Edinburgh Parliament Tour
The second week of staying in Glasgow has officially come to an end! After many days of tough rehearsals and classes, Friday the 13th rolled around and our company was granted a day-long field-trip...
Pepperdine Scotland Blog
We All Have To Start Somewhere: A Masterclass with Lynda Radley
On top of our rehearsals, we all have to take one academic course here in Scotland which is either Religion or English. I chose the English class and was pleasantly surprised to learn that we had...
It All Starts With A Spark: A Masterclass with Isobel McArthur
On any given day, a company member’s base schedule includes two to three hours of class and around six hours of rehearsal. On top of this, we somehow also must find time for the...
Our First Week In Glasgow
Week one in Glasgow has been absolutely incredible. It may have only been one week, but some of us are already starting to feel like locals. After a glorious week in the highlands filled...
Writing Our Legends
Let’s play a game of word association! Think of the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear: Scotland. What’d you see? An intricate tartan kilt? Someone proudly blaring on the bagpipes?...
Enchanting: Our First Week in the Highlands
Now let me clarify before you all jump to conclusions. When I titled this post “Enchanting”, I was not necessarily referring to the twenty plus hours of travel it took to reach our final...
Let us be brave, and let the work continue.
The Scotland program was one of the biggest selling points of attending Pepperdine from the moment the school entered my radar. The opportunity to design for an original piece of theatre is enticing enough,...
The Journey to Scotland
February 24, 2017 was the start to one of the most transformative weeks of my life: the weeks leading up to this date being equally as impactful. Along with two of my fellow classmates,...
Let it be this time
Let it be this time. It was a year ago today, February 25, 2017, I was on my way back to Scotland for spring break to begin workshopping and devising the new show for...
On the Origin of Pieces
Hello folks! Here we are again, I’m on the plane to LA and it’s time to hand over the Pepperdine Scotland blog from one biennial company to the next. As we get ready to...
That’s A Wrap!
That’s A Wrap! written by Nicholas Connolly photography by Brit Rivera Our Scotland experience is at its end and we are all home. It feels so great to leave this beautiful country with a...
