Fire in my Mouth: a concert performance in Edinburgh

It ended with a massive standing ovation that rang on and on, through multiple curtain calls. The atmosphere in the Usher Hall was jubilant, yet sorrowful in turns. The audience simultaneously astonished, stunned, tearful, but also joyous. It had been one of the most remarkable hours of my life, in which not a second wasContinue reading “Fire in my Mouth: a concert performance in Edinburgh”

Cicely y David: my play in Spanish

At the end of a beautiful spring day in Pamplona, northern Spain, I am in a local theatre, waiting for the curtain to come up on Cicely and David, my play about the early origins of modern hospice and palliative care. A niche topic, certainly, but 250 people have come along to this Spanish premiereContinue reading “Cicely y David: my play in Spanish”