Amateur performers share their experiences of working with RSC professionals on Pericles. Our bloggers are:
Nathan Hawthorne
is a 19-year-old student, aspiring to be a professional actor and currently playing Lysimachus in Pericles.
Chris Clarke
is playing Pander in Pericles. A Birmingham born lad and 'verily chuffed' that he is part of such a unique project. First ever role in a Shakespearean play so hope he won't be 'bard' after his performance...
Hannah Kelly
, aged 18, from Burntwood, Staffordshire is qualified in British Sign Language and always sneezes at least three times in a row.
Sope Dirisu
has previously done student and youth theatre. He's just graduated with a degree in economics, and is hoping Pericles will help him take the big leap into professional acting.
Louise Fulwell
has been a member of The Nonentities at the Rose Theatre, Kidderminster, for eight years. She is playing Dionyza, the villain in this piece, but is nice really...
Jane Durant
is currently in rehearsal, playing the role of Bawd in the Open Stages production of Pericles to be performed in October.
October 9, 2012
What a roller coaster few months it has been! I have had the time of my life and learnt so much from so many people! It's been a privilege and a pleasure to work with such outstanding people both on and off stage.
by Hannah Kelly
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October 1, 2012
The past week has seen a number of important steps in the process of getting Pericles ready to hit the ground running when we open on the 5th October. I've had intense rehearsals of the scenes I'm involved in, a personal voice call with the fabulous Michael Corbridge, and the most important thing for a group of actors, the first cast party.
by Nathan Hawthorne
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September 25, 2012
After getting to know each other as a cast through read-throughs and choral movement exercises, we moved on to looking at each scene individually, mining the text for the meaning of the words we would be saying.
by Sope Dirisu
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September 25, 2012
'Gower' came together to go through all the Gower speeches finding the meaning behind Shakespeare's language, the thought of the scene and the characters.
by Hannah Kelly
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September 17, 2012
If you'd have offered me a part in an RSC production four months ago I would have accepted it before you could say 'first folio'.
by Nathan Hawthorne
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September 17, 2012
One of the main characters in the Scottish Play utters the immortal line 'Why do you dress me in borrowed robes'...
by Chris Clarke
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September 17, 2012
A lot seems to have happened since my last blog and the performance dates are edging ever closer.
by Jane Durant
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September 17, 2012
This has been a full on week… back to school, house move imminent, and four nights of rehearsals.
by Louise Fulwell
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September 10, 2012
So, here I am. Holding the script for Pericles in an RSC rehearsal room. Let me just pinch myself and repeat that, particularly for my work colleagues who initially thought I had got an audition with the RAC.
by Chris Clarke
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September 10, 2012
How fast it came around! We met our stage managers and assistant directors for the first time. So many people are involved in Pericles already and we hadn't even met the entire production team.
by Hannah Kelly
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