Billy Maxwell Taylor

As days progress and swallows fly, I draw nearer to what seems to be (for now) my last performance of Rain Pours Like Coffee Drops. This project has been my gateway and first raindrop into the professional world of theatremaking following graduating in 2021, a year of vast uncertainty. And yet here we are in…

How strange that it almost feels like the end of a year in some way. I think that perhaps it is because my rhythm is still in that of the English school with Summer marking a time for reflection and looking forward. Moreover, the recent submission of a big funding bid has me in this…

About a year ago, I released my written dissertation to my tutor. This was a large part of my studies at Rose Bruford College on the European Theatre Arts degree, not only because of its marks but because of the interest it brought me to type and write with curiosity. Essentially, I was tasked with…

Conjunctio Oppositorum: the coexisting of opposites. This is particularly coined in the practice of Jerzy Grotowski, who discusses it particularly in relation to spontaneity within discipline and discipline within spontaneity. The most useful image I find used describing this is the flame, flickering within the confines of the candle. A useful idea, but often the…

Recently, I have meditated and been curious about how to do it. Is there a right way? Which way is for me? Am I more Zen, Yoga, TM, Visual? Do I need training? As these questions suggest, I have never been a huge meditator myself, but the act of managing my thoughts and finding a…

Having journaled on this topic for the best part of a year, on and off, bouncing between different perspectives, it felt appropriate to share my ponderings. In no way are these the final thoughts and I believe this discussion will ebb and flow in my mind. In many ways it feels trivial and unimportant but…

It is by no doubt certain that the last year has evoked an interesting relationship with our homes for many of us. Where in the past the home may have been somewhere to eat, leave, return, eat, sleep, repeat, it became this all encompassing place. A place we had to do all the bits in…

When leading a creative process, titles such as facilitator, director and choreographer may be used. In essence, these roles are given to give a little bit more of the creative decision making to a certain body. This doesn’t necessarily mean a power-hungry hierarchy or despotic demander. In fact, it turns out a lot of creatives…