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  Safe Director’s Blog: 1. Before the Beginning

  Arti Prashar, Artistic Director

  27 February 2017

  SAFE - The daily mind-boggling thoughts of a director… No-one was hurt in the writing of this daily blog, every health and safety precaution has been taken into consideration: but 'without risk...

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  Tea and biscuits, delight and awe

  Arti Prashar, Artistic Director

  10 November 2016

  Here's the transcript of Arti's provocation, given to the Inquiry into the Civic Role of Arts Organisations at their meeting on 9 November 2016.

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  Meet the Spare Tyre Band – Scope guest blog

  Amy Smith, General Manager

  24 August 2016

  General Manager Amy Smith started with us in May 2016 – here she is guest blogging for Scope about meeting the Spare Tyre Band.

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  A Humbling Day

  Arti Prashar, Artistic Director

  06 July 2016

  Yesterday was a humbling day.

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  Pounding Pavements

  Connie Ruth Smith, Marathon Runner

  22 May 2015

  Less than two weeks to go until the Edinburgh Marathon! As if the date wasn’t already seared into my memory, the whole thing just got a lot more real: my race number arrived in the post today - along...

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  First Reflections of an Executive Director

  Lynette Shanbury, Executive Director

  27 February 2015

  It has now been nearly four months since I joined Spare Tyre as Executive Director. The time has flown in many ways – as plans get put into development, impending fundraising deadlines draw quickly...

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  A multi-layered cake sale

  Vicky Lee, Spare Tyre Artist

  19 February 2015

  How does a Spare Tyre cake sale differ from all the other cake sales I have been involved with? Well, it's about the layers involved really. For some of us it was about the cakes and of course cake...

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  The Artistic Director’s sense of humour is missing!

  Arti Prashar, Artistic Director

  13 January 2015

  Oh no! This is potentially quite serious. My sense of humour is missing and is nowhere to be found! Over the last six months or so slowly but surely it has slipped away.

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  What the Dickens?

  Arti Prashar, Artistic Director

  12 December 2014

  Oh dear - is that the past come to haunt us? The dark frightening uncaring society re-surfacing. I know there are pockets of good news stories but for the majority it is not looking joyous. Low...

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  Scratches Rehearsals, Part 4 - What is Theatre’s Role in Society

  Gavin Dent, Scratches Director

  04 November 2014

  I arrive at Anita's house at 3pm. Anita's has made me some fresh Salmon sandwiches and I wash these down with a glass of wine. Later when Nuno arrives we will both be treated to a mini bottle of...

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  Scratches Rehearsals, Part 3 - Eat, Work, Drink, Chat, Focus

  Gavin Dent, Scratches Director

  03 November 2014

  It’s 2.15pm and I'm late. Now I'm under a little bit of pressure as I have work at 3.30pm. Right. Anita, I'm sorry I'm so late, we'll have to get straight on it.

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  Scratches Rehearsals, Part 2 - Afternoon drinking is definitely fine

  Gavin Dent, Scratches Director

  31 October 2014

  1pm. I arrive at the Arcola Theatre and Jim is already there. He's already finished off a glass of wine and is ready for glass number two. He offers to buy me a glass and at first I'm hesitant....

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