The Company is an amateur theatre group with members across Sheffield and South Yorkshire. We have been established for over a decade and have developed a reputation for high quality theatre worthy of the professional stage. We perform three plays a year at The University of Sheffield's Drama Studio, a renowned intimate theatre venue. Our members are encouraged to give creative input at all stages of production including script writing, set design, stage management, directing and acting. Our next production is Aphra Behn's The Rover which will be in the Drama Studio from Wednesday June 18th until Saturday June 21st and at the Dore festival Wednesday July 9th.

This blog will contain the thoughts and feelings of those members of The Company putting together this production of The Rover.

Who is blogging here? John is our leading man playing Willmore, the eponymous 'Rover' he is also managing the production, ensuring that all the disparate creative and technical strands come together to produce a whole play. Cassandra is new to on stage work with The Company having previously been part of the epic crew for "Noises Off". Alison is the director and has also done some of the adaption work to ensure the audience can understand what is going on and that the dirty jokes really shine though. Tony is playing Ned Blunt and will be battling with being typecast as a bumbling idiot and comedy costuming.
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Monday, 26 May 2008

"The impudent'st young thing in nature..."

There. I can write it, but I can't say it.

And we've got to that phase of rehearsals now. The bit where we've all just learnt our lines and are struggling to get them said properly and at the right time. The bit where the Drama Studio locks us out of our rehearsal room (AGAIN), but fortunately left another door unlocked. The bit where we wonder whether we'll actual ever have a rehearsal with a complete cast.

But it will all come right, and it is good to see everyone working so hard. It will be good.
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