July 31, 2012
This is it. Today is the final day of performances and on Monday it's time to fly back to Mexico.
by Andres Weiss
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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.
by Andrew French
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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.
by Andrew French
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July 30, 2012
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.
by Muzz Khan
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July 30, 2012
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.
by Andres Weiss
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July 30, 2012
We have travelled some 30 miles north west of Beijing, and are relieved to get out of the heavy smog, and breathe some fresh country air.
by Greg Doran
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July 27, 2012
Konstantin Stanislavsky once famously said: 'There are no small parts, only small actors'.
by Muzz Khan
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July 27, 2012
Our 'fixer' in the UK, Professor Ruru Li, of Leeds University, has arranged for us to attend a rehearsal of the Shanghai Opera Company.
by Greg Doran
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July 24, 2012
Week 5 and 6. Ok I'll do them both in an entry otherwise I'll never reach the opening night.
by Andres Weiss
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July 24, 2012
Ghosts cannot turn corners, which is why the bridge which crosses to the Huxinting Teahouse in the centre of a little lake in the Yu Bazaar in Shanghai has nine zig-zags. Nine is an especially lucky number in China.
by Greg Doran
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