Whispers from the Wings

Joining the audience

The final week of rehearsals was transformative for the show. We invited an audience.

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Touring and phones

Before you start complaining about my poor upkeep of this blog; I would just like to highlight two salient points.

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Dressing rooms

Cameron Mackintosh has totally refurbished the Noel Coward and Wyndham's theatres. He is to be congratulated. He can afford it, but so can a lot of other people and they aint doing it.

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Apologia

So, a few apologies and queries...

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Bouncing ahead

In Tim Crouch's edit of King Lear the storytelling is pacy, and he applies a similar momentum in the rehearsal room. It's the end of day 3 of the first week and rehearsals are bouncing ahead – with big scenes and events examined already.

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London

So, after a week off, we are back to the world of the play. Lovely to see the Caesar family again. It is a little like a family. There are tensions and laughter. And love.

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Shawshanking Shakespeare

With our first couple of shows out the way, our second week in Stratford kicked off with the arrival of the guru. The greatest voice coach of 'em all. The legend that is, Cicely Berry.

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'Ecky Thump, Love, We're in T'Stratford

Wow. We've arrived. We've got excited chills. And they're multiplying.

Arriving in Stratford-upon-Avon at the start of the week was a dream come true. Every time I've been up to Stratford in the past, it's always inspired me profusely as a theatre-goer, as an actor/writer and as someone who loves woodbeams and thatched roofs(!)

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Newcastle

I love Newcastle! Love the people, the shopping, the sense of fashion (or at least the brevity of it!). People make a place. And they are some of the best. Though they are cursed to support a team which can never match their undying love.

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Caminando with the RSC: Goodbye Stratford-upon-Avon and my little Oscar speech.

This is it. Today is the final day of performances and on Monday it's time to fly back to Mexico.

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