This is a diary of our productions, explaining what's happening through the rehearsal process. Our current bloggers are:
Bethan Walker
makes her debut at the RSC, playing Emilia and understudying Hermione and Perdita in The Winter's Tale. She is a passionate foodie, skiier and collector of vintage postcards, who hails from the beautiful beaches of Gower.
Thomas Pickles
is from Lancashire. He's playing Simple in The Merry Wives of Windsor and a variety of characters in The Mouse and his Child. This is his first job since leaving drama school in September.
Youssef Kerkour
returns to the RSC after last year's Swan winter season. He is a 6'4'' British/Moroccan, and will be seen playing and understudying roles including Captain of the Guard in The Orphan of Zhao, Kurbsky in Boris Godunov, and the Philosopher in A Life of Galileo.
April 5, 2012
After a number of days we reach the momentous occasion when we 'stand up'. No more readings of the play, no more discussion, no more delay, it is time to put the play on its feet.
by James Hayes
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April 4, 2012
Over the next twelve weeks we rehearse Written in St Anne's Hall. Very swiftly the periphery of our high brown-beamed Victorian room fills with groaning tables bearing history books, biographies, documents, DVD's etc.
by James Hayes
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April 4, 2012
Greg has been talking about the play and showing us the model and costume sketches along with Francis O'Connor the designer.
by James Hayes
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April 2, 2012
On Monday 8th August 2011, which seems a long time ago now, I set out from my home in South West London for the first day's rehearsal of Written on the Heart about the making of the King James Bible.
by James Hayes
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March 30, 2012
So with a week to go before we move up to Stratford, we have started running the whole play.
by Sophie Ivatts
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March 27, 2012
In the run up to International Women's Day some of our female cast and creatives have been interviewed for the RSC website, to talk about women and theatre.
by Sophie Ivatts
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March 22, 2012
As the room of seven actors began the week, prepared to interrogate parts of their cultural and ethnic make up, their skills as performers were also mined through the intrinsic work of Struan and Lyn, filling the space with more of themselves as the week progressed.
by Kimberley Sykes
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March 22, 2012
So... err, ahem. Yes, I have been rather quiet of late. As soon as rehearsals kicked off proper, it became clear that things which were once everyday occurrences (watching TV, replying to emails, updating my blog!) were now rare luxuries that time would not afford me.
by Sophie Ivatts
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February 17, 2012
We started rehearsals with a meet and greet and then got stuck in to our first two weeks of workshop: improvisations, games, team-buliding exercises, etc.
by Sophie Ivatts
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February 16, 2012
In the run-up to Christmas I head down to the British Library. It takes them some convincing of my worthiness of a permanent reader's card, and in the end I have to bring out the secret weapon (RSC headed note paper).
by Sophie Ivatts
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