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Dateline: 11th June, 2010
The RSC at Latitude The Royal Shakespeare Company camps out at the Latitude Festival in Henham Park, Suffolk with a darkly comic event performed late into the night on Thursday 15th and Saturday 17th July in the Theatre Arena.
Specially commissioned for the festival, The Thirteen Midnight Challenges of Angelus Diablo is written by playwright Carl Grose, well known for his work with Kneehigh Theatre. The production will be directed by Lu Kemp. "It's always good fun writing to a brief," Grose said. "The RSC had one of the more interesting ones when they offered me the Latitude slot. It's in a tent. It's at night. It's at a festival. There's close to a thousand people all crammed in, who are, by this time of the evening, 'quite jolly'. You can't have any set (the turn-around is quicker than Edinburgh), and what props you want you'll have to carry from the van through the fields, to the tent itself. (Hmm. Skimp on the props, then!) The technicals are limited. Oh, and you've only got half an hour to perform it in. Away you go!
"I like a challenge. And I love theatre when it's as alive as it can be - chaotic, engaging, entertaining, and dangerous.
"I've just finished writing the first draft of the script. It's called The Thirteen Midnight Challenges of Angelus Diablo, and I will reveal no more other than it's got a pig in a dress in it. I did my damnedest to surprise myself with how it turned out, in the hope that it'll surprise the crowds that come (hopefully) on that balmy, barmy July night. Guess I'll have to wait and see." RSC Literary Manager Pippa Hill added, "We put new work on all our stages but the Latitude Festival is unique – it gives us a great opportunity to commission a new piece of work and pull together a show in a few weeks. This is our chance to create a flashmob ensemble, pack a van and put it on in a field in Suffolk. We can have some mischief, unleash our actors and create a show for two performances only…" In addition, for the first time the RSC will present a number of workshops at the Festival that offer an insight into the core work of the company. These will provide an opportunity for younger festival-goers to learn more about theatre craft through creating and writing scenes for the stage. On Friday 16th and Sunday 18th July in the Outdoor Theatre RSC actors and practitioners will lead practical workshops in how a scene gets put together through learning insults in Shakespeare’s language and creating some basic stage fights (suitable for ages 10+). Also on Friday 16th July there is the opportunity to join the RSC writing team to explore ghost scenes and create a new piece of work using the language and dramatic techniques of Shakespeare (suitable for ages 8+). The Latitude Festival is already sold out for the whole weekend.
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