By Jove’s resident poet Alexander Woodward shares something he wrote about the attack on Pulse in Orlando. The poem starts below the flag if you want to skip the intro. Hello. My name is Alexander Woodward. I am By Jove’s resident poet. As a writing exercise, I am currently doing Read more…
Hello. It’s Woody here. How are you? I’m fine, thank you for asking. Today I’m going to be looking at some words from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby. As I may have mentioned before I am an Atheist. By Jove does not to my knowledge have Read more…
By Jove Co-Artistic Director David Bullen takes a quick retrospective on the first two years of the company’s work and gives a tantalising glimpse into what’s in store for future projects… In November 2011, a small group of actors, directors, writers, musicians, and students met at the National Theatre Read more…
By Jove! associate Rob Wallis attempts an exploration of the etymology of the English language’s most popular swear words and how they reflect on contemporary society… Is there anything as indicative of a society’s attitudes as how they swear? Swearing can be cathartic, a pre-programmed response to a stress Read more…
By Jove Artistic Director David Bullen takes on one of the big myths of homophobia and asks, ‘is being gay really so unnatural?’ And, if it is…is that such a bad thing? One of the fall-back arguments you often hear in a homophobe’s arsenal is that being gay is Read more…