Kenny Burnham, Dramaturg & Playwright

I have had the privilege of working with an outstanding set of actors in the studio for Bring Again The Now Of Then! So professional and so enjoyable to work with. In the studio again tomorrow - looking forward to it!

Jill, Lorenzo, Mark, Iain, Stuart, Lauren, Julia, Andy, Dani

This weekend we go into the studio to record the story of a woman who is near forgotten in the Bauhaus story. 100 years after leaving her job, Gertrud Grunow gets her exit interview!

Final days of this Crowdfunder - god I'm so crap at marketing! This is a compelling story...about inequality, about ownership, about legacy, about selective memory! Let this female master see another sunrise...she wants to tell you her story: the one where she emerges from the ravages of war...the one where colour and music are the answers to all of the world's problems...the one where she disappears in plain sight...the one where men ruled but she rocked. 6 part series. Great actors. And a mirror to ourselves. Pennies or pounds - it's all heartily received! Thank you :)

BAUHAUS - Audio play Help to raise funds for studio and post-production costs.

Hi … I am currently trying to fund a project to tell the story of an important, yet largely forgotten, woman at the Bauhaus. If you have a few quid to spare to realise this audio drama, that would be truly great. Thanks!

BAUHAUS - Audio play Help to raise funds for studio and post-production costs.

A new audio series later this year!

Early Years of the Bauhaus — BURNHAM DRAMATURGY It was a pleasure, last week, to mingle with an excellent cast for a reading of my new audio play Bring Again the Now of Then on the early years of the Bauhaus. The aim was to establish the correct mix of voices for the piece and, as ever, to ascertain whether another draft of the play is required

It was a year ago today…

One year on... — BURNHAM DRAMATURGY A year ago tonight, Dance The Colour Blue played to its last audience. My first professionally produced play was an entirely unexpected affair…as well as something of a revelatory experience!

I am now on the books of the Scottish Book Trust for performance and workshops based on my work as a playwright.

Author: Kenny Burnham I am a playwright, dramaturg and audio-dramatist. Samples of my work are found on my website Burnham Dramaturgy. Co-founding Stark Theatre in 2007, I somehow found myself writing two of their ten pro

My review of A Streetcar Named Desire ar Pitlochry Festival Theatre

A Streetcar Named Desire — BURNHAM DRAMATURGY The cognitive dissonance between the person we perceive ourselves to be and the person others see is least for those who don’t give a s**t. Blithely crashing through life, the Stanleys of this world lose not a wink of sleep on what others think of them. Whilst society can hardly be split into ‘S...

https://www.burnhamdramaturgy.com/non-place/review-the-threepenny-opera

Review: The Threepenny Opera — BURNHAM DRAMATURGY “Some are in the darkness…others in the light” We see the moon and the moon sees us…and the shark with the teeth pearly white. One minute in and an orchestra introduces that most recognisable of songs: Kurt Weill’s Mack The Knife or Mackie Messer as it is known in its native source text; a...

My review of Loving The Enemy by Lorenzo Novani, Dramatist

Review: Loving The Enemy — BURNHAM DRAMATURGY What would you do if your native country ended up at war with your parents’ native country? Where might your loyalties lie? How much love have you for your parents? How much have they for theirs? Patriotism is a complex equation wherein variables change value with time. All very well fighting for ...

My review of ACS’ The Mystery of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

Review: The Mystery of the Dyatlov Pass Incident — BURNHAM DRAMATURGY Surviving an event where other people experience loss of life is likely to follow, if not define, you for the rest of your life. This was the lot of Yuri Yudin. In January 1959, 10 experienced Soviet hikers set out on an expedition to the Ural Mountains. Part of this initiative was the attainment o

Review: Being Sophie Scholl — BURNHAM DRAMATURGY The danger of presenting the body as complete in itself is that the society which gave that body its place in a code of social relations turns on it. Sophie Scholl and her friends spent a long time pondering how an individual must act under a dictatorship. And when that dictatorship finally arrived,

Review of Its A Motherf*cking Pleasure

Review: It's A Mo*********ng Pleasure — BURNHAM DRAMATURGY Keys; check. Wallet; check. Mobile; check. Checked your privileges? Perhaps you should. FlawBored - a trio comprising Samuel Brewer, Chloe Palmer and Aarian Mehrabani - are going to ask you!

