Naturalism: From East to West
with Sally Hawkins, Susan Engel and Jamie Ballard
Konstantin Stanislavski directed the premiere of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904. His pioneering style of acting had a profound influence on the work of Lee Strasberg’s Group Theatre in 1930s New York, where Odets’ Rocket to the Moon premiered in 1938, the year Stanislavski died. A chance to explore the dramatic style known as Naturalism, the acting methods it requires, and how they manifest themselves nowadays in modern productions.
Acting teacher at RADA and The Drama Centre, John Beschizza, leads an open rehearsal with actors Jamie Ballard (NTs Emperor and Galilean and ...some trace of her) and Sally Hawkins (Made in Dagenham, Happy Go Lucky on film), and joins Susan Engel (NT's Dido, Queen of Carthage and Peter Brook's film of King Lear) in conversation.
Chaired by Matt Wolf.
Tickets £5 (£4 concessions)
Running time 90 minutes
Naturalism: From East to West finished on: 18 June 2011
