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I had to stop hiding in loos
Enter Lucifer upstage right
Coming home to Stratford
Delirious glee
Another opening, another show
Learning to understudy
The show must go on
A change is as good as a rest
Internet dating and Sonnet 129
Electricity in the air
Hell hath no fury...
Where's Threlly?
A Shadow
Zeus Comes to Stratford
The Magic of Theatre
Speak up if you need to
The Stratford Spread
Mid-point madness
No Common Whore
A Storytelling Place
Our secret world
Spear Carrying
Does Art Matter?
Australia
Show Call
Morris Club
Stratford survival guide
All Shook Up
Tell Your Story
It's good you came
Morris comes to Stratford and the Tech
The Barbican
A Fool's Blog
Crossroads
If in doubt, shout!
Holiday Camp for actors
Or
Not Quite Ready to Jump
The Big Red X That Slashed My Soul
I Felt Like a Rabbit in the Headlights
"We're working for the RSC!"
Mary Beard Visits the London Rehearsal Rooms
Rehearsals, Ghosts and our own Bushtucker Trial
Part 1: Our research trip to China
Part 2: Our Research Trip to China
Researching Rome (without time travel)
Bring on the Swan!
Beginning's End
Feeling lucky
A Tale of Two Tables
Tech rehearsals
Rhythms, chords and melodies
Busking It
Making Salomé
Mischief and Metamorphoses
Carthage Video Diary: Ruins
Making a Drama Out of a Crisis
Carthage Video Diary: People
Carthage Video Diary: Shore
Counting down to opening night
The Hamlet tour begins
Death and comedy
British Sign Language and Shakespeare
Raise the Roof
An impolite, abrasive, human experience
On the Road
The cat is out of the bag
Dogs are better than human beings...
Not all actors are extroverts
Barks from backstage
Just like a family
A New York state of mind
The understudies take centre stage
The End of the Road or Euston Station Blues
“You staying on with the RSC then?”
Celebrating the RSC's unsung heroes
If you saw a heatwave, would you wave back?
Beware the stench of holiness
The white cockerel on the parapet wall
Stratford has never seen so much daal and honour
The journey begins
Getting the role
In conversation with Brian Duffy
A few weeks in at rehearsals
Final week in London
Settling in at lovely Stratford
Previews and make up
Press night
In conversation with Esther
Wigs and sign names
Camera rehearsal
In Conversation with the cast
Conversation with Gregory Doran
Mixing reality and fiction
Backstage is a bloody mess...
A maverick performance
Saying goodbye to Tamburlaine
The gorgeous mess of tech week
Press nights are weird
No time to overthink
There is no size to truth
I'm doing Shakespeare!
Extraordinary and dangerous
Arriving in Stratford-upon-Avon
The final Shrew rehearsals
From South African summer to British winter
In the recording studio
Working in rep
Walking on air
Starting to move
From tech to press
The power of the pattern
Unexpected training
Being Beyoncé
Getting Ready
Fleet, felt, alive
Where the scars of Apartheid run deep
New town, new home, new identity
Measure for Measure rehearsals
Measure for Measure tech week
Don't worry, they're good tears
Taking shape
Backstage at Measure for Measure
Stepping towards Stratford
Laura Elsworthy's As You Like It takeover
Who was Gertrude Bell?
Our final day
The Lowry, Salford
Measure goes to Spain
Who tells our stories?
A birthday, some coffee and a disco
A visit to The Boy in the Dress
Measure at the Barbican
Debbie Korley on playing Mercy
Amy and James Q&A, Part 1
Richard Clothier on playing Alexander Boyd
The Taming of the Shrew band takeover
Corey on playing Edmund
Katherine Pearce on playing Horatia
Amy and James Q&A, Part 2
Stage Management takeover
It isn't supposed to be easy

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Speaking The Speech: Rehearsing at The Other Place

Engine Room #5 - 20 October 2017

Ever wondered what's it like to rehearse at The Other Place? Well now you can find out...

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Spend a few hours at The Other Place

Engine Room #4 - 5 September 2017

Too cold for a picnic? Have a hot drink, a hot dog and watch the world go by.

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Bright Smoke, Cold Fire, and Poetry at The Other Place

Engine Room #3 - 17 August 2017

Toilet humour and inspiration - what happened when Charlotte went to poetry night at The Other Place...

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Big hitters from The Other Place’s past

Engine Room #2 - 1 August 2017

Some of the most memorable shows that started life in the RSC's studio theatre.

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A short history of The Other Place

Engine Room #1 - 17 July 2017

A brief overview of The Other Place and Buzz Goodbody, the brains behind it.

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Speaking The Speech: Rehearsing at The Other Place

Spend a few hours at The Other Place

Bright Smoke, Cold Fire, and Poetry at The Other Place

Big hitters from The Other Place’s past

A short history of The Other Place

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