Emily Garside

Back to School Time…

Old habits die hard, and the start of a new academic year seems a good time to reflect and plan. Given my Birthday is the end of August too, September 1st always feels like a bit of reset time. I normally quote Rent, and ask ‘how do you measure, measure a year?’ but really, howContinueContinue reading “Back to School Time…”

Down the YouTube Rabbit hole (or how I\'m holding on to some sanity)

Some days you churn out 1000s of words of post-apocalyptic fiction (because what else there) some days you end up down a Youtube rabbit hole. And that’s ok. Unlike many of my older Millennials, I am a HUGE advocate of Youtubers. I think they’re super creative, interesting people…and also a total car crash. Basically the perfectContinueContinue reading “Down the YouTube Rabbit hole (or how I\'m holding on to some sanity)”

Down the YouTube Rabbit hole (or how I\’m holding on to some sanity)

Turtles All The Way Down- John Green (Review)

Hey, so this blog is a book review blog too now I guess? A theatre reviewer with no theatre needs something to cast opinions on I guess. But as part of the introspection of this madness I’ve come to realise my best work is not the formulaic by the numbers reviewing that probably gets you bylinesContinueContinue reading “Turtles All The Way Down- John Green (Review)”

\'It doesn\'t count if it\'s easy\' Project Angels book

Me talking to me about this book I can finally confidently say, I’ve really picked up project Angels Book for probably the first time in a year. And it is…getting there. Maybe at the end of this I’ll say exactly how far I’ve got. Of course apparently a global pandemic, unemployment and the whole other mess ofContinueContinue reading “\'It doesn\'t count if it\'s easy\' Project Angels book”

\’It doesn\’t count if it\’s easy\’ Project Angels book

Me talking to me about this book I can finally confidently say, I’ve really picked up project Angels Book for probably the first time in a year. And it is…getting there. Maybe at the end of this I’ll say exactly how far I’ve got. Of course apparently a global pandemic, unemployment and the whole other mess ofContinueContinue reading “\’It doesn\’t count if it\’s easy\’ Project Angels book”

Writing for nothing? on writing for fun.

Like most of us, I’ve been considering where I sit (stand? Lay on the floor?) in all this. From the big existential questions to the more specific to this right here ‘what do I do with my blog?’However many months before I have any theatre to write about, what to do with what was, untilContinueContinue reading “Writing for nothing? on writing for fun.”

P.E was hell

In an accidental viral tweet, and some angry thoughts about P.E after finally getting over a fear of exercise classes in lockdown (in my own room) I wrote a piece for Medium that tried to explain all that. https://medium.com/@emilygarside/p-e-was-hell-until-35-8bd0817ca51 This lockdown is the only time in my life I have voluntarily done P.E. Read the restContinueContinue reading “P.E was hell”

Still Hurting (even though the pubs are open)

If your theatre friends seem a bit \’over-sensitive\’ right now it\’s because after a lifetime of our identities tied up with our job, and what we love…our world has disappeared. And nobody outside our bubble seems to care. Because there\’s football and pubs now.— Emily Garside (@EmiGarside) June 23, 2020 The only thing that’s goingContinueContinue reading “Still Hurting (even though the pubs are open)”

Creative Conversations Podcast

Today the lovely Pen and Paper Theatre Co have featured me in their ‘Creative Conversations’ which you can hear here. https://open.spotify.com/episode/34LyR9QGljkbRjrKaAsK8N We chatted about the play previously included in their podcast ‘Flipcarts and Phillip Schofield’ https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jPFX6arrPv8XvRMAaQHHU Originally started life as a piece at The Other Room Theatre. And which you can readContinueContinue reading “Creative Conversations Podcast”