May 11, 2012
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.
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April 25, 2012
In The Comedy of Errors I play the Messenger, who crashes into Act V with some very bad news. He has just witnessed Antipholus of Ephesus (played by Stephen Hagan) in a state of madness.
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April 11, 2012
Company Manager Michael Dembovicz announced that the understudy runs of all three plays will be paid public performances.
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April 5, 2012
This week we went back to Twelfth Night. We haven't done a run of the play in three weeks. Luckily, the time away from the play didn't feel like a hindrance; it allowed the play to simmer in our minds, and for the ideas to mature.
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March 20, 2012
We have just experienced a rarity in any rehearsal period: a week off.
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March 13, 2012
Actor Felix Hayes had a big announcement: his wife, Hannah Broadway, gave birth to their daughter, Ursula Olive Hayes.
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February 25, 2012
Director Nizar Zuabi is setting The Comedy of Errors in a Mediterranean smugglers' town. In our version of Ephesus, the weather is hot, doors are always open, news travels fast, and trouble travels faster. Instead of what he calls the 'shame culture' of Britain, Nizar wants the play to be set in the 'honour culture' of the Middle East.
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February 20, 2012
During the run of Twelfth Night, Nick Day, who plays Sir Toby Belch, lost his trousers.
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February 8, 2012
We spent the last rehearsal of the day playing poker — a character improvisation led by Assistant Director Jamie Rocha.
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February 3, 2012
In rehearsals for The Tempest the cast was split into two groups: the Europeans and the Islanders. We were then asked to come up with a list of words we associated with our group.
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