Theatre Director Julian Hirst talks at SW

Theatre Director Julian Hirst talks at SW (04/10/15) (2015-10-06 23:24:48)

At Slough Writers we had a visit from Julian Hirst who describes himself as Actor, director, behavioural coach, conference/event MC & former gypsy saxophonist to the House of Romanoff. Or you may recognise him better in the photo below. Julian left Panto Dame off his list of achievements but during his four years as director of the South Hill Park Panto (this year it's Sleeping Beauty) he has always taken the role of Pantomime Dame.

Julian gave a very entertaining talk to the assembled writers about his career and his experiences as a theatre director. In particular he talked of the relentless production cycle for a the South Hill Park Panto - script, casting rehearsals and working with dozens of children - he loves them, he really does. On the right of the picture set above is Julian's mind map (or mind tree?) that he used. Click on the image for a closer look. It's fascinating to see this technique in action - we've talked about it as a technique in plotting but few of us have made it work.

(Photo from Bracknell News Twitter feed)

(photo shown with Julian's permission.)