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PANTHEON: A Poem on Orlando

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…

By Alexander Woodward, 9 years16 June, 2016 ago
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On Page 3 & The Pope

(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…

By Alexander Woodward, 10 years21 January, 2015 ago
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Othello Interview Part 1

This week Woody caught up with Rachel Hawkes and Kate Hunter who play our Othello and Desdemona respectively and pretended he knew how to conduct an interview. Writer/director SJ Brady and pillar of By Jove activities James Walker-Black were also present and occasionally chime in with interesting things. You can Read more…

By Alexander Woodward, 11 years29 July, 2014 ago
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On Ideas and Argument

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…

By Alexander Woodward, 11 years29 April, 2014 ago
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Only Fools Rush In: Britain and the New Kosovo

  Rob Wallis examines the current situation in Syria and the possibility of British and UN intervention. We’re no strangers at By Jove! to taking on grand and pressing social issues in a well-intentioned and hopefully not too ham-fisted way. In recent weeks, we’ve explored such topical conundrums as militant Read more…

By Guest Contributor, 12 years29 August, 2013 ago
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Welcome to the By Jove Blog!

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…

By David Bullen, 13 years24 October, 2012 ago
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