Not necessarily. It can be easy to get carried away and try to fill every wall with decor, but if there’s too much going on in one room it can feel a little overpowering. Creating balance is key to any successful decorating scheme. So if you have one area that’s quite busy visually, counteract this by having areas that feel calmer and have less going on. We provide training and development for young people who learn differently and also for professional theatre makers. For all our participants, we provide a non-pressurised approach to learning, allowing people the space and time to develop in their own unique way. Alex’s workshop was a great insight into the image-fuelled world of an actor. Especially for directors looking for a simple yet powerful language to communicate with actors.”

Living Pictures Summer Workshop: Stanislavsky’s ACTIVE ANALYSIS: for Actors and Directors, 3rd – 15th August With more than 300 images by nearly 100 photographers, the largest-ever survey of south-east Asian photography is on show at the National Gallery Singapore. It attempts to place photography from and about the region in the compendiums of local art history, and in the history of photography at large.

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A session with Denise Gabriel is truly inspiring. I saw swift and significant changes in actors and a real sense of craft. A wonderful teacher.” The benefits so far have been immense for our participants, sometimes providing the highlight of their educational week. Living Pictures Summer Workshop: Stanislavsky’s ACTIVE ANALYSIS, 1st – 12th August (Monday to Friday) A poignant collection of short pieces about the author's hometown, St. Petersburg, Russia, and the siege of Leningrad that combines memoir, history, and fiction. Dark living room walls also make a great foil for rich colours, plush textures and metallic finishes, so bring in lots of sparkle and shine on accent furniture, soft furnishings and wall art. Make your own art with a length or two of metallic wallpaper on a large panel, an easy way of introducing a touch of pattern without a full-on look.

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Don’t shy away from using darker paint colours in a small living room. Dark colours on walls can create a receding effect so that walls seem further away, visually enlarging the space.A haunting and magnificent debut fiction collection. . . . This beautiful attempt to reconstruct the lives of the lost, blended with an account of a new life built from the rubble, deserves a wide readership. Living Pictures: Photography in Southeast Asia considers the power of photography in affecting the way we see and approach the world, and its mobilisation in systems of knowledge and representation since it arrived in the region in the mid-19th century,” says curator Charmaine Toh. “This exhibition offers an additional strand in the tapestry that is the global history of photography.” Phasellus at velit eu nunc rutrum tincidunt quis in ipsum. Proin efficitur tincidunt congue. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia curae; Maecenas et lacus leo. Pellentesque eget sem metus. Sed maximus enim turpis, id vulputate sapien dictum hendrerit. Integer enim erat, pulvinar ac egestas vitae, vestibulum sed mauris. Curabitur placerat et magna id scelerisque. Donec sed orci vitae augue interdum ultrices sit amet faucibus dolor. Praesent fringilla rutrum nulla, nec interdum tellus mattis ac. Suspendisse ultricies ligula at felis venenatis hendrerit. Donec tincidunt commodo sodales. Maecenas a magna commodo, tempus sem id, mollis enim. Quisque at bibendum diam. Sed ultricies sem ut sapien tempor, eu ultrices lectus cursus. Painting walls and woodwork in the same colour, or slight tonal variations of the same hue, creates a monochromatic scheme that seamlessly stretches the look of the walls from the floor and ceiling,’ says Ruth Mottershead, Creative Director at Little Greene.