NEWS BLOG
Read all the latest news and updates from Northern Broadsides, as well as blogs from our cast and crew!
3 reasons why Shakespeare should be performed in regional accents
*Disclaimer: we don’t have anything against Shakespeare in RP, but after someone complained about the Yorkshire accents at our production of As You Like It, it seems we still have work to do… 1- Some Shakespeare puns just don’t make sense in RP. Shakespeare’s plays...
Someone walked out of As You Like It and demanded a refund because there were Yorkshire accents
An audience member left an hour after our performance of As You Like It at York Theatre Royal because it featured Yorkshire accents. The disgruntled theatregoer asked for a refund due to the accents being used. Posting on Twitter, Tom Bird, York Theatre Royal's chief...
Plot Synopsis – As You Like It by William Shakespeare
As You Like It Plot Synopsis Act One Act One begins with Orlando (the younger brother) training whilst Oliver (the older brother) is being fitted for a suit. The two brothers get into a fight, during which Orlando complains that Oliver has mistreated him ever since...
As You Catch It – by Joe Morrow
When asked by Northern Broadsides to write something as part of a series of blogs my mind zipped around various possibilities. I thought about writing about my experience of watching the company 25 years ago, as I grew up in Leeds. I could talk about seeing 10 years...
‘Seeing Yourself on Stage’ by Isobel Coward
It’s a Sunday evening. The sun is setting over the Lancaster skyline. Terraced streets whir by as we wind our way towards the M6. We’ve just finished a week’s run in The Round, at The Dukes, Lancaster. It’s not been without its challenges: it was our first stop on the...
Permission, Transitions and Taking Up Space – by EM Williams
A friend of mine has recently started teaching a group of drama students, and asked the question - what advice would you give them, from what you know now? I always laugh when people ask me questions like it, because it implies I am some kind of wise sage that knows...
Shakesqueer – by Hallam Breen (Assistant Director)
It’s January 2016. I’m cold, I’m wet and I’m miserable. Somehow, I’ve found myself sat on a threadbare couch in the middle of a warehouse in Bristol; a Twix in one hand, a script in the other, ready to put on a play. We’re putting on an evening of extracts taken from...
Five Characters, Four Hairstyles, Seven Costumes and an ‘As You Like It’ Family – By Jo Patmore
On the fourth of January 2022, I make my way into a rehearsal room for Northern Broadsides' UK tour of As You Like It for the very first time. This is my biggest professional acting job to date, the longest job I have ever done, my first ever professional...
Northern Broadsides and New Vic announce full cast for their 12-strong co-production of As You Like It
A multi-cultural, gender diverse cast is announced for this flamboyant and joyous ‘play for our times’, the first full production for the company since the beginning of the pandemic by William Shakespeare Directed by Laurie Sansom | Designed by E.M. Parry Performed by...