A bit of the last weeks insight:
On the the front of violence there have been many intriguing developments. Particularly in the area of death, blood and maimage. Dave (last name forthcoming) is our fight choreographer and was responsible for last years vertebrae-popping wrestling match in As You Like It. He's arranged all the able-bodied men of the cast to take part in the final Act Five melee (The Climactic Battle Between the Army of Richard and the Army of Richmond). Somehow the "elderly and infirm" Dan Hiatt and Jim Carpenter have managed to be excused from this, even though Carpenter can be seen jealously stroking the broadswords when no ones looking and occasionally wielding them with startling ability. Still we have a bonny crew of bloodthirsty theatre-nerds who love nothing more than to yell inarticulate battlecries and gleefully bang each other to pieces with sword and shield. All with the utmost safety and caution, of course. Above is a cell phone picture of Reg beating the prose out of Blake Ellis (Richmond).
Besides this, there are some other wonderfully creepy bits that Dave has cooked up. I won't ruin it by being too specific but this is one of the plays with a bit of a body count and we'd be remiss if we didn't get a little messy. It's part of the fun.
