Wishing They Were Here
Several of our Scotland-based followers (and others) have asked and there’s lots of info to share, so it’s time to put everything I know in one place. This has been an absolutely horrendous week...
Pepperdine Scotland Blog
42 Hours
It has been 42 hours since I woke up to leave Scotland for the second time in my life. I am 3,264 miles away from Edinburgh as I currently sit here waiting for my...
The Girl In The Corner
1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3, GO! This is what goes through my head when I’m onstage. My brain is thinking in beats and musical measures, and I’m hoping that I’m counting correctly. To the audience that comes to...
Four Hours to Paint Reality, Fantasy, and Whatever is In-Between
If you’ve been following Pepp Scotland and reading our blog posts for a while now, you’re aware that we have been working on The Abode for some time now. It is impossible to speak...
There Is Still Work To Be Done
We made it. Pepperdine Scotland has seen the curtain rise on The Abode at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018. It feels strange that the world premiere of this new work has already passed us by when...
The Past Four Weeks
The past four weeks have been some of the most difficult, taxing, yet rewarding weeks of my life. To be in such a groundbreaking and monumental show is not an easy feat. The first...
Everyone Has A Journey: A Masterclass with Nicola McCartney
This past week I met one of the bravest individuals in the theatre industry: Nicola McCartney. She is currently the head of the playwright masters program at the University of Edinburgh and produced the...
It’s All Part Of The Process: A Masterclass with Rona Munro
Almost a month here in Scotland, and I still feel a sense of uncertainty. It’s weird. Supposedly, I should feel increasingly at ease the more I settle into the Scottish way of life, the...
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...
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...
