Co-Adaptor
“Javier Marzan” and as cast in The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary!
“Jonathan Holmes” and everything else in The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary!
Listen to the cast talk to Sean Styles at BBC Radio Merseyside (starts 1h 5m in)
Rehearsals: I am Thomas - a brutal comedy with songs (Mon 18 Jan)
Rehearsal room life today:
Bodies were stretched, minds were focused, games were played, photo's were taken, songs were sung, balloons were burst, wigs were worn, tea was drunk, faces were painted...
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A video introduction from Paul Hunter (Director), Iain Johnstone (Composer) & Simon Armitage (Lyricist)...
Rehearsals: I am Thomas - a brutal comedy with songs (Week 1)
"The heron appears in I am Thomas and we've touched on some of the symbolism of this bird. In one version of events the heron is about making peace..."
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Rehearsals: I am Thomas - a brutal comedy with songs (Day 3)
The joys of singing in harmony. Today was a monster music call...
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Unsung
Wed 9 Mar - Sat 12 Mar
EVERYMAN
"We spent the morning studying a very specific goal form Scottish football history (the costume rail image above will give a clue as to the era)..."
Rehearsals: I am Thomas - a brutal comedy with songs (Day 1)
Paul Hunter - the director of Told by an Idiot - opened the afternoon with a quote from Working the Room by Geoff Dyer:
"…it's not what you know that's important; it's what your passion gives you the potential to discover."
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At the Playhouse this Friday (8 Jan)...
Our Associate Director Nick Bagnall will direct The Two Gentlemen of Verona which will play a number of venues in Britain and abroad before dates at the Everyman while Jonathan Pryce leads the cast in The Merchant of Venice at the Playhouse ahead of a world tour...
Ramsey Campbell & Jeremy Dyson discuss Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House in a pre-show talk at the Playhouse Studio...
Director Gemma Bodinetz talks process ahead of rehearsals for The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary!