Last week we were excited to announce the four women taking on Shakespeare’s ‘new’ play in a month’s time. Now you can find a little bit more about them on this week’s blog… Come November, four women will perform Margaret of Anjou at the Gallery on the Corner in Battersea Read more…
Kicking off our new series on By Jove’s recently announced ‘season of violent women’, our co-artistic director David Bullen tells us why this year is the year of Shakespeare’s infamous She-Wolf of France… 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. It may seem a little odd to commemorate the Read more…
Co-Artistic Director David Bullen returns with the second part of his blog on working with Ariane Mnouchkine, and it wasn’t all a smooth ride… So, less than 24 hours after Part 1 of this blog was published, I gave myself a concussion. At the end of the École Read more…
After a summer pause, the By Jove blog resumes this week with the first of two posts by co-artistic director David Bullen, who has been going back to the roots of the company… This week I stood on a stage and was directed by Ariane Mnouchkine. I was trembling: Read more…
Hannah Wiltshire runs the lighting for our shows. She’s also a friend with whom I enjoy discussing films. This week she discusses a problem with The LEGO Movie for us. I’m going to preface this with the statement that I loved the LEGO Movie. I watched it twice in the Read more…
By Jove Co-Artistic Director David Bullen takes a quick retrospective on the first two years of the company’s work and gives a tantalising glimpse into what’s in store for future projects… In November 2011, a small group of actors, directors, writers, musicians, and students met at the National Theatre Read more…
To kick off our special series of articles on Austen, panto, and their presence in Britain today, our Artistic Director David Bullen takes a look at how Austen’s work has become increasingly mythic… So, two centuries have passed with Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in the world. This landmark Read more…
This week, By Jove artistic director David Bullen considers the recently raised notion of ‘militant atheism’ in the British media… In the past few weeks, Britain’s most outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins came under fire for a series of tweets perceived as inciting hatred against Muslims. News Read more…
Is the struggle for equal rights about more than just liberation? Is it a matter of cultural imposition? By Jove Artistic Director David Bullen takes a look… The past few months have been a series of bitter blows and overwhelming victories for those following the on-going struggle over global Read more…
In response to the ever-revolving media circus on politics this week, our artistic director has a quick message for those concerned by the claims of Gerald Howarth and co… Hysteria is a word derived from the ancient Greek term for the womb. They believed that it wandered the body Read more…