Today’s post is a guest post on Transpositions: “The Creativity of Yes: The Marian Role of the Viewer” And The Fellows Hip‘s first trailer is out! We’re trying to attract distributors, so please “Like” and comment if you’re willing. Here are some other ways you can help us find distribution: 1. View our YouTube videos, [...]
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The Creativity of Yes + Fellows Hip Trailer
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Acting, C.S. Lewis, C.S. Lewis Foundation, conferences, Theatre, Theology & the Arts on May 27, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Behind-the-Scenes Interview: “Nate” in The Fellows Hip
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Acting, conferences, Geekery, J.R.R. Tolkien, King Arthur on April 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Two summers ago, I shot my first feature film lead role as “Nate”, one of four teenage Lord of the Rings Online gamers and Tolkien geeks in the comedy feature film The Fellows Hip: Rise of the Gamers. As the film nears the end of post-production, you can now watch my behind-the-scenes interview, shot on [...]
The Place of “Place”: Community-Building in American Theatre
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Acting, Baltimore, Theatre, Theology & the Arts on April 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s post is a guest post on Transpositions, the student blog of the University of St Andrews’ Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts – where I will be starting a PhD in September! I’m looking forward to serving as a regular contributor at Transpositions starting July 1, and will be splitting my blogging time [...]
What is Christian Art?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Theatre, Theology & the Arts on February 23, 2011 | 21 Comments »
Back in November, I posed a question to my friends on Facebook and Twitter: ‘Question: Is (the musical) Les Misérables Christian theatre, and why/why not?’ I had just seen the 25th anniversary concert of my favourite musical livestreamed at my local cinema, and the question of whether such an international mega-hit could also qualify as [...]
Theatre R&D – The Research Tour
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Benedictine Theatre Company, C.S. Lewis Foundation, Christian Theatre Tribe, conferences, Theatre, Theology & the Arts on February 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been reading Chris Guillebeau’s blog The Art of Non-Conformity recently (added to blogroll), and this post struck me. In it, Chris relates a piece of advice that marketing guru Seth Godin gave him: “I think you need more of an agenda.” Chris started thinking about his blog’s agenda, and I’ve been thinking about mine. [...]
C.S. Lewis’s Tips on Writing
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged C.S. Lewis, Kilns, Oxford, Theology & the Arts, Writing on January 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
You may have noticed I haven’t had a post in almost 2 months. It’s been a particularly busy term. I’ve been revising my thesis on ‘C.S. Lewis on the Moral Responsibility of the Christian Artist,’ taking a class on Thomas Aquinas, and writing essays on Julian of Norwich and the Cloud of Unknowing. I’ve also [...]
Benedictine Theatre Company: Seeking Peace (+ C.S. Lewis Matters)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Benedictine Theatre Company, Blogging, C.S. Lewis, Kilns, Lewis Scholars, Oxford, Theatre, Theology & the Arts on November 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I just realized I haven’t had a Benedictine theatre company post in four months, so here’s another. Before we get started, though, I’d like to point out my new friend Ryan’s blog, which I’ve added to the blogroll on the right. Ryan Pemberton is a new theology student at my college, from Seattle, and is [...]
Harry Potter & the Eucharist of Empathy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Harry Potter on November 1, 2010 | 3 Comments »
This is the extended version of my recent guest post at Transpositions, the St Andrews’ Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts student blog. You can read that original post here. *** ‘Since it is so likely that they will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.’ [...]
Trevor Nunn’s Oxford Shakespeare Lecture
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Acting, Oxford, Theatre on October 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I just attended Sir Trevor Nunn’s inaugural lecture as the new Cameron Mackintosh Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Oxford, held at St Catherine’s College. Before I give my notes of the lecture below, here’s a quick update on my professional life: -Became the new Reviews Editor for the C.S. Lewis Chronicle, the peer-reviewed, MLA-indexed journal [...]
Dorothy Sayers on Work
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dorothy Sayers, Inklings, Theology & the Arts on October 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week I’d like to share with you some quotes from Dorothy Sayers’ essay “Why Work?”, which can be found in her essay collection Letters to a Diminished Church: Passionate Arguments for the Relevance of Christian Doctrine (which I HIGHLY recommend). I was reading this essay in the Bird & Baby and began underlining heavily [...]
