Updates
London's Burning: Blog by Bernadette Russell
2016 is the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, and this gave me the opportunity to work with the wonderful Vanessa Wolf Hoyle (London Dreamtime) and George Hoyle…
UNINVITED GUESTS: SEPTEMBER HOTHOUSE BLOG
UNINVITED GUESTS – SEPTEMBER HOTHOUSE BLOG It’s September already, and I’m back in Deptford for a few days with Paul Clarke (one third of Uninvited Guests). We’ve had a really…
UNINVITED GUESTS: SUMMER HOTHOUSE BLOG
UNINVITED GUESTS – SUMMER HOTHOUSE BLOG It’s a Wednesday at the beginning of August, I’m sitting in The Albany Café and the sun is shining. Life carries on even though…
100 Years From Now: Blog by Bernadette Russell
A couple of weeks I met an amazing young woman as part of the Albany’s Summer Arts programme. She tried to explain how even though there is loads of bad…
Sign of The Times Hothouse Blog
By Hothouse Artist Bernadette Russell Hello. Since I last posted it feels as though our world has changed. So much has been said and shouted and written about the EU referendum result,…
Tea Party Triumph! Blog by Bernadette Russell
Sorry for the delay between blogs- most of my time has been taken up with editing the children’s’ blogs and making or finding sound effects (great fun), and getting everything…
UNINVITED GUESTS: Lost and found
I came up to Deptford Lounge earlier this week to see Bernadette Russell’s installation titled The Lost Property Office. It was originally developed as part of Deptford X visual arts…
Bernadette Russell: All We Love, All We Have Lost
I’ve now done two of the three creative writing workshops for the libraries, and the ideas for a guidebook for Deptford are building up, as are the ideas for what…
UNINVITED GUESTS: More Thoughts on ‘The Future’
Hello, So, we have some news for you – last month we appointed a new associate artist to join the Hothouse team. His name is Sam Steer and he is…
Bernadette Russell: Paradise Lost Blog
This week I have been preparing for the coming workshops at Pepys Library, New Cross Library and Deptford Lounge. I’m really looking forward to drinking tea and eating cake and…
Trikhon Theatre: Bringing Vietnam to Deptford
Reaching out to the Vietnamese community in Deptford, Trikhon Theatre brings its fully-realised version of A Dream from a Bombshell to Deptford Lounge from Thursday 9 to Friday 17 October. Ahead of…
Uninvited Guests: March Hothouse Blog
Hello! So the daffodils are out and it feels like spring is (finally) in the air! It also feels like the Hothouse project is officially up and running. Hurrah! The…