Author:
Andy Kesson
Principal Investigator
University of Roehampton
Dr Andy Kesson is Reader in Renaissance Literature at the University of Roehampton.
Meet our team Guest PostsLyly’s Galatea (c.1584) enjoyed some more research and development with actors in August 2021, as it heads towards a production in collaboration with Wildworks, when director Emma Frankland gathered theatremakers at the 101 Outdoor Creation Space (thanks to their seed funding).
Emma Frankland and Subira Wahogo look back on our two-week residency.
Michelle Tiwo and Mary Malone tell us about performing the two queer, trans lovers at the heart of John Lyly’s Galatea, and working with this company that aims to centre performers and lives so often excluded from theatre.
The actors Ralph Bogard and Sophie Stone tell us about working through British Sign Language to explore the characters of Cupid, Rafe and the nymphs in Galatea.
Myriddin Pharo, artistic director of WildWorks and our company designer, tells us about his work on John Lyly’s Galatea.
Aneesa Chaudhry and Mary Woodvine tell us about the music, dance and movement for this production, exploring ways for our deaf performers and British Sign Language to take the lead in its choreography.