by Owen Oakeshott | Aug 28, 2015 | Blog
So, the Wars of the Roses: an interminable generational feud that leads to the collapse of government, the slaughter of innocents, bloodthirsty warlords, foreign intervention, an extremist insurrection and mass beheadings. I blame Tony Blair. How the hell did we get...
by Owen Oakeshott | Aug 23, 2015 | Blog
The Boy celebrated his second birthday earlier this week. And today, Sunday, we were out celebrating with him on a picnic rug with friends & family in Dulwich Park. He spent the day collapsing onto Tupperware, smearing strawberries over his face, and stumbling...
by Owen Oakeshott | Aug 16, 2015 | Blog
Due to the delayed nature of this blog, it’s necessary for me to go back & intermittently view various periods of rehearsal in retrospect, alongside more current day-to-day musings. I’m approaching all this as a scrapbook, a collection of snapshots of...
by Owen Oakeshott | Aug 11, 2015 | Blog
Welcome to my blog of Trevor Nunn’s theatrical spectacular, Wars of the Roses, Peter Hall’s & John Barton’s legendary reworking of Shakespeare’s tetralogy, which goes on at the Rose in Kingston in September. We’re right in the thick...