Whispers from the Wings

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

Bethan Walker

Bethan Walker  makes her debut at the RSC, playing Emilia and understudying Hermione and Perdita in The Winter's Tale. She is a passionate foodie, skiier and collector of vintage postcards, who hails from the beautiful beaches of Gower.

Thomas Pickles

Thomas Pickles  is from Lancashire. He's playing Simple in The Merry Wives of Windsor and a variety of characters in The Mouse and his Child. This is his first job since leaving drama school in September.

Youssef Kerkour

Youssef Kerkour  returns to the RSC after last year's Swan winter season. He is a 6'4'' British/Moroccan, and will be seen playing and understudying roles including Captain of the Guard in The Orphan of Zhao, Kurbsky in Boris Godunov, and the Philosopher in A Life of Galileo.

Digs

July 31, 2012

Our tour goes from Stratford and ends in Moscow. Yes, Moscow! that means, apart from a rather pleasant time at home with family and friends in London, we are on the move.

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Leaving Stratford

July 30, 2012

And now, the end is here And so I face the final curtain...Hang on, actually its not the end, its not even the beginning. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

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We bid Clapham, adieu

July 30, 2012
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This is it. This is the last week of rehearsals. How is it possible that six weeks have passed by so quickly? It's the end of the road! There's no turning back now.

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Caminando with the RSC: Previews

July 30, 2012
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Week 7. And the previews started. As I mentioned in the previous entry, in Mexico we don't have previews, so it was a difficult concept for me.

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The challenge of the understudy

July 27, 2012
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Konstantin Stanislavsky once famously said: 'There are no small parts, only small actors'.

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Last week of rehearsals and techs

July 24, 2012
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Week 5 and 6. Ok I'll do them both in an entry otherwise I'll never reach the opening night.

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Feel the fear and do it anyway

July 16, 2012
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It's a funny thing, fear. You can assemble some of the finest actors in the business, actors with a CV as long as your arm, actors with a wealth of enviable stage 'n' screen credits and yet would you believe that we're all still terrified?

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Strawberry. Raspberry. Dogberry?

July 10, 2012
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'...Hey y'all! How YOU doin'? I could sure moider a cuppa cawfee...' Okay, so nobody ACTUALLY said that. But, yep, Monday of week three kicked-off with the arrival of The Wooster Group.

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The Stratford school trip

July 2, 2012
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With my first blog out of the way, I can now breathe a huge sigh of relief. Thanks to all of you who've read it so far and thanks for the kind comments made via social media (likes, retweets etc). It's much-appreciated!

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Going on about food

June 29, 2012

All of us are missing home a little. Stratford is lovely (I would quite like to live here) but there is no place like home. So it is natural to try and find some comfort in food.

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