Whispers from the Wings

This is a diary of our productions, explaining what's happening through the rehearsal process. Our current bloggers are:

Ben Deery

Ben Deery  returns to the RSC following last year's stint as Edmund in the Young People's Shakespeare production of King Lear. This time he is playing Publius in Titus Andronicus and Lieutenant Sponger in A Mad World My Masters on the Swan Theatre stage.

Rose Reynolds

Rose Reynolds  makes her debut at the RSC, playing Lavinia in Titus Andronicus and company in both Mad World My Masters and Candide. Passionate, feisty country mouse at heart. Must love long walks and possess ample knowledge of the weather.

Andrew French

Andrew French  is playing Decius Brutus and Titinius in our production of Julius Caesar. This is his first production with the RSC. A company that he has waited a long time to play for.

A cacophony of colours

October 18, 2012
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Hull = perfect. The school, the students, the theatre, the people. But more importantly, the place itself.

by Dharmesh Patel  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

The lights are on in Hull

October 18, 2012
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The lighting was curious thing for the people of Hull. The lighting of the show that is. The lighting of the people themselves. You

by Caroline Byrne  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

Moving up a gear

October 9, 2012
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Well, we have two weeks left to go before we hit Stratford. Things pick up a gear at this point.

by Youssef Kerkour  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

How does Cordelia die?

October 4, 2012
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In Act 5 Scene 3 of King Lear, Shakespeare wrote arguably one of the most powerful of his few stage directions.

by Ben Deery  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

The Comedy of King Lear

October 3, 2012
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Last week in Newcastle a young audience member asked 'why is King Lear so funny'? There are comic moments from the fool/kent and Edmund, but this is the tragedy of King Lear, not the comedy! Or is it...

by Caroline Byrne  |  1 comment  |  Read this entry

Our Lear family

October 3, 2012
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We, the actors, turn up to schools, do a show and get the credit, but it's important to point out that our job is made easy by four people in particular.

by Dharmesh Patel  |  1 comment  |  Read this entry

Curtain up?

October 3, 2012

So: In Bradford, the iron didn't go out. In theatre parlance, that means the curtain that comes down onstage during the interval, did not go back up again. Oh, dear.

by Andrew French  |  2 comments  |  Read this entry

Eunuchs and Al Pacino

October 1, 2012
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Well it's been a tough old week. We're all hurting from a particularly long day of acrobatics, and people riding with Lina Johanson again for Boris Godunov rehearsals.

by Youssef Kerkour  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

Bradford

October 1, 2012

So. It has been raining. A lot. It seems to always rain when I come up north. Now I know that can't be true. I know there must have been many times when I have frolicked in the summer sun. But right now, I can't seem to remember them. So most of us are spending our time in our hotel rooms watching the rain it raineth every day.

by Andrew French  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

'I wonder what they think we're doing.'

September 25, 2012
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On an odd occasion where the frenetic rehearsals lull, I daze out of the large windows and over at the architect's offices opposite. I consider what we've been doing all day from their point of view.

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