Rose Condo  Writer | Performer | Poet

It was August 2019. I had just finished a three-week run of my solo spoken word show, The Empathy Experiment, at the PBH Free Fringe in...

… made a good sailor. That’s how the saying goes. I grew up seeing these words every day in the kitchen, posted up by my mom on the...

Do you have a nickname? I have had a few. Some are affectionate, some are strange, and some -- that are still used to this day -- are...

I am unable to pack lightly. In the days leading up to taking a trip, I pack with an anxious ‘what if’ approach, conjuring up every...

Nope, I’m not writing about anti-dandruff shampoo … this week’s blog is about a bit of a bind that I’m in. Let me start by acknowledging...

Spring is showing signs of her arrival: daylight is longer, daffodils are blooming, and I have finally taken down the paper snowflake...

My partner is a big fan of Doctor Who. I’ve only seen a few episodes. Don't worry, we still manage to get along. I grew up in Canada...

Do you ever get a voice in your head telling you mean things? I’ve started calling mine Trevor. Trevor is not a real person ... he is a...

Recently I had to make a number of phone calls. I work part time for an arts organisation and I needed to ring a few parents of the young...

As the bozillinth week of the pandemic begins, I am really feeling the absence of things I miss. Catching up with pals in the pub. ...

In 2019, I wrote a show called The Empathy Experiment. I performed it at the Greater Manchester Fringe and the Edinburgh Fringe...

First day of R&D today for The Empathy Experiment. It feels pretty surreal. Nearly a year ago that I first started applying for Arts...