Cymbeline
May 16, 2012
Hi, I'm Lily Watson and I'm a third year BA Acting student at The University of Northampton's School of The Arts. For the first blog I thought I'd give some general information about the piece we're doing and some of our ideas behind why we chose it. After reading Cymbeline we decided straight away that it was the one for us, it has everything – comedy, tragedy, romance and of course mistaken identity, which means we have a lot to work with. We found a lot within the play that we felt was extremely relevant to modern life, which is something that we're very interested in as a company. So with this in mind we're bringing the piece up to date, the essential story is both modern and interesting so we believe we can make a very exciting show – especially with such a small company.
I am going to be playing Imogen, Philario and Cornelius – so I have a challenge as do the rest of the company! We're very excited about the idea of multi-roling as it allows us to be really creative with each different character that we play. Last week we spent some time sourcing and buying as many costumes and props as we could carry. Just some of the items we came away with include; a golf club, a tie dye shirt, sun visors, a fake tattoo sleeve and an Italian flag! I'm really excited to start rehearsing and playing with the costumes and props that we now have because they really add something new and visually interesting to the play.
by Lily Watson
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