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Yale Drama shortlist (2024); Verity Bargate longlist (2022, 2017, 2013); Bruntwood longlist (2013); Papatango longlist (2022, 2017)

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Oh god yes it's absolutely *better* advice than 'buy a random tool'

What i mean is that i was never poorer and more unhappy as an artist, than when rushing around engaging with everything I felt I had to engage with.
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
i mean 'watch and read everything you can' is... meh
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
solution is simple: score the winner so late you don't have time to fall asleep
November 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
a pundit just now said 'After the first goal, the Republic of Ireland woke up and played football for 10 minutes and then they sat back again', and idk this felt like something you'd have written on the subject
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
they walked so Dugga Doo could run
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
'it's not a first draft, it's an inevitable consequence og my high-powered jet-set lifestyle'
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Running a DLS on 18 entire runs feels unnecessarily cruel.
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
'oh HONESTLY, Penfold...'
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
'Telly-Vizier'
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
i think GdT's gone into the Tim Burton cul-de-sac of 'yeah but do you actually CARE about this story, or dyou just think it's cool and what's expected of you?'
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
i think like with a lot of classics, you just run out of 'takes' if you remain faithful, and if you don't then you're just 'telling a different-ass story'. and so many versions want to do both, so don't commit enough to either.
November 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
i was thinking today about how many 're-imaginings' of classics are simply not, and tbf what you're describing is exactly that.
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
i mean, it does feel more innately compelling to me that VF seeks to create life *specifically to defy the finality of death*, not just to make something new? like, his tragedy is that he's choosing denial over acceptance/moving forward.

not that yours isn't an interesting idea though.
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
and the design agency is a co-op www.forge.coop
Forge
Forge is a small design and development cooperative.
www.forge.coop
November 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM