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Tamara Ritthaler
Mar 9, 20224 min read
"Meeting Richard" by Tamara Ritthaler
Since I was a Lower Sixth student studying Richard III, two things have been very clear to me: first, I love Shakespeare’s plays, and...
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Mark Cassidy
Oct 12, 20212 min read
Whatever Happens - HAPPENS!
An abiding memory from Once-upon-a-drama-school, long, long ago, is of a fellow student’s comic impressions of the school’s principal....
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Fergus Rattigan
Jun 29, 20213 min read
Resetting the Type, by Fergus Rattigan
They say a director makes up their mind about you within 30 seconds of walking in the door. This is the fun of the actor’s game: you need...
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Mark Cassidy
Apr 27, 20212 min read
"Give my compliments to the Chef..."
If music be the food of love, you might have some kind of Synaesthesia going on, there. It seems there are about 80 different types of...
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Larissa Oates
Apr 6, 20219 min read
What’s In A Name?
I recently discovered a very fascinating article that changed everything about Shakespeare for me. It was a transcript from a 2016...
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Lizzie Conrad-Hughes
Feb 13, 20213 min read
Slickspeare: Slick, or a bit too Slick?
When did slickness become the keyword in Shakespeare (and other theatrical) reviews? Much rehearsal-room time and energy are given to...
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Mark Cassidy
Jan 27, 20212 min read
From Zounds! - to Zoom: A brief, personal history of close encounters with ‘The Computer’.
Once upon a not-so-very long, L-O-N-G ago, together with a small band of fellow teachers-in-training, I was beckoned into a tutorial with...
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Valentina Vinci
Dec 31, 20203 min read
Shakespeare for All and All for Shakespeare
Earlier today I sat down at my London desk firmly determined to finally write an intelligent article about how to perform Shakespeare...
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shakesceneshakespe
Dec 29, 20201 min read
"Our" Tamara wrote something ..
Tamara Ritthaler, one of our finest actors and educators, has written some reflections on her 2020 . Check out her blog post here:...
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shakesceneshakespe
Dec 22, 20203 min read
Welcome to the Shake-Scene Blog Page: What Shakes Your Spear?
So, that’s our question: What shakes your spear? We’ve decided to start this blog page to get our personal and collective spears shaking....
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