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S04:E06 Spotlight On: The Lazarus Process - Pointing

Spotlight ON delves into the Lazarus ensemble / text process, exploring and sharing how performers and creatives begin approaching a Lazarus creative process.

In this episode, Ricky and Gavin talk about pointing. Our example text will be the prologue from Romeo and Juliet. A copy of the text can be found in the performer portal at www.lazarustheatrecompany.co.uk/gym 

S04:E05 Spotlight On: The Lazarus Process - Space, Musicality and Intention

Spotlight ON delves into the Lazarus ensemble / text process, exploring and sharing how performers and creatives begin approaching a Lazarus creative process.

In this episode, Ricky and Gavin talk about how they break up thoughts and parts of thoughts with space, musicality, and intention. Our example text will be the prologue from Romeo and Juliet. A copy of the text can be found in the performer portal at www.lazarustheatrecompany.co.uk/gym 

S04:E04 Spotlight On: The Lazarus Process - Thoughts and parts of thoughts

Spotlight ON delves into the Lazarus ensemble / text process, exploring and sharing how performers and creatives begin approaching a Lazarus creative process.

In this episode, Ricky and Gavin talk about how they break up a piece of text using thoughts and parts of thoughts. Again, they are using the prologue from Romeo and Juliet. A copy of the text can be found in the performer portal at www.lazarustheatrecompany.co.uk/gym 

S04:E03 Spotlight On: The Lazarus Process - God Questions

Spotlight ON delves into the Lazarus ensemble / text process, exploring and sharing how performers and creatives begin approaching a Lazarus creative process.

In this episode, Ricky and Gavin delve into the Lazarus Process and talk about what questions we ask before we start to break up the text. We’ll be using the prologue from Romeo and Juliet. A copy of the text can be found in the performer portal at www.lazarustheatrecompany.co.uk/gym 

S04:E02 Spotlight On: The Lazarus Process - Warm up

Spotlight ON delves into the Lazarus ensemble / text process, exploring and sharing how performers and creatives begin approaching a Lazarus creative process.

In this episode, Ricky talks more about being work ready and takes us through a warm up. Designed to be used as a guide to building your own personal warm up. 

 

Warm up begins at 2 minutes 20 seconds

S04:E01 Spotlight On: The Lazarus Process - Work Ready

Spotlight ON delves into the Lazarus ensemble / text process, exploring and sharing how performers and creatives begin approaching a Lazarus creative process.

In this series, we will delve into the collaborative and ensemble way Lazarus make theatre and the process they use to dissect, understand and play classical text to empower actors and creatives, allowing them to make informed decisions based on what the writer has given them.

 

In this episode, Ricky and Gavin talk about how to be work ready.

S04:E0.5 Spotlight On: The Lazarus Process - Introduction

Spotlight ON delves into the Lazarus ensemble / text process, exploring and sharing how performers and creatives begin approaching a Lazarus creative process.

 

Over the next 7 episodes Producer Gavin Harrington-Odedra speaks to Artistic Director Ricky Dukes who will be sharing Lazarus’ step by step guide to approaching, dissecting, understanding and playing classical text through the power of collaboration and ensemble.

S03:E05 Spotlight On: Jamie O'Neill

This week we talk to Actor and Lazarus Associate, Jamie O’Neill. Since we last spoke to Jamie we have worked together on three productions at Southwark Playhouse and a number of R&D’s and workshops. In 2021, we remounted our 2019 production of Oscar Wilde’s Salomé. Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus in 2022 and The Changeling by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley in 2023.

In the episode we didn't get a chance to talk about Jamie's new project, Sound and Fury. Visit here to find out more.

 

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2. We're answering your questions! If you have a question you would like to ask for our Mail Bag Episode, send them to lazarustheatre@hotmail.co.uk

 

S03:E04 Spotlight on: Paula James

This week we talk to Lazarus alum, Paula James. Paula is an actor, puppeteer, singer, composer, MD, writer and musician as well as being a Singing Sister. Since we last spoke to Paula she was in the original cast of the new musical Gin Craze! And the UK tour of The Lost Spells. In 2024, Paula received a Developing your creative practice grant from Arts Council England to “develop [her] artistry as a composer for theatre and live arts” and has subsequently composed for a production in 2024 and was also musical Director.

Discover more at www.paulajames.co.uk 

 

We'd love to hear from you!

There are two ways you can support Spotlight on:

1. We're always trying to improve our work, and we'd love to hear what you think about Spotlight on. If you have 3 minutes to tell us what you think, take our quick survey.

2. We're answering your questions! If you have a question you would like to ask for our Mail Bag Episode, send them to lazarustheatre@hotmail.co.uk

 

S03:E03 Spotlight On: The Lazarus GYM

This week, Gavin and Ricky talk about the Lazarus GYM. 

The Lazarus Gym is a new initiative supporting performers to get into or return to classical ensemble work. A ‘pay what you can’ 3 hour classical text gym session where performers are introduced to the Lazarus text process – essentially our approach to text. 

The sessions will be ensemble led, working as a company to dissect, analyse and then play the text, performers will also work in pairs with other performers as well as one to one with our director with individual feedback given. 

 

More information can be found at https://www.lazarustheatrecompany.co.uk/gym 

 

If you have a question for our mail bag episode, where Ricky and Gavin answer your questions about casting, ensemble, the Lazarus working process, send them to lazarustheatre@hotmail.co.uk