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Henry Douthwaite
Henry trained at LAMDA. Henry has worked extensively for over 20 years as an actor in Film,TV, Theatre, Performance Capture and Voiceover. His theatre work includes: Farm Hall (Theatre Royal, Bath), The Butterfly Lion (The Barn Theatre), Travesties (Apollo), Dracula (Edinburgh), Hamlet (Stern Alarum), The Hound of The Baskervilles: Radio Theatre (Veni Vidi), Moonfleet and…
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Jessica Dennis
Jessica is an actor, singer and accent coach, she is delighted to be back for her second show with PSF. Her theatre credits include: The Rainbow (Perth Theatre), Romeo + Juliet (PSF), The Merchant of Venice: 1936 (RSC, West End, National Tour), The Habit of Art (Original Theatre, 59E59 Theater), Boeing Boeing (London Classic Theatre),…
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Meghan de Chastelain
Meghan is a Canadian-British artist and holds an MFA in Directing from the RoyalConservatoire of Scotland. Credits include: Breakers(Director, Dogstar Theatre);Twelfth Night(Assistant Director, Petersfield Shakespeare Company); Relative Motion(Director,Very Rascals);Trompe L’oeil and The Virgin Trial (Director, The Royal Conservatoire ofScotland); A Benevolent Alliance of Mourners and Feral(Director, emerGENce Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream(Assistant Director, Bard in…
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Ryn Alleyne
Ryn Alleyne is a West London based actress who has recently graduated from LAMDA. They have love and passion for all things Shakespeare and theatre while also making an appearance on Mike Myers’ comedy series ‘The Pentaverate’ on Netflix!
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Amy Allen
Amy is a multi-disciplinary artist: Actor, Poet, Spoken Word Artist, Voice Over and Director.As an Actor Theatre credits include: Sleepy Hollow (National Tour), AMidsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, HenryV, Romeo & Juliet (Petersfield ShakespeareFestival), Hamlet (Brighton Open Air Theatre); West EndGirls (Live Theatre); Confessional, The Builders (Theatre503).Film/ TV credits include: End Of Play…
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What did Italy mean to Shakespeare?
Charlotte Moore read English at St Anne’s College, Oxford, and taught the subject in schools for several years before becoming a full time author and journalist. She has published four novels, four historical books for children,”George & Sam”-a memoir of life with her autistic sons, and “Hancox: A House and a Family”-a social and family…
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Why Shakespeare?
Andrew Matthews is a children’s writer who is best known for his Shakespeare Stories, which have been translated and published in many countries. He was born in Barry, South Wales, and lives in Reading with his wife, Sheena, and their black and white cat, Daisy, who often strolls over his computer keyboard when he is…
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Post Mortem
Post Mortem was a winning entry in PSF’s Monologues and More writing competition in 2020, and was produced as a short film in that year. Written by Jacky Hilary, a Human Resources Manager from West Sussex, it shows Romeo and Juliet, both now dead, reflecting on their tragic fate and pondering what might have been……
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Salty
Salty was performed as a companion piece to the RSC’s 2018 tour of Romeo & Juliet and tells the story of Rosaline, Romeo’s initial love interest. It was written by Charlie Josephine who played Mercutio in Erica Whyman’s production and whose recent plays I,Joan and Cowbois have been performed at the RSC, Shakespeare’s Globe and…
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Play Your Part
Introduce your children to the magical world of open-air theatre with an action packed drama activity to remember. Storytelling games, stage fighting and the chance to re-create a key scene from Shakespeare’s most famous play – this one hour workshop will entertain and inspire. Delivered by experienced theatre facilitators, Katie Solly and Izzy Kersley will…
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