Week 1: Rehearsals begin!

Andrea Cabrera Luna, Assistant Director for 'The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel' gives us a sneak peek into week one of rehearsals... Read more

Week 2: The past interrupts the present, reality turns into fantasy, fantasy turns into reality

Andrea Cabrera Luna, Assistant Director for 'The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel' gives us a sneak peek into week two of rehearsals... Read more

Week 3: The role of the designer

Ioana Curelea shares her thoughts and process behind designing the set for 'The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel'. Including why, at one point in the process, she considered moving to Nepal... Read more

Week 4: Taking risks and not tiring, even up to the final minute

'Every actor in the cast is a brilliant improvisor and they complement each other in a unique dynamism. I notice they are “yes and” actors. I watch them trying different options and taking risks throughout the day, not tiring even up to the final minute.' Welcome to week 4 of rehearsals... Read more

Week 5: crafting and refining the physicality and narrative

This week has been about working in detail, starting and stopping scenes and sequences and really looking for the most economic way to tell the story... we've reached the final week of rehearsals! Read more

Amalia Vitale on being an actor that doesn’t speak…much. At least not in a normal way.

Amalia Vitale shares her interest in working with linguistic restrictions, voicing Lula in the new Shaun the Sheep film Farmageddon, and the joys of playing Charlie Chaplin in 'The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel'. Read more

Technical Week at Theatre Royal Plymouth

The introduction of silent film captions, lighting, quick changes and happy accidents! Read more