Jake Oldershaw

Review in Russian Daily

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:09:50 +0000

Here's a link to a nice review in Russia's biggest daily!

http://www.mk.ru/blogs/idmk/2008/11/17/mk-daily/381320/

Quite a funny translation if Babelfished...

Russian TV Feature

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:14:24 +0000

It's been a wonderful week so far here in Moscow. Here's a link to a youtube from NTV - part of our lavish press attention on thursday!

http://ru.youtube.com/watch?v=r0NbtaRGXEY&feature=channel

The Glassworks at Pilot in Birmingham

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:38:12 +0000

A date for the diary. 'Pilot' 18th December at The Custard Factory, Digbeth Birmingham

Our newly formed company 'Untied Artists' will be presenting extracts from Ivar Waldemarson's 'The Glassworks' at the mince pie special Pilot event cuarted by Talking Birds

Be there!

Intimate History in Moscow

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:33:43 +0000

We're currently in Moscow with the show. It's part of the New European Theatre Festival, performed at the Ermolova Museum in the city centre. More details can be found here - http://netfest.ru/about_eng.shtm

Times 2-9.30pm, 13-16 November

Great to be here!

How Quickly Things Change

Thu, 08 May 2008 09:56:39 +0000

Just been back to the Isle of Wight for family parties and early summer sun. The more time i spend there the more i want to go back. The island's started to really get things moving again with the festivals attracting the young and beautiful, even to come down and live. Talking with family who were around for, and quite involved with the original 68-70 festivals, has revealed how quickly public opinion changes.

The Return of Dr Pfeffer

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:55:07 +0000

Just a quick one to say look out for the repeated series 'Dr Pfeffer's Lonely Hearts Club coming up on Radio 4. Playing every wednesday in April at 11.15pm (and on listen again) ,this is the radio version of Intimate History that was commissioned last year.

Still Here

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:26:30 +0000

It's been some time since the last entry. A two month stint of 'the rice show' has in the states was, in the appropriate vernacular, awesome. Since then more outings to Cornwall and Zurich have been similarly successful. The show was brought down by Kneehigh whose dedication, friendliness and connection with local audience was inspirational.

I Got Bitten By The Apples

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:11:53 +0000

Just nestled outside the wonder that is Paradise Forum (see Nov 2006 blog) , The Yardbird is really getting itself together as a great place for a night out. Last night we went to see Israeli 8 piece band, 'The Apples' that were funky as dogshit. The name isn't all that good but the combination of tight-assed brass-led funk and hilarious scratch antics nearly took the roof off.

Feel The Heat - Why Brum Tries Too Hard In All The Wrong Places

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:28:12 +0000

In a few other pages I've moaned on about some aspects of Birmingham's cultural identity and I'm afraid this will be no different. Read em and weep.

Bike Bezerk

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:12:58 +0000

Coming to the end of the 'Of All The People...' run for Metropolis Bienalle in Copenhagen. It's been great to be here but at times a bit frustrating. When the show has poor attendance (which is rare these days) it can feel like a strange Beckettian experiment, wheeling 12 tons of rice around for hours on end for no-one to see. A bit of detective work and it's discovered the press officer has quit - if nobody knows the show is on how is anyone supposed to come?

This Time Last Year

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:17:07 +0000

Just been reminiscing about the project 'One Last Look' i made with Talking Birds last year. Click here for a full film of the 20 minute tour as we took people around the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital to mark its' closure.

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/chm/hospitalproject/events/onelastlook/3docs/film/

Highly emotional and a right laugh, the perfect combination. It was a joy to perform, something like 16 times in 2 days?

A Pre Edinburgh Taster Of Intimate History

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:47:42 +0000

See here for a taster of 'To Be King' from Intimate History that features Derek's sublime cello arrangement played brilliantly by Matt Sharpe.

http://www.dereknisbet.info/pages/mediaplayer.asp?filename=To_Be_King.mp3

To see a couple of songs performed live in a cabaret setting come to Taylor Johns House in Coventry, Weds 8th August

I Went To The Big Chill And All I Got Was Stressed

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:35:57 +0000

Overheard conversation walking to the mainstage on saturday night in a crowd with a few fancy dressed types -

Oi! Fucking Al Qaeda! How come you hate christians so much?...Oh sorry mate you're not Al Qaeda, you're a ninja.

I could go on but i'm too chilled to bother - man.

Intimate History at Edinburgh 2007

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:24:08 +0000

I'm very excited to announce that my show for one audience member at a time is showing as part of the British Council Showcase in Edinburgh this year. Aready half the tickets have been booked by international promoters and we're hoping there will be more take up over the week. So the rest of the 10 minute slots are extremely limited and we're hatching plans for how to distribute them. Read on for details.

Back With The Bells Of Shandon

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:54:35 +0000

It seems like a week ago that we were last in Cork with 'Of all the people...' in 2006. Coming back to the Midsummer festival has confirmed my suspicions that people here are some of the friendliest, funniest people you'll meet. The town seems on the edge of a massive development, which i desperately hope doesn't ruin the relaxed non-commercialist spirit that still lingers in the streets.