Whats it like doing Shakespeare for the first time?
It’s the same approach as doing an entertainment show, preparation is everything. But I have never done this flowery language’ before, so it requires a bit more concentration. If you get your haths’ and your doths’ mixed up, it can be dauinting as it ruins the rhythm. Essentially it is the same as any other show, but the concentration factor is phenomenal. What do you think about your character? She is very similar to lots of characters I have played before. She is sympathetic, as she bonds with Juliet, but she is also very light hearted. She is very bawdy at times, and gets away with talking about sex a lot. I call Shakespeare the Bawd, he’s not the Bard, as his characters are always talking about sex. All of Shakespeare’s characters essentially had to entertain stand-up audiences, who were completely drunk. Can you relate to that? Of course. I started in working men’s clubs, where they introduce you and get your name wrong. You are singing away, and people stagger in front of you wit
