Actor