I’m excited to be back at Central School of Speech and Drama this month, my second stint working as Musical Director alongside Directors / Lecturers Ben Naylor and Nat Adlam for a production of Shakespeare’s ‘The Winter’s Tale’, the final piece for students on this year’s Classical Acting MA. Rehearsals have only just begun, and I’m already excitedly creating a mystical, fairy-tale musical landscape for the piece. So far off-kilter gypsy jazz, kazoo-led circus music and shapenote-style choral singing have all featured.  It’s going to be a mad one, and a lot of fun. The shows are at Central on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of July. For tickets and further info, click this.

I’m off to think up an appropriate soundtrack for a bear-goreing.

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