This week, By Jove artistic associate Susanna Dye provides some insight into the start of her process for the company’s upcoming project… To begin our Season of Violent Women, By Jove are staging the British premiere of Margaret of Anjou. The play text has been pieced together from Shakespeare’s Henry VI trilogy Read more…
(Alternative title to this post: The Right Way & The Wrong Way for Stopping Something with which You Disagree) Hello, Woody here. It’s an exciting time for the company. Our version of Euripides’ Bacchae will be appearing at the Cockpit Theatre on Monday 9th March. We’re currently in the process of Read more…
This week Woody explores a half-drunk realisation he had. Hello. So, the other day I had a few beers and sat thinking about our recent production Before They Told You What You Are (for which we may need a shorter title – I shall make a note) when a thought occurred. In this post Read more…
This week Woody discusses something he’s been working on for By Jove’s upcoming version of The Bacchae. Hello. I admit I’ve been neglecting the blog recently. I apologise unreservedly for that. You’ll be pleased to know I have at least been doing some useful things for the company. We’ve been Read more…
This week Woody has a bit of a look at one the of the more famous speeches in English theatre. Hello.We here at By Jove HQ are thinking on Shakespeare. Our current project is the Bard’s Othello. It’s new writing in conversation with the original text, and we play about with 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…
This week Woody discusses why Art in general and Theatre in particular are good ways to change the world. Hello. We here at By Jove HQ tick most if not all of the appropriate boxes on the questionnaire “So You Think You Might Be An Idealistic Artistic Collective”. We have Read more…
By Jove’s Blog Editor Woody shares some musings on a subject very close to his, and The Company’s respective hearts. Hello. It’s Woody here. Long time no see. Terribly sorry that we’ve not posted anything up here for a while. I won’t bore you with the reasons. Just know Read more…
By Jove! contributor Wendy Haines takes on the issues of intersectionality in feminism, starting with what it means… If you are viewing this article on a mobile, some web-links may not appear. Feminism is complicated. A few months ago, the term ‘intersectionality’ started being thrown around in various feminist Read more…
Wars of words are tearing up what should be a united liberal front. By Jovian Wendy Haines gives a brief but impassioned argument as to why she thinks this needs to stop… Since becoming more engaged with the online socialist/feminist community, I have become increasingly aware of ‘lefty in-fighting’. Read more…