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Allotment Rehearsals Get Growing for Edinburgh Fringe

Jules Horne — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:44:07 +0000

My new play, Allotment, is in rehearsal for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at a secret location in Inverleith. OK, Inverleith Allotments, near the Botanic Gardens. As you’ve probably gathered, it’s set in an allotment, and the set is growing as we speak, having been planted by the director, Kate Nelson of Nutshell Theatre, and designer [...]

Allotment – Pix, Press, Precipitation

Jules Horne — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:41:14 +0000

Nutshell’s Allotment is underway at the Edinburgh Fringe, and we’re delighted to have **** reviews in The Telegraph, The List, Three Weeks and Scotsman, as well as a preview in the Guardian. The weather has been a trial, but at least the plants are lushing up nicely in the extra rain. Here are some pics [...]

Scotsman Fringe First for Allotment!

Jules Horne — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:57:56 +0000

Nutshell Theatre’s Allotment has won a Scotsman Fringe First Award! We’re absolutely thrilled to receive such a prestigious drama award, particularly alongside brilliant productions including the Traverse’s Ten Plagues with Marc Almond, Simon Callow’s solo show Tuesday at Tesco’s, innovative companies Rashdash, Curious Directive and Icon Theatre, and new plays An Instinct for Kindness and [...]

Fjordhus welcomes Texthus

Jules Horne — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:23:05 +0000

Galashiels-based Fjordhus make beautiful Scandinavian-style bespoke houses with precision-engineered elements brought over from Norway. I’ve seen several of them in the local area and finally had a chance to see one from the inside. Lots of light, generous spaces, clean lines and warm timber – very lovely. And well equipped with eco-tech to withstand the [...]

SEO copywriting gets Olympic results!

Jules Horne — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:23:43 +0000

Recently I gave a talk on SEO copywriting at a Website Visibility workshop with our regional creative industries group, Borders Creative. It was a chance to share some tips on search engine optimisation with Borders businesses. SEO services can be pretty expensive, and there are actually lots of basic things you can do to boost [...]

Allotment Tour 2012

Jules Horne — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:13:53 +0000

My fringe play, Allotment, is off on its travels with a new cast and touring design, and it looks fairly epic! Gowan Calder has joined Nicola Jo Cully in this production, directed again by Kate Nelson of Nutshell Theatre and designed for touring by Sarah Paulley. The first leg takes in venues between Inverness and [...]