Blogs by Laura Darrall

Parting is such sweet sorrow...

March 13, 2012
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Words seem an inadequate tool with which to say goodbye to what has undoubtedly been the best job and experience of my short life so far. So I won't say goodbye, I will merely say see you later.

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The final understudy run

February 28, 2012
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We came. We saw. We understudied.

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Flagellating nuns to the stage

February 6, 2012
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It is official. We have rehearsed. We have previewed. We have flagellated. Heresy of Love is in the building! In deepest, darkest Mexico the story of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz has strutted onto the Swan stage; set against a backdrop of luxury and a heartrending oil painting of Jesus, the space is bathed in dolour and sumptuousness.

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Different habits, different songs but the same nun

January 17, 2012

Heresy begins...

So Robin Hood has left the building. The theatre feels eerily quiet without the hoards of merry men, children and towns women! However, Taming of the Shrew is on the horizon so that will bring new faces, laughs and more importantly a new play for the RST.

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Christmas is come

December 19, 2011

The Ferryhouse is decorated with fifteen pounds worth of sparkly goods from Poundland and the smell of mulled wine floats out of the Dirty Duck as you walk past...

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The understudy run

December 5, 2011

It's been a while. And for that I'm sorry. But there is a reason for my neglect

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Measure's first preview

November 22, 2011

So Measure for Measure is up! In a blaze of corsets, spiked heels and nipple clamps...

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Silence, panic and joy

November 14, 2011

We held a two minutes silence in rehearsals today to commemorate all the brave men and women who have lost their lives in fighting for freedom, justice and human rights.

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Measure for Measure begins again

November 7, 2011

Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and Measure for Measure!

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Opening night

October 28, 2011

I've woken up to a mist on the Avon, much akin to Wuthering Heights

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