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Good ol' Google Meets screenshot! Sophie Clement is a nurse, a long-time performer, and - as of this year - a director. Her debut full production was a bold, multimedia staging of 1984 with Leeds Arts Centre: morph-suited figments, iPads as telescreens, a lighting cue timed to a climax, and a studio layout she fought hard to get. Kate Maddison-Greenwell and Paula Boyle sat down with her to find out how it all came together. TLDR: A first-time director, a year of her life, and

How two producers turned a brilliant challenging script into their first touring production Making independent theatre is rarely as simple as putting on a show. For Rise & Howl’s production of Bindweed, the journey involved script discoveries, workshops, difficult conversations in rehearsal rooms, learning how to market a show on social media from scratch, and even producing across different cities while one of the producers was abroad. Along the way there were lessons about

Actor, director, self-professed Shakespeare nerd and friend of Rise & Howl, Kelly Downes, shares some of her tips & tricks for picking out and breaking down monologues by the Bard. Kelly is a theatre-maker originally hailing from upstate NY. She earned her BFA in Theatre & Performance from Emerson College in Boston MA; before relocating to the UK to earn her Masters in Shakespeare & Creativity in Stratford-upon-Avon. When asked about what made her fall in love with Shakespear

Co-Founder of Rise & Howl, Paula Boyle, sits down with author and playwright, Jonathan Hall; discussing insights and advice for new...