“We did it on the Midsummer solstice in Hackney Wick woods. We had 15 people, musicians, fairy lights, no budget, all in the woods, and had a transfer of that. Then we did the Scottish play six weeks later, a cast of 13 who were also manning the bar. With each, it was a combined thing with me and Charlotte: I’m really into literature and fidelity to the text – so our Shakespeare is like, you’re doing Midsummer, so you’re in the woods – and Charlotte introduced clowning and play into that, and have games that allow performances freedom within…
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