Hanna Kemsley-Gilbert
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Theatre
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Please, have a click around.
When I took my seat to watch Bat out of Hell the Musical, I willingly put all pre-conceptions aside, ready for whatever this production was going to bring. A single spotlight on the stage, a voice tearing through the auditorium “I remember everything!!!!’, and we’re off to a good start…
It’s been a long time since I’ve set foot in a theatre and I’m sure I don’t need to explain why - the last year or so has not been what you’d call ‘recreational’.
So imagine my delight when I discovered I could watch theatre from home and yes, even review it.
Some years ago, during a production of Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, one of the actors missed his entrance. I don’t remember the exact cue line but it was something like “and behold, he comes!”… and he didn’t.
Following Andrew Lloyd Webber’s socially distanced test event at the London Palladium last week, discussions have arisen around the importance of having a full auditorium. It seems theatre looses some of it’s magic, when a significant chunk of the audience is missing.
TESTOSTERONE is an award-winning collaboration between Rhum and Clay Theatre Company and Kit Redstone. I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Kit, so when I went along to the ‘pay what you can’ showing at Hertford Theatre, I had some idea of what to expect… or at least, I thought I did!
Interview with Artistic Director Elise Davison, of Taking Flight theatre company, about their accessible play for children, You’ve Got Dragons.
The last twelve months have been a struggle for many industries and the arts are no exception. Whilst the end of lockdown may (hopefully!) be in sight, it will take time before those theatres which are able to reopen are fully ‘back on their feet’.
So what can we theatre-lovers do to help?