Our second book Savannah and her Thirteen Moons ha Our second book Savannah and her Thirteen Moons has been beautifully crafted by London based Irish poet and children's novelist Shaun Traynor. These thirteen exquisite poems celebrate the significance each month's moon has for humanity, together with the poet's own sensibility. They are dedicated to his granddaughter Savannah - as well as the Earth itself. #poetry #poems #shortpoems #literature #shauntaylor
We are really thrilled that our first guest blogge We are really thrilled that our first guest blogger is investigative journalist Tansy Hoskins recently nominated as part of the the openDemocracy team for the British Journalism Awards. The fashion industry is part of our broader cultural endeavour and currently we can easily suffer from an outbreak of collective wilful blindness when we look at its artefacts. (Link in bio) #fastfashion #blog #consumerism
Lynton. It’s 1812, following the publication of Lynton. It’s 1812, following the publication of his Address to the Irish People and subsequent clash with the English authorities in Dublin, political activist Percy Shelley is in self imposed exile in North Devon. Home Secretary Lord Sidmouth has sent his spies in pursuit. Shelley was the subject of intense surveillance by the state: his post was opened and Sidmouth’s spies watched his movements and activities. The play connects the story of Shelley’s days in Lynton to our present fears and worries about the encroaching loss of privacy today.
What will be the legacy of writers from our digita What will be the legacy of writers from our digital age when the evidence of their process disappears with tap of the delete key? Do you like to mull on how a piece of writing is produced? Whether it’s Shakespeare’s easy outpourings or the sedimentary layers laid down by Proust some of us like to look at how the text evolved. Check our latest blog post (link in bio), where Richard Bradbury considers the evolution of a text and the impact of technology over the last hundred years.⁠ ⁠ #literature #literaryblog
Continuing our series Riversmeet Recommends we wou Continuing our series Riversmeet Recommends we would like to introduce Maketank ,a Devon based artist led grassroots organisation which supports artists, performers and writers - organising festivals, providing subsidised rehearsal and exhibition spaces, a performance venue and internship opportunities.
The Vacillating Politician with Martin Turner. It’s 2003 and the British parliament is about to vote on joining the US in the invasion of Iraq. The country has been rocked by huge protests including an estimated million converging on London. As the Labour Party whips put the screws on those MPs who are holding out against the war we hear one MP vacillate backwards and forwards ultimately justifying himself to history. From Richard Bradbury’s play Solos and Chorus without Harmony first performed at the Royal Court London in 2013 as part of Ten which commemorated the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. #monologues #theatre #royalcourtlondon
The importance of this quotation is that it remind The importance of this quotation is that it reminds us that neither the past nor the present are single-track paths to the future. The past is everything that has happened. History is the choices someone has made about what was important. Tradition is the blanket thrown over the other histories, the other choices🖋️
Which books have you re-read?☕️📖 Have a loo Which books have you re-read?☕️📖 Have a look at the latest blog post in our website to learn more about the joys of re-reading! (Link in bio) #literatureblog #rereading
You saw the amazing Costa Chard in the second of o You saw the amazing Costa Chard in the second of our Riversmeet Monologues “My Intentions” - to watch again check our IGTV or visit the productions page in our website (link in bio) Make sure you also check Costa’s Spotlight page here: https://www.spotlight.com/9718-9051-5098 #theatre #monologues #riversmeet
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