You asked, we listened… Today we have excellent news for lovers of tragedy, all-female Shakespeare, red paint, cannabalism, gore, chef outfits, dismemberment, red paint, non-specific-periods-in-the-Roman-empire, underperformed early Shakespearean collaborations, red paint, and some more red paint. If you’ve been reading our newsletter, [...]
Every Friday we share five links to interesting things we’ve found or looked at that week. These cover Shakespeare, gender, theatre, arts, or anything else that we stumble across. Click here to browse the archives, or click on the labels below to search by topic. Tweet us any suggestions with the hashtag #sfg5. Hi readers! […]
Good morning Shakespeare Fans! Today, we’re ready to announce another piece of brilliant news we’ve been bursting to tell you… As of 1st January 2015, Smooth Faced Gentlemen are the new Supported Artists at Greenwich Theatre! This is a big win for the company. As part of the deal, not only will we get mentoring and workshop space, but […]
This is a new regular feature for 2015. We come across so many interesting articles that we want to share with our fans and friends, so we thought we’d start recording them. Every Friday*, we’re going to share five links to interesting things. This is mostly on topics that interests us: Shakespeare, gender in the arts, […]
Hello! Today marks the first of several big announcements for Smooth Faced Gentlemen. Boy, have we got exciting things coming up in 2015… And here’s the first. Back during Edinburgh Fringe, after we saw their brilliant double bill, The Handlebards told us about an idea of theirs. We agreed to make it happen together, along […]
Work Bard Play Bard is over! Big thanks to everyone involved. Special shout out to IdeasTap, who supported the night, and The Pleasance, who were insanely helpful even with 50 of us running around trying to take over the building. If you didn’t make it, we’ll be uploading some video soon, and you can check out […]
We’re very proud to announce the lineup for Work Bard Play Bard on the 19th October, including the winners of our IdeasTap competition. You can get tickets to see all these wonderful artists directly from The Pleasance. We’ll fill you in our own plans another time – but for now… let’s get to the good stuff. Work [...]
(YES. YES WE HAVE!) News of A Midautumn Night’s Dream… That’s right friends, Londoners, Countrymen! Smooth Faced Gents have teamed up with IdeasTap and the Pleasance Islington to bring you Work Bard, Play Bard, a unique night of Shakespeare, featuring some of the country’s most exciting theatre groups… hosted by us, performed for you! [...]
The Buxton Fringe starts today! If you don’t know The Buxton Fringe, it’s a great festival for audience and performers alike. Despite being relatively little-known outside the immediate area, it’s actually the second largest Fringe in England, and has seen a huge growth in the last ten years or so. It runs for three [...]
So last week was a very Henry IV-orientated week for us here at Smooth Faced Gentlemen proving the saying seems to stand true; all good things come in threes! On Sunday, we went to see our very own Henri Merriam in The Merely Players‘s production of Henry IV Part 1 at The Cockpit Theatre. These guys […]