Ed Rapley

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Running daily at 6:30pm in the Bristol Old Vic Basement, as part of Mayfest.

My gills are clogged with ink and I am drowning. Finally. About time.

Box office: http://www.bristolticketshop.co.uk/ and search for Ausform

At the next Ausform at the Cube I will be trying out some material from the performance monster that is Who Knows Where.

This Platform's featured artist is Juliette Jeanclaude (UK/FR). Juliette will show work including The Message of the Wolf - a unique piece of art in collaboration with Albi Gravener. Throughout the performance visual, auditive and kinesthetic sensations are triggered by the vibration of colours, music, movement.

The Ausform Platform of Performance is a performance platform that strives to promote and encourage knowledge, appreciation, practice and conversation of performance. Expect puppetry,performance art, films, circus and physical theatre.

Performances also from Elizabeth Pennington, Zoe Padley and Edward Rapley.

Box Office - 01273 699733

Box Office - 01273 699733

I am showing 10 Ways to Die on Stage at The Basement in Brighton on the 30th of March at 7:30pm as part of a double bill with Emma Bennett's Thick Description.

Two great shows you should come and see.

Tesco wants to put a store on Cheltenham Road in the old Jesters building. I think this is bad news for the area check out these sites for more info -

http://www.tescopoly.org/
Facebook Group

Vote with your cash is a nonsense - those who have the most money have the largest impact, those with the least cash have fewer choices. There is little basis for expecting ethical outcomes given this set-up precisely because it awards power to those that already have it. In fact our version of democracy is a (flawed) attempt to overcome 'vote with your money' which is nothing more than a re-enforcement of the status quo.

There are alternatives which provide cheaper, better quality, more ethical groceries - food co-ops, local veg boxes. Not an answer for everyone but better than offering Tesco as a panacea.

Supermarkets aggressively target local shops - they go there with clip boards and collect lists of the goods stocked and their prices. They then run these specific goods at a discount in the nearest store in a direct attempt to put others out of business. This was the direct experience of the health food store on the Clifton Triangle some years back. He chased them out of his store on numerous occasions.

Once the competition was shut down the organic section of the supermarket opposite shrank to allow for more profitable lines. So overall there was a loss of competition and choice.

If anywhere can remain Tesco free then it's Stokes Croft. Especially if folks are prepared to reduce the store's profit margins thought a bit of non-violent direct action.

Here is a video of me talking about The Middle Bit made by the lovely people at Bristol Old Vic.

Yippee, it's official, I am now famous. Not only was I on the back page of Venue, but now I get my first proper mention in Lynn Gardner's What to See this week. Result.

Obviously it doesn't matter except that hopefully it will bring in a few more people to see the show. Which is great because I'm not sure I'll ever perform The Middle Bit again after Tuesday 8th Dec.

It's a deeply personal bit of work and if I'm not close to the material then it would be like pulling false teeth- painless & pointless.

Ah the gentle art of making things happen.

Another Open Space Technology meeting from Theatre Bristol.

I am reminded that nothing happens at these things unless you make it happen. So in that spirit i will be running an Open Office event this Friday at Residence.

A workshop looking at setting up and running an organisation like Residence.

Do you want to meet your peers and work together to bring your office out of your bedroom?

Then come along.

Tea Provided.

Residence will be holding an Open Office at 11 St Nicholas Street at 10am-1pm this Friday 4th December.

This is a space to meet, work and chat.

Come along and bring some cake.

Because of the license we have on the building we cannot run public events. So you will have to ring the door bell. At which point I will invite you in.

I have just finished reading Oedipus Rex, the classic Hellenic tragedy in which Oedipus discovers that he has killed his father and committed incest with his mother, which has made me think about the nature and appeal of tragedy.

The details of his suffering and his reaction, carry the audience along on waves of emotion. What is this power that tragedy holds? Why is it so appealing? Why do we lap up such tales of woe?