It’s been a grim week in politics (at least for some). Here, our co-artistic director David Bullen shares his thoughts… Last week we performed Margaret of Anjou, a reinvention of Shakespeare’s first tetralogy. In the programme we noted the parallels in the play with the American presidential election: Margaret is Read more…
With less than two weeks to go until the opening of our Season of Violent Women, co-artistic director David Bullen explores why we might have to think about renaming the whole thing… The current race to be the next president of the USA has historic significance: for the first time Read more…
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…
Our resident musical theatre expert, Nicole Savin, has dug into the archives to highlight some of the reasons why musicals are home to so many violent women… Pop. Six. Squish. Violent women are fairly easy to find in Greek tragedy – By Jove have dug up two for our upcoming season. Agave (from Read more…
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…
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…