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…
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…
Susanna Dye, By Jove artistic associate for movement, dropped in on a physicality workshop for ‘Pride & Prejudice: The Panto’ and has discovered some most fascinating facts about how to flaunt it, Regency style… As an artistic associate of By Jove and movement director for our upcoming Pride & Read more…
Co-Artistic Director David Bullen returns with the second part of his blog on working with Ariane Mnouchkine, and it wasn’t all a smooth ride… So, less than 24 hours after Part 1 of this blog was published, I gave myself a concussion. At the end of the École 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…
In this piece Woody discusses why people are so drawn to shows filled with negative emotion Hello. So, I’ve been talking to various of the creative types with whom I kick about, and a question has come up a few times. No doubt those of you more knowledgeable in the Read more…
(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…
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…