Getting ready to bring the company of players together for the first time, the responsibility to these new actors sits like a round incandescent stone in the crucible of his mind. What does it mean to lead them all through the journey before them – this company of players, this […]
Henry V
The Henry Chronicles 2021: backstage there are spirits and ghosts in the shadows, the voices and passions of long ago times
The magical Cathedral of the Heart – our theatre, place of dreams. How many hearts were won and broken here, how many tears and moments of triumph, how many long nights grappling with rehearsals, practicing over and over the step, the move, the pirouette? How many silent movie reels, lipstick […]
The Henry Chronicles 2021: The Quickening – in the wings, behind the curtains, in the riggings, magical thinking begins…
Behind the curtains at the Grand Old Lady Roxy, there is something that awaits you. A world of possibilities. Magical thinking. History. Stories. All the feet that have trodden those old boards. Irreplaceable. That feeling. Elusive, ephemeral, seductive, transformative – the magic of the theatre. A century of ghosts and […]
The Henry Chronicles 2021: Auditions – the longest journey starts with a single step
Auditions – a little word. Come and audition for Henry V. Come and give yourself over to an unknown process. Be raw. Be vulnerable. Be exposed. Memorise Shakespeare text. Stand alone in the middle of a great big hall, in front of a camera, in front of a panel, beneath […]
The Henry Chronicles 2021: all the bright days, all the long nights
Out here in the western plains of New South Wales, the sky is always big, the horizon is always as far away as the eye can see, the light is made of honey and gold, the nights are black, and the seasons are our markers of time turning – the […]