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…
After a summer pause, the By Jove blog resumes this week with the first of two posts by co-artistic director David Bullen, who has been going back to the roots of the company… This week I stood on a stage and was directed by Ariane Mnouchkine. I was trembling: 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 By Jove Artistic Associate (Research & Education) Christine Plastow discusses how a performance affects the study of a text. Hello, M’dears, Woody here. The blog’s had a brief hiatus while I was off saving villages from rampaging monsters, but now we here at By Jove HQ have a treat 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…
This week By Jove’s Blog Editor and resident Classicist discusses looking to the past for inspiration. Hello. We here at By Jove work with tales from the canon, myth, what I think of as the “Old Stories”. There are reasons for this – both artistic and philosophical – and historical Read more…
To kick off our special series of articles on Austen, panto, and their presence in Britain today, our Artistic Director David Bullen takes a look at how Austen’s work has become increasingly mythic… So, two centuries have passed with Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in the world. This landmark 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…