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2011 Peter Brook Empty Space Award winning company The Faction are bringing REP back to the heart of central London with their ambitious 8 week season at The New Diorama Theatre. Assistant Director Rachel Valentine-Smith will be sharing her weekly thoughts with The Public Reviews as the company tackle the delights of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, [...]

I balance on the rigging above the stage watching Ferdinand carrying logs. It’s impossible to ignore the surroundings. A group of Palestinian children crouch around me, hanging from the railings and poking at my costume. A mother leans out of her window, calling across the stage in Arabic for her son to come home. Stray [...]

Week two- What’s behind closed doors? This week we’ve seen what group spirit can achieve: The destructive group spirit of some trainer-pillaging wannabe Vikings and the spirit of the wonderful “Wombles”, who came together to clear up their fellow citizen’s mess. We’ve seen the broom go from an everyday domestic tool to a heart-warming symbol [...]

I arrived in Edinburgh on the 3rd August having rehearsed my show over and over in the mirror, on the 4th I presented it to an audience of four people. The average Edinburgh Fringe audience is supposedly three people – I was already winning. The first performance was what I would describe as ‘beautifully messy’…I [...]

That first day of school feeling, without the angst, acne and starchy C&A uniform that came with it. Standing at the door of a new building with, not a lunch box, and new maths set, but a much more pleasing set of supplies: script, some rehearsal gear, bottle of water and a big black coffee. [...]

What do you get if you cross over 400,000 unique hits a month, invites to review at all the major regional theatre companies in the country, not to mention requests from FRINGE companies with a team of dedicated, hard working volunteer editors and reviewers? The answer is you get a site that has just had [...]

It’s over a month before I start rehearsals for a new job so, for now, my time is spent working a day job. This is not newsworthy. Part of a career in theatre is dealing with these rather restless, often listless, between times that are often wasted and wished away. An actor who works for [...]

This month I’ve been doing some unintentional method acting preparation for my next job. In August I start rehearsals for The Tempest and I’ll be playing Miranda. Miranda is fifteen. Although I’ve yet to learn to drive, still get asked for ID, can’t hold my alcohol and spend my life playing dress up and make [...]