THEATRE 
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The Tempest
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Leeds
ENGLAND
It's in there somewhere
Rutter shows you how to talk to everyone in the audience in words that can be clearly understood and in a way that is understandable to all. Television actors and their allotted directors should visit a Barrie Rutter play and learn how to deliver speech so that the words can be heard and understood.
Barrie Rutter talks
Northern Broadsides do it again. The travelling band of actors pitched their camp and performed before a full house at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and gave the audience a magical evening of entertaining theatre. Fourteen players, all excellent at their profession performed one of Shakespeare's plays, which included all the Elizabethan ingredients that kept the then audience happy and still so does. Intrigue, odd characters, people wanting more than their allotted share, a good old sing song and the right ending.
The stage is set in the round and the players know how to use it as the story is given to the audience in the Rutter way. Shakespeare is in there somewhere, but this time you can understand it. People who have been put off for years will enjoy this Elizabethan show. The music composed by Conrad Nelson gives you everything from jazz, rock, through to folk and it's just quirky enough to be enjoyable and pleasing.
Led by their director Barrie Rutter this band of talented actors and actresses give the audience what they want and enjoy themselves in the process. You wonder what the Americans would make of this if it gets the chance to cross the pond? Just sit there and let it envelope and sweep over you and enjoy it as the people on this side of the water did. Let us have more. © BA
“The Tempest” is in Leeds on the 2nd April until the 7th April, 2007. Council car parking charge £1 from 5.30pm until 10pm. This is now a No Smoking theatre.
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