Forests
18/10/2012
Director talks about creating Forests for the
World Shakespeare Festival, and shows preparations for the production.
Contains some nudity.
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Shakespeare's Confessions
12/10/2012
, British conceptual artist and Turner
Prize Winner, created the film Shakespeare’s Confessions with actors
peforming Shakespeare's confessional monolgues to camera.
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Tom Piper on Much Ado About Nothing
10/10/2012
short film captures Designer Tom Piper in
the final few days of creating his set, before the play opens to the
public and his design is revealed to the world.
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I, Cinna (the poet) free to view online
08/10/2012
Young people and teachers can now watch I, Cinna (the poet) online, at home or in the classroom as part of World Shakespeare Festival TV on The Space.
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Much Ado About Nothing transfers to London
20/09/2012
The RSC production of Much Ado About Nothing,
directed by , transfers from Stratford-upon-Avon to
the Noël Coward Theatre in London's West End from 22
September.
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Q&A with directors of Pericles
18/09/2012
Directors of Pericles,
and Jamie Rocha Allan, talk about their experiences
working with an amateur cast and bringing the production to
life. The production opens on Friday 5 October in The Courtyard
Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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interview - A Tender Thing
17/09/2012
Writer talks about turning Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet into A Tender Thing at the RSC in this video interview.
A Tender Thing runs in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 27 September - 20 October.
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RSC Amateur Ensemble to perform Pericles as part of WSF
06/09/2012
Following a call for participants from across the Midlands,
the RSC received nearly 400 applications to join the RSC Amateur
Ensemble, who have now begun rehearsals for Shakespeare's Pericles to be performed in the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in October.
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Social media opportunity
03/09/2012
Do you blog, Tweet or Facebook? The RSC is offering those who
use social media to talk about theatre the opportunity to take
pictures/film a scene from their current production of Much Ado About Nothing.
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King Lear at the Almeida
31/08/2012
King Lear has now opened at the Almeida, London, with Jonathan Pryce in the title role.
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wins Herald Angel award
29/08/2012
Congratulations to on her recent Herald Angel award for the RSC production of The Rape of Lucrece at Edinburgh International Festival.
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Week beginning Monday 27 August
27/08/2012
Troilus and Cressida has its press night at Riverside Studios, Forests opens at the Old Rep Theatre in Birmingham and King Lear begins previews at the Almeida.
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Forests at Birmingham Rep
28/08/2012
Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company and Barcelona Internacional Teatre production of Forests,
in association with the RSC, opens at the Old Rep Theatre in Birmingham
on Friday 31 August. The production is directed by one of Europe's
most prominent directors, .
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Troilus and Cressida at Riverside Studios
24/08/2012
The RSC / The Wooster Group co-production of Troilus and Cressida begins previews at Riverside Studios, London, on Friday 24 August.
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WSF productions at Edinburgh International Festival
21/08/2012
Two WSF productions open as part of Edinburgh International Festival this week.
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Cesario blog - Casting
20/08/2012
Director of Cesario at the National Theatre, , continues his blog - this time on casting. Cesario opens on 22 August.
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Soothsayer - Julius Caesar
13/08/2012
Theo Ogundipe plays the Soothsayer in Gregory Doran's production of Julius Caesar.
Pinny Grylls' short film captures him as his clay makeup is applied
before a performance and he talks about the inspiration he's found for
his role in mystical elements in African societies. This is a WSF-TV
film for The Space.
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Interview with Venya - A Midsummer Night's Dream (As You Like It)
Venya, the Russian Jack Russell, talks about his experience performing as part of the company for A Midsummer Night's Dream (As You Like It) in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from 10-18 August 2012.
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'As Dmitry Likes It' - A Midsummer Night's Dream (As You Like It)
10/08/2012
WSF Director describes Dmitry Krymov's response to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, as 'a completely off the wall' experience. Opening Friday 10 August in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Cesario at the National Theatre
07/08/2012
Director of Cesario at the National Theatre, , writes his first blog about the creation and development of the production.
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