Letting the dust settle…

by | Mar 28, 2014 | Blog

  So it’s a couple of weeks since our first airing this season at Coleg Y Cymoedd and it’s taken the intervening time for me to actually find a moment to process and reflect on the evening. What has really hit me is how different Stand Up Straight felt in situ as...

The dance faktry in full flow

by | Mar 20, 2014 | Blog

This week I’ve been speaking to lots of people and they all seem to think the same, that March has gone absolutely crazy, giving a little credence to the Mad March Hare Theory.  January and February always take time to get going after the lull of the Christmas...

Pleased as punch

by | Mar 15, 2014 | Blog

The company opened the Still Standing season on Tuesday at Coleg Y Cymoedd, Nantgarw in Cardiff, and the show met and exceeded all of my expectations with a marvellous performance and excellent audience. Opening nights are notoriously edgy and can very often veer off...

And here we go again

by | Mar 6, 2014 | Blog

With less than a week to go before we open our new touring programme, it’s all systems go here at the FFIN machine as you can well imagine. So why you may well ask is the strap line for the show, Still Standing? As always with me, a number of reasons.  Firstly...

Give a little something back

by | Mar 2, 2014 | Blog

Hello to all you Ffin followers! I hope you’re all well and looking forward to seeing us perform our triple bill at Coleg Y Cymoedd on the 11th March. Just a few things to check in on this early Saturday morning. As I trek down from the city to the valley to...

Being – a quick catch-up for sharing

by | Feb 26, 2014 | Blog

So far so good!! Catrin and I have so far spent two wonderful rehearsals with Gary improvising following some ‘rules’ that Gary has set He’s filmed quite a bit of the improvisations and from these we will pick out the bits that are ‘good’...