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…
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…
Woody shares some thoughts on our most recent project Hello. So, on Tuesday we went into the middle of that London they have now to do a gig at Senate House Library. We were performing our adaptation of Euripides’ Bacchae, called “Before They Told You What You Are”, to an 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…
Hello. We here at By Jove love myths. Old Stories, legends, tales from the cultural canon – call them what you will, they are excellent. As a Classicist, I have a particular bias towards the stories of ancient Greece and Rome. While By Jove’s definition goes beyond these stories, they are some Read more…
So, George Lucas did the unthinkable. After pledging that there would never be any more Star Wars films (to the extent he would leave a clause to that effect in his will!) and doggedly overseeing his franchise for decades, Lucas has sold his company LucasArts to none other than that Read more…