“The show won a Fringe award … It is no overstatement to say I owe its success to Paul.”
‘Paul directed and produced the scratch performance of my one woman show ‘Altered Egos’, a series of monologues in which I play six different women. I am not a trained actress but Paul bravely took me on, helping me with character development and theatrical technique performance skills, and undertaking all stage management including lighting. The show won a Fringe award in the Brighton Festival 2010 which helped me secure Arts Council England R&D funding. It is no overstatement to say I owe its success to Paul.
Let’s remember too that Paul is a seasoned performer in his own right and so has the priceless knowledge and experience of both sides of the stage. This lends him a unique empathy as a director. In fact, it is thanks to Paul that I gained the confidence and conviction to pursue my writing at all thanks to a series of his workshops I attended in 1996. Until then I had never shared my work let alone contemplated performing it! I’d suggest that Paul has been instrumental in the careers of many of Brighton’s performing poets; he created a platform for us by organising/creating/being involved in events including countless open-mics, slams, Stop All The Clocks, Guerilla/Gorilla poetry, Don’t Feed the Poets and the now notorious Poets vs MCs slam. I and many others have a lot to thank Paul for’
Bernadette Cremin, performance poet.
“A seamless performance… Cremin’s delivery keeps you hanging on every word, every metaphor.” – Disability Arts Online