National Theatre productions to be streamed for free on YouTube: https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/national-theatre-live-youtube-free-stream_51268.html?utm_source=dailytickets&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=26march2020 RSC and Marquee TV: https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/rsc-marquee-tv-rsc-twelfth-night_51272.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=27march2020 The Globe: The iconic Elizabethan-style playhouse already had its own public streaming platform in the form of Globe Player, but watching it
Opera screenings
Glyndebourne Live: Dialogues Des Carmelites Glyndebourne’s first ever staging of an extraordinary 21st century tragedy inspired by true events. Painfully, rapturously beautiful, Poulenc’s opera is musical storytelling at its most viscerally powerful. Sunday, 19 July at 17.30. Glyndebourne Live: Alcina
Going to the theatre (in the cinema)
This Spring: King John (RSC production from The Swan, Stratford) on 29 April, The Welkin (Maxine Peake and Cecilia Noble) on 21 May, Leopoldstadt (NT Live), Tom Stoppard’s critically acclaimed new play, on 23 June and Jack Absolute Flies Again
Development Day – 22 February 2020
Development day – 22 February 2020 Radisson Blue Edwardian Hampshire, 31-36 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LR 11.30 am Guest Speaker: Lyn Darnley, Voice Tutor ‘Looking backwards – moving forward’ Lyn is formerly Head of Voice, Text and Artist Development
AGM – CHANGE OF VENUE!
The AGM taking place on 22 February will no longer be held at the Kenilworth Hotel, Bloomsbury and will now be at: Radisson Blu (Edwardian) Hampshire Hotel 31-36 Leicester Square London WC2H 7LR If you have any queries at all,
January article – Organising an Event, Helena Duncan
Speech and Drama teachers have many skills. As a teacher of speech and drama I am of the opinion that these come into play when organising a personal or business event, most particularly in the classroom and any learning environment.
2020 Conference in Canterbury
Booking details of our 2020 Conference in Canterbury taking place from 20-23 August. 2020 Conference Flyer 2020 Conference application form
2020 AGM
The 2020 AGM will take place on Saturday, 22 February at: The Kenilworth Radisson Hotel 97 Great Russell Street Bloomsbury WC1B 3LB Cost including lunch and afternoon tea – £65 Members and £70 Guests Please contact Helena Duncan helena4duncan@gmail.com or
2020 Conference in Canterbury
For those of you interested in the Conference in Canterbury there is a beautifully illustrated guidebook available for just £4.50, available from the Marlowe Society. Click the link below for more information. Canterbury_Guidebook
Word Matters Winter 2019
Note from our Editor: Word Matters Winter issue is now printed and should arrive at your house very soon.