Blah Blah Blah - Stories of a Theatre Company 1985-1995

Theatre Company
Blah Blah Blah is well known within the field of
educational theatre, above all for the breath
and originality of its practice

Published here is a history of Blah Blah Blah which attempts to embody precisely those qualities. Key aspects of the company’s work are covered by a range of voices expressing themselves in various forms

Far from seeking to create the illusion of a seamless version of events, the book instead lays emphasis on providing a raw mix of material, which provides a loose chronology of the company’s evolution

Included, for example, are two representative playtexts by the playwright Mike Kenny, with whom Blah Blah Blah has had a long and fruitful association

By way of contrast, this is followed by two formal accounts of the Company’s recent participatory work, one incorporating an interview with artistic director Anthony Haddon, and a youth worker

From its base in Leeds, UK, theatre company Blah Blah Blah has been touring nationally for nearly twenty years.  Within the field of theatre for young people, its schools, youth club and small scale touring work is well know for its breath and originality