Blogs dated January 2012

Different habits, different songs but the same nun

January 17, 2012

Heresy begins...

So Robin Hood has left the building. The theatre feels eerily quiet without the hoards of merry men, children and towns women! However, Taming of the Shrew is on the horizon so that will bring new faces, laughs and more importantly a new play for the RST.

by Laura Darrall | No comments yet | Read this entry

The desire to express

January 12, 2012

Two blogs in as many days? I'd actually like to settle down with a book, but can't suppress the desire to express.

by Nick Day | No comments yet | Read this entry

Emotional crevasses

January 12, 2012

Yesterday we had a run-through of Twelfth Night before we put it onto the back boiler to concentrate on Comedy and Tempest for a bit.

by Nick Day | No comments yet | Read this entry

Week 2: Damn, this seat is hot

January 6, 2012

Director David Farr began this week by hot-seating our characters for Twelfth Night. When placed in the proverbial 'hot seat,' each actor answered questions in character.

by Ankur Bahl | No comments yet | Read this entry

Rehearsing comedy. Oh dear.

January 5, 2012

See, you do something spontaneous and your watching colleagues laugh. Aaagh, fatal! Who could resist the temptation to repeat what one did the next time you run the scene?

by Nick Day | 2 comments | Read this entry