Signal to Noise is brash, weird and comical and we’re excited to get back on the road with it this week. Next stop is Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurt. See you there?!

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Meanwhile an astonishing group of people celebrate 40 years of creating bizarre, hilarious, discombobulating, breath-taking, and, for me, deeply important political theatre.

FE have put the complete works online! A beautiful resource. If you ever want/need to understand a Shakespeare play but quickly and by it’s (exit pursued by a) bare bones then 👀👇

I was lucky enough to look after six of these plays for a couple of years. Love this project ❤️

In today's #FERecall #RichardLowden reflects on the company's process as he remembers the making of '(Let The Water Run Its Course). . .' with this gorgeous image from the archive by hugo glendinning 

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‘Wall’ is an ongoing series of movement studies undertaken with dance artists at our studios.
In ‘Wall - Study One’ Maëva Berthelot moves across the wall as if making a diagram or drawing.

Violin damsel / djenaba
Director of Photography hugo glendinning

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I enjoyed taking part in last night’s BBC Question Time - I finally got a chance to get this off my chest.

Adrian Heathfield and Tim Etchells brought us together for ‘The Frequently Asked’ Tanzquartier Wien in Vienna in 2007. One of a remarkable run of hours during that long night, the arrival of a speechless William Pope.L in Condoleezza Rice mask was riveting. Photo: hugo glendinning

We're taking a short break before launching into our 40th Birthday year!

We some exciting projects planned - sign up to our mailing list to hear about them first - tinyurl.com/zsck6wb6.

But, for now, enjoy the holidays - and have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

The highlight of #BBCQT 👇

The inimitable Michael Clark of MichaelClarkCompany perfectly captured by hugo glendinning who very kindly gifted me this artist’s proof. I am so lucky to work with the most talented of people. Thank you Hugo! Hope you like the frame? Simple lines to complement the image.

How Goes The World - opens tonight  

A new work by @tim_etchells for the Histoire(s) du Théâtre series, using a fragmentary quotation from Macbeth as its title.

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@ntgent @aurelielannoy @aureliealessandroni Neil Callaghan
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Other countries have the same rise in graduate numbers without the same decline in graduate earnings, because they’ve created good jobs.

When people say Britain sends too many people to uni, they’re saying we’re not a country where skilled people can expect to find skilled jobs.

Income generated by National Portfolio Organisations (NPOs) from international activity has dropped by nearly 60% since 2014/15, a study commissioned by Arts Council England (ACE) has found.

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#ChristopherEccleston captured as Scrooge by the phenomenal hugo glendinning for the forthcoming production of #AChristmasCarol at The Old Vic -
11th November - 6th January

This shot, by hugo glendinning, of Christopher Eccleston as Scrooge in the The Old Vic production of A Christmas Carol is simply stunning. Just screams Dickens.

I keep being asked what I make of the UFO thing in Congress yesterday, so here it is: I watched a few clips and saw some people who seemed to believe stuff saying extraordinary things without presenting extraordinary evidence. Therefore I have nothing more to say, other than: It…

Me + @forcedents colleagues also got thru 2 yrs in early 80s via EAS. It really was a crappy Thatcher scheme, but did inadvertently create space for many artists. theguardian.com/culture/2023/j…

Keir Starmer Without electoral reform and PR then everything you do will be undone by the inevitable Tory government that will follow on from you. The only way to create real change and an enduring legacy is by getting rid of FPTP and the unelected upper house.

It seems we need to invite just as many people to live with us - which is fine of course - but we can’t leave the house - which is not.

Wish I Was Here by M John Harrison review – a masterly ‘anti-memoir’ theguardian.com/books/2023/may…