May 11, 2012
Well, I did fear the blogs might run dry, but yesterday, a bunch of us from the WCFIT company went to see the understudy run of King John in the Swan. What a joy!
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May 7, 2012
After a brief respite following the press nights, the company started the process of rehearsing and running full productions with all the understudies.
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April 30, 2012
We made it. It was a long journey to the opening performances, and there is such a sense of relief all round.
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April 26, 2012
Shakespeare's Birthday. We don't really know if it was the 23rd of April, so it might as well have been the 21st when we celebrated it on the streets of Stratford.
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April 24, 2012
David Fielder (Nations at War company) had a few of us to dinner on Sunday night. Rack of lamb, perfectly pink. We all agreed how lucky we were to have the excellent Barry the Butcher within close shopping distance. It seems everybody gets almost as much pleasure from their cheer as from their chops.
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April 12, 2012
I've marvelled before, in these blogs, at how Shakespeare's rich writing does so much of the work for us in conveying subtle shades of character and meaning in our telling of his stories.
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April 10, 2012
Exit Sir Toby, with knife, downstage left having just ripped one of his hippy bracelets off on the corner of the banquette.
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April 5, 2012
Tempest had its first preview last Friday. I get the feeling we dished up something more than a bit on the bland side. Certainly the note that we 'Europeans' had from David was that we were slow and dull! There was a real need to put a bit of zip and zest into the thing.
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March 29, 2012
So now we're deep into the Tempest tech. The stage is somewhat challenging, with several holes through which the unwary or unfamiliar might fall.
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March 27, 2012
Great news today: Greg Doran is to be the new Artistic Director of the RSC. His appointment was dramatically ratified by rapturous applause when it was announced at a company meeting this morning.
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