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…
This week on the By Jove blog, something we’ve not had in a while: a good, old-fashioned RANT, courtesy of our co-artistic director, David Bullen… This week Shakespeare’s Globe announced that their artistic director, Emma Rice, is to step down in 2018 after producing a mere two seasons at the 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…
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…
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…
This Week Woody muses on the laughs and laments made possible by dramatic irony. Before we get started a quick reminder about our Othello. You can support it here. It will be on at the CLF Art Cafe in the Bussey Building, Peckham 9th-21st August. Tickets will be on sale shortly, so 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…
This week Woody shares some thoughts on how By Jove’s Othello stands. Hello. A few days ago we had a little Work in Progress showing of our Othello, written and directed by SJ Brady, at the CLF Theatre, Peckham. I went to see it and thought I’d share a few thoughts – let Read more…
By Jove Co-Artistic Director David Bullen takes a quick retrospective on the first two years of the company’s work and gives a tantalising glimpse into what’s in store for future projects… In November 2011, a small group of actors, directors, writers, musicians, and students met at the National Theatre Read more…