By Jove’s resident poet Alexander Woodward shares something he wrote about the attack on Pulse in Orlando. The poem starts below the flag if you want to skip the intro. Hello. My name is Alexander Woodward. I am By Jove’s resident poet. As a writing exercise, I am currently doing 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…
On the 28th July Woody sat down with Rachel Hawkes and Kate Hunter who play our Othello and Desdemona respectively.This second part of the interview looks at how they approach their acting and how they made their characters’ relationship seem real. Director SJ Brady and pillar of By Jove James 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…
Hello. It’s Woody here. How are you? I’m fine, thank you for asking. Today I’m going to be looking at some words from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby. As I may have mentioned before I am an Atheist. By Jove does not to my knowledge have Read more…
This week Woody discusses the idea of ideas and argues in favour of argument. Hello. We here at By Jove HQ love equality. It’s really rather high up on the list of our favourite things. In fact it’s so high up that its only realistic rivals for top spot are 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…
By Jove Artistic Director David Bullen takes on one of the big myths of homophobia and asks, ‘is being gay really so unnatural?’ And, if it is…is that such a bad thing? One of the fall-back arguments you often hear in a homophobe’s arsenal is that being gay is Read more…
In the coming months we’ll be keeping you up to date with all the latest goings on at By Jove, including rehearsal updates on our upcoming Christmas spectacular Pride & Prejudice: The Panto! But that’s not all! No… We’re not ashamed to say we’re a politically minded theatre company. It’s Read more…