actor / author / producer // often Shakespeare-y // ginger
London. ish.
Joined May 2009
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The #WhatYouWill website is now live!
Choose Your Own Adventure Through Illyria!
Add your journey-experience through #WhatYouWill in our Visitorโs Book!
Visit our Digital Exhibition!
Head to theShakespeareEnsemble.com for all!
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2 days left to apply for this! We want to hear from all sorts of people all around the world, no matter what your experience or background is ๐๐๐๐๐๐
If you'd like to be considered for a role in our performed reading of Pericles LIVE (7pm GMT on Weds 10th Feb), please apply through the link belowโฌ๏ธ
Submissions close Friday 22nd January (midnight GMT)
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We would LOVE to welcome new as well as returning faces for this profit-share production, and we've always loved to see applications from underrepresented groups in theatre. Please share this link far and wide with your acting friends.
If you'd like to be considered for a role in our performed reading of Pericles LIVE (7pm GMT on Weds 10th Feb), please apply through the link belowโฌ๏ธ
Submissions close Friday 22nd January (midnight GMT)
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In #AtHomeWithShakespeare, @bencrystal guides students through key scenes in #Macbeth and #RomeoandJuliet, helping them to engage with the text whether working in class or remotely.
Access ready-made Shakespeare resources now ๐ bit.ly/3sgTozs
#EngChat #RemoteLearning
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In 1983, when David Bowie got MTV together and asked them why weren't they playing Black artists >>>>>
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Watching @bencrystal breakdown Hamlet's speech is artwork of art. The visual representation of the flow is mind-boggling.
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Join us LIVE at 7pm GMT on Saturday 19th December for Ian Doescher's A CHRISTMAS CAROL ๐ป๐๐
Get your tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/ian-doescโฆ
For ticket information, please read below โฌ๏ธ
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A great delight to take a little couch time with @DT_Plus, looking at #Macbeth productions from @LivEveryPlay @Tara_Arts & @TheRSC #AtHomeWithShakespeare #TeachingResources
The final episode of #AtHomeWithShakespeare with @BenCrystal supports your students to analyse #Macbeth Act 2 Scene 2.
Compare how meaning is conveyed in three contrasting productions from @LivEveryPlay, @Tara_Arts and @theRSC ๐ bit.ly/36BC2Vf #TeachingResources
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Empower your class to feel confident interpreting key scenes from #Macbeth in the next three instalments of #AtHomeWithShakespeare.
In this episode, @BenCrystal unpacks Act 1 Scene 3 ๐bit.ly/33FTRkg #TeachingResources
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Make Shakespeare accessible with the first episode of #AtHomeWithShakespeare led by @BenCrystal ๐ bit.ly/3g3FWcG
This episode focuses on #RomeoAndJuliet Act 1 Scene 5.
Shakespeare meets #Gogglebox? Let us know what you think! #TeachingResources
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Very proud of this new #Shakespeare series with @DT_Plus, working with performances from @The_Globe & @TheRSC
Shakespeare doesnโt have to be intimidating - in this new series, your students are invited to get comfortable talking about #Shakespeare as they learn to analyse key scenes with the help of world-renowned expert @BenCrystal.
Discover the series now ๐ bit.ly/3g3rvWd
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The worst thing is reading Shakespeare out loud in class. Half the kids struggle, none of them hit their marks or rhythm. Half the rhymes don't work in a modern accent, it's THE WORST way to experience it!
Then you hear @bencrystal speak Shakespeare in OP and it's amazing!!!
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Merry #bookmas from my @Crugglez inspired book tree!! Ft. @bencrystal @PhilipPullman @neilhimself #sarahruhl, simonestjames, #JonathanSafranFoer, the bros. Grimm, @MARIADAHVANA, the Bard himself, #Tolkien, and a smol lamppost to Narnia
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Curated by @bencrystal, Shakespeare Ensemble's online promenade What You Will was performed live in August. The 'web version' is available to experience here: theshakespeareensemble.streaโฆ
Read @gemmaallred's article about the production here: medium.com/action-is-eloquenโฆ
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What a beautiful & brilliant idea #Shakespeare #accessibility
I'm thinking of starting a virtual Shakespeare discussion group for the blind/visually impaired. Any suggestions for accessible and free full-cast recordings? #Shakespeare #Accessibility
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Wonderful to see this extraordinary achievement recognised, congratulations to all involved! I cannot wait to see what @robmyles @PeacheyLDN @EmilyCIngram @bencrystal and the whole team go next...after they've had some sleep. Meantime get to YouTube & get watching! ๐๐๐
5th #ONEOFF goes to โThe Show Must Go Onlineโ @TSMGOnlineLive which has been reading its way through the entire Shakespeare canon in chronological order, each as a semi performed piece โ excellent! Congrats to Robert Myles @robmyles & Sarah Peachey @PeacheyLDN & all involved.
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Can't believe this coming to an end - what am I going to do on Wednesday night's now?!
So many brilliant actors (many of whom I hope to see on stage when theatres reopen) - not to mention the extraordinary @robmyles @PeacheyLDN & @bencrystal
It's been a fantastic ride ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฅ๏ธ
Join our global cast LIVE on Wednesday 18th November at 7pm GMT for The Tempest: Shakespeare's Grand Finale ๐ง๐พโโ๏ธ๐โจ
๐ "Our revels are now ended" ๐
Hit ๐ to set a reminder: invidio.us/lVtdtBbUwK4
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Itโs time for WORD OF THE WEEK!
Each week we share a word from our upcoming play with a definition from the incredible @ShaxWordsDotCom by @davcr + @bencrystal
Check this week's word out here: bit.ly/2Kbu78w
Join us LIVE Weds 18 Nov at 7pm GMT invidio.us/lVtdtBbUwK4
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