Stories from the wings
The Stagelight journal
Rehearsal-room notes, backstage craft and the people who make our productions happen.
Backstage · 6 min read
Inside the paint frame: building Prospero’s island
Our scenic artists spent nine weeks and 140 litres of paint on a single sky cloth. Here is how a storm gets painted.
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Rehearsal · 6 min read
Why we still rehearse with a piano
Musical director Owen Park on the oldest instrument in the building.
Music · 6 min read
Scoring a storm: the music of The Tempest
Cellist Ana Ruiz on writing for one instrument and an entire tempest.
Dance · 6 min read
Learning to fall: dance in Hamlet in Motion
Choreographer Lin Marchetti on telling a tragedy without a word.
House · 6 min read
The Green Room bar turns 50
Half a century of interval gin, celebrity napkins and one very famous spilled martini.
Learning · 6 min read
Our young company takes the main stage
Forty teenagers, one summer and the first youth-devised show in our history.
The Call Sheet
Booking news, first.
A short monthly email with on-sale dates and the occasional backstage secret.
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