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Projects 2015-16
Am very excited to announce a number of productions and projects I am involved with this year: Grimm Tales: working with Windor based AvvaLaff Productions developing a new production of the Grimm Tales this summer. AIMS International Summer School: last year I had the great privilege of directing for AIMS, where singers from all over…
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2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,200 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 20 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the…
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December 2014
As ever, I have enjoyed a busy pantomime season. This year I returned to Halifax’s beautiful Victoria Theatre for Imagine Theatre’s production of Jack and the Beanstalk .
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August 2014
It has been a busy August! I’ve uploaded some testimonials on the link above. I directed The Wiz at Milton Keynes Theatre (below), choreographed by Scott Ritchie and MD/Arrangements by Matthew Reeve. Then led on a Directing summer school, co-leading with Richard Cheshire. And, finally, directing and tutoring on the AIMS International Music School in…
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June 2014
The sun is shining and it kept to its word when I took my 3rd year students to The Dell, the RSC’s Open Air Space to perform The Winter’s Tale that I directed for Staffordshire University Drama Department. Pictures below are from The Studio One performance and The Dell. All pics are on the link above.
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February 2014
Happy New Year! This March I am travelling to Kuala Lumpur to teach directing and notions of creativity. It was supposed to be Bangkok but the venue has been changed. Having been to Bangkok working in 2013 it will be nice to travel to a new location! My annual trip into pantoland has been…
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April News 2013
Having just returned from a 35 degree heat Bangkok delivering workshops around directing and creativity, I am bracing the cold to look forward to the year ahead. Here’s a brief look at productions and projects for 2013/14: Developing work for SPODE FACTORY THEATRE alongside director Paul Christie including a world premiere. On-going production development work…
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Reviews- Cinderella
The reviews are in! See reviews page or click on the below! “Combining the writing skills of Iain Lauchlan and Will Brenton with the direction of Robert Marsden was always going to create a great show but this one excels even by their standards.” Evening Sentinel review “Director Robert Marsden and his team deliver on all…
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Good Enough Mum’s Club – London workshop week.
Have just returned from an inspiring and creative week workshopping Emily Beecher and Sally Samad’s new musical ‘The Good Enough Mum’s Club’ in London. With a wonderful cast and creative team, this culminated in two showings at RADA on Saturday 27th October in front of a receptive audience and several movers and shakers of musicals…
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Pantomime- Halifax
Am delighted to announce I’m returning to direct ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at Halifax Victoria Theatre for Imagine Theatre. Joining me is Peter Golding as Musical Director and comic Neil Hurst as ‘Willy Do-It’ for his 4th year in Halifax!
Robert Marsden - Theatre Director/Educator 