Working with a group of 30 young people over a 4 week rehearsal period, we will create 2 productions of William Shakespeare's The Tempest which we will then tour to the 8 schools involved, with 2 Gala performances at RADA in the middle! We will also be running masterclasses on Voice, Movement, Puppetry and Stage Combat as well as working towards gaining the young people's Arts Award Bronze. There's a lot to get through and this all takes a lot of preparation.
When I said we were right at the beginning if this project then, this was obviously not quite true. The beginnings of this project expand all the way back to the end of Theatre Lab 2013 (if not before!) However, this week we had our pre-production meeting and things suddenly became very real. It was the first time the creative team came together in one place and it made me realise it was high time I started this blog.
I'm Michael Beigel and I'm the Assistant Director. I'll be writing on here regularly and letting you into some of the secrets of our creative process. I hope you enjoy coming with us on this journey.
