Blogs dated May 2012

Rather controversially

May 16, 2012

Rather controversially, The Shakespeare Young Company (SYC) have decided that instead of performing The Bard's work for this season's Dell, we will look at the writing of another great storyteller; Chaucer.

by Isabella James  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

The run begins

May 15, 2012
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Monday, a wet April day. Texts from our new Company Stage Manager Alex Constantin. She has arranged temporary membership for us to a number of clubs - The Groucho, The Ivy and Century.

by James Hayes  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

Dress rehearsal

May 15, 2012

Wednesday we tech the whole show. Greg is unavailable, as he is directing his African Julius Caesar.

by James Hayes  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

Death - not as painful as you think

May 11, 2012
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Sorry sorry sorry. Have been filming and desperately trying to learn lines. And failing. So will catch up you all up with what's been happening.

by Andrew French  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

Moving to the Duchess

May 11, 2012

Tuesday we move to the Duchess, one of the youngest and smallest of the West End theatres, to tech the show. We will do our first preview on Thursday.

by James Hayes  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

Cakes and congratulations

May 11, 2012

Monday 16th April we gather at the RSC rehearsal rooms back in Clapham where we started work on Written over eight months before.

by James Hayes  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

King for a Day

May 11, 2012
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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!

by Nick Day  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

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.

by Ankur Bahl  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

Running for cover

May 7, 2012
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After a brief respite following the press nights, the company started the process of rehearsing and running full productions with all the understudies.

by Nick Day  |  6 comments  |  Read this entry

Whispers from the Duchess

May 4, 2012
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I want to now move forward and write about the move from the Swan to the Duchess. On the 16th February 2012 before a performance of Written we were called to a meeting in the Swan with Greg Doran and West End producer Thelma Holt.

by James Hayes  |  1 comment  |  Read this entry

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