My review of Enquiry Concerning Hereafter at EdFringe…

Review: Enquiry Concerning Hereafter — BURNHAM DRAMATURGY Compared with French counterparts Voltaire and Comte, Scottish philosophers are perhaps less well known amongst the general public. The protagonists thrown up by the Scottish Enlightenment are, no question; their equal. Enquiry Concerning Hereafter goes some way to redress this. Duane Kelly’s play

My review of After The Act at EdFringe

Review: After The Act — BURNHAM DRAMATURGY The evidence of testimonial witness is that once there was another point of view; existing beyond the critical angle of mainstream public opinion, and thus cut off. Suppressed…with force if necessary. The trick of time is always to take that which was once thought beyond the pale and veil it with ...

The poem that threads Dance The Colour Blue.

Penelope — BURNHAM DRAMATURGY There is a poem which threads through Dance The Colour Blue , refering back to The Odyssey. A plea from Penelope to be heard. Although, thanks to Homer, we can never be sure we are hearing this enigmatic character clearly. The poem appears here in full. The third stanza is added for completene

My summary of the wonderful Dance The Colour Blue run…

Rhapsody In Blue — BURNHAM DRAMATURGY Looking back on the run of Dance The Colour Blue is like recalling a dream: you’re convinced it happened, you just can’t point to or touch it. What I do know is…the production was smooth…the cast were exquisite…the audiences were appreciative… and the direction was flawless. And even tho...

We’re near sell out for the last performance of Dance The Colour Blue tonight.

Great audience feedback! Join us one last time in our local, The Everlasting Arms…

https://www.eventcreate.com/e/dance-the-colour-blue

You can hear me talk on Sunny Govan Radio about Dance The Colour Blue from 7’40” onwards.

A few tickets remaining for tonight & tomorrow, 7:30pm @ The Old Gym Theatre, Harmony Row, Govan (1 min walk from Subway):

https://www.eventcreate.com/e/dance-the-colour-blue

Community Arts Show - 29 June 2023 Presented by Simone.

An in-depth article on the dramaturgy used in Dance The Colour Blue

The Dramaturgy of Dance The Colour Blue — BURNHAM DRAMATURGY At the very moment of creation, theatre may be ‘of its time’ or be ‘timeless’. That is to say the production has a life beyond that which was originally expected. Whilst a reasonable assessment may be made as to a play’s immediacy, it is impossible to tell with any accuracy whether the pie...

Catch me on Sunny Govan Community Radio today at 2:20pm talking about Dance The Colour Blue.

Still some tickets available for tonight, Friday & Saturday.

https://www.eventcreate.com/e/dance-the-colour-blue

A great first night performance by the Dance The Colour Blue cast! A great audience too.

Limited ticket availability:

https://www.eventcreate.com/e/dance-the-colour-blue

https://www.burnhamdramaturgy.com/non-place/first-night

First Night — BURNHAM DRAMATURGY Tonight was my first ‘first night’ as a writer sitting in the audience. Usually I’m part of the stage management. That’s the nature of fringe theatre. But as part of a professional production, my role is just ‘the writer’. More time. I’d say ‘more time to relax’ …but that’s str...

Opening night for Dance The Colour Blue!

Tickets selling fast 🙂

Tickets: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/dance-the-colour-blue

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hGP7UQ15Ew

Bar-tender, Nicky, meets a cast of pub regulars…there’s life beyond the daubed walls of her lonely flat. She comes into a possession of value which turns out to be a quest for home - a place that has hitherto never existed.

A story of community, mythology, and identity.

DTCB - 7:30pm, The Old Gym Theatre, Govan. (27 Jun - 1st July)

Tickets available at the door.

Dance The Colour Blue Trailer for an upcoming play at The Old Gym Theatre (ACS),6 Harmony RowGlasgow. Dance The Colour Blue is a meditation on the silent grief we carry for the pe...

The coolest cast!

DTCB: Tues 27th Jun - Sat 1st Jul


https://www.eventcreate.com/e/dance-the-colour-blue

Dance The Colour Blue opens tomorrow! Running 27th June - 1st July, 7:30pm @ The Old Gym Theatre (ACS), Govan. The play is a study of community and humanity.

Bar-tender, Nicky, meets a pub regular and is reminded of a life beyond the daubed walls of her lonely flat. As their acquaintance grows, a possession of value is shared with her which turns out to be a quest for home. Slowly she succumbs to the routine of the regulars, their camaraderie and pranks; grateful of their existence. Before long, Nicky realises she too is on a quest for home - a place that has hitherto never existed.

Directed by Olivia Millar-Ross, DTCB features a stellar cast: Habiba Saleh, Nicola Docherty, Billy Mack, Dani Heron, Rory Grant and Kareem Nasif.

The trailer for the piece is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hGP7UQ15Ew

And ticket info here: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/dance-the-colour-blue

Tickets also available on the door.

Hope to see you there!

Dance the Colour Blue | June 27, 2023 - July 01, 2023