The first RSC productions in the World Shakespeare Festival are three plays cast from one acting company, looking at migration, exile, and the discovery of brave new worlds. Actors Nick Day and Ankur Bahl share their experiences in rehearsal for The Tempest, Twelfth Night and The Comedy of Errors.
Nick has beached on the shores of the RSC for the fifth time. Having drifted about in a variety of theatre, TV and film roles over 40 years the winds and tides have given him good passage into our waters a little more often lately. He loves it here and has absolutely no desire to be taken off this magic isle.
After spending his youth on the international jump rope circuit, Ankur arrived in Britain six years ago as a postgraduate studying migration and diaspora. Shipwrecked in London, he began performing in theatre pieces about the people he was studying.
December 13, 2011
Today we had our company charabanc trip to Stratford. For some of us it was a first visit, and some of the company who have worked at the RSC before had not seen the newly transformed theatre.
by Nick Day
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December 12, 2011
Ending a job, without knowing what's next, is crap. People say this uncertainty is great because it allows you to re-evaluate your priorities, re-fresh your batteries, and re-(insert verb) your (insert noun). They're lying. Truth: nobody likes being out of work.
by Ankur Bahl
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