Blogs by Ankur Bahl

Week 16: It Fits

July 17, 2012
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Intelligent Life magazine asked the women of the acting company 'Which decade of fashion best suits you?' If they'd asked me, I would have said the 1930s. Give me a pair of high-waisted pleated trousers that gently billow towards the shoe, and I'm a happy camper.

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Week 27: Playing Dromio(s)

June 12, 2012
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Today was my theatrical bar-mitzvah-by-fire. In a public understudy run I played Dromio of Syracuse and Dromio of Ephesus in the RST. I went from being the actor with the fewest lines in The Comedy of Errors to the one with the most.

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Week 15: The Storm

June 1, 2012
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We arrived at the rehearsal room in Clapham for a 10am start. The stage management team had been in earlier to clear all set and prop pieces for a movement session.

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Week 14: Gesundheit

May 29, 2012
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A frightening trend has emerged in rehearsals this week. I have taken to sneezing at particularly tender moments in the plot.

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Week 13: from scene to scene

May 11, 2012
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In our version of The Comedy of Errors, Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse (played by Jonny McGuinness and Bruce MacKinnon) arrive in Ephesus in a wooden crate.

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Week 12: Bad news

April 25, 2012
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In The Comedy of Errors I play the Messenger, who crashes into Act V with some very bad news. He has just witnessed Antipholus of Ephesus (played by Stephen Hagan) in a state of madness.

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Week 11: Understudies

April 11, 2012
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Company Manager Michael Dembovicz announced that the understudy runs of all three plays will be paid public performances.

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Week 10: 'What, Curio?'

April 5, 2012
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This week we went back to Twelfth Night. We haven't done a run of the play in three weeks. Luckily, the time away from the play didn't feel like a hindrance; it allowed the play to simmer in our minds, and for the ideas to mature.

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Week 9: Food for thought

March 20, 2012

We have just experienced a rarity in any rehearsal period: a week off.

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Week 8: Gifts of the Season

March 13, 2012
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Actor Felix Hayes had a big announcement: his wife, Hannah Broadway, gave birth to their daughter, Ursula Olive Hayes.

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