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…
This week Woody explores a half-drunk realisation he had. Hello. So, the other day I had a few beers and sat thinking about our recent production Before They Told You What You Are (for which we may need a shorter title – I shall make a note) when a thought occurred. In this post Read more…
Woody shares some thoughts on our most recent project Hello. So, on Tuesday we went into the middle of that London they have now to do a gig at Senate House Library. We were performing our adaptation of Euripides’ Bacchae, called “Before They Told You What You Are”, to an Read more…
This week Woody discusses why Art in general and Theatre in particular are good ways to change the world. Hello. We here at By Jove HQ tick most if not all of the appropriate boxes on the questionnaire “So You Think You Might Be An Idealistic Artistic Collective”. We have Read more…
Hello. We here at By Jove love myths. Old Stories, legends, tales from the cultural canon – call them what you will, they are excellent. As a Classicist, I have a particular bias towards the stories of ancient Greece and Rome. While By Jove’s definition goes beyond these stories, they are some 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…
This week Woody shares some thoughts on how By Jove’s Othello stands. Hello. A few days ago we had a little Work in Progress showing of our Othello, written and directed by SJ Brady, at the CLF Theatre, Peckham. I went to see it and thought I’d share a few thoughts – let Read more…
By Jovian Wendy Haines asks why writers have such a problem with characters of the opposite sex, and gives some well-deserved points to George R.R. Martin… A few years ago I had the pleasure of attending a Q&A with comedic writer Graham Linehan. As a loyal fan of Father Ted, Read more…