this month's
Ink Pellet contains

Director’s notes

ROBERT ICKE, Headlong theatre company’s associate director, took a break in rehearsals to talk to Lesley Finlay about his approach to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Here he gives a revealing insight to the director’s art...

Stellar cast

Sculptor Louise Giblin has made a series of striking works featuring bodies of five Olympic champions. LESLEY FINLAY donned her go-faster shorts to find out more….

Screen writer’s dream

The works of Charles Dickens are a screen writer’s dream – with copious character notes, wonderful storylines and dramatic tales. LESLEY FINLAY attended a series of talks that explored this side of the writer...

The art of achievement

Arts Award is a great qualification – simple for you to administer and straightforward for students. JODIE ABRAHAMS, Arts Award’s schools support officer, explain why...

Noticeboard: February 2012

Looking ahead to summer, the Cape Town Opera will be touring its acclaimed version of the Gershwin classic Porgy and Bess. Relocated to Soweto, the company’s gifted singers will bring such classics as Summertime, It Ain’t Necessarily So and I Loves You Porgy to a new generation. Written in 1935, the love story of Porgy [...]

Moving Movies

Film versions have become good talking points in classrooms and now NT Live and other live streams from theatres allows students to experience the performance locally. LESLEY FINLAY enjoyed her first experience of live theatre in the cinema as she explains in her round-up of releases…

Keith Gaines Govey to the Rescue

Keith Gaines gives a half term report on our Education Secretary...

Book review: Street of Tall People

Reviewer Julia Pirie enjoyed this tome from the wonderful Alan Gibbons...

Pass it on: February 2012

We hear from former Ink Pelletian Laura Woodland who is in the West Country working on Somerfest, a folk festival for young people by young people. The event runs from April 2 and ends with an all-day shindig on April 7th. There are workshops and events to excite and inspire all week. At the helm [...]