![]() ![]() It was lovely to bridge that gap between professional and participant, allowing them all to feel a part of the same world, with the same ownership over the material. My favourite part of the production was the small moments in between rehearsals where the community participants and the professional cast were hanging out and having a laugh together. It was a huge juggling act, there were a lot of plates spinning at once! I bet! Were there any particular favourite moments from the rehearsals? Were there any particular challenges you faced when approaching this project?Īgain, the scale of the project was so enormous that there was always so much to think about, so much detail needed to ensure that the authenticity was there from the get go. ![]() Going into the Cathedral Dean’s living room opened up the intimacy of the city and furthered the sense of ownership to that visual landscape. There’s obviously a massive amount of artistry up here and there’s loads of big exciting things happening in the Midlands, but Middlemarch was unique in its inviting of people into spaces, that arent necessarily open to the public, but are part of the public’s daily visual landscape. The amount of details that went into the production were amazing, and I don’t feel I’ve seen something of that same nature. I don’t think we’ve seen anything that’s quite so detailed on such a grand scale. It was a hugely ambitious project in terms of scale. ![]() Was The Great Middlemarch Mystery quite an unusual project to see happening in the Midlands? Since then, I’ve been working around the city and the wider West Midlands area, building my artistry up here. Yeah, in 2011 I started at Coventry University studying Theatre and Professional Practice, and graduated in 2014. you started your career in Coventry, is that right? ![]() Sometimes I would be with the actors, but a lot of my time was spent supporting the community cast in getting them to a point where they felt comfortable participating within the story. So were you more involved with the community cast than with the main cast? I was the assistant director to Josephine and helped to support the artistic vision, while working closely with the participant actors and the community cast that were involved in the production. Could you tell us a little bit about your involvement in Middlemarch? ![]()
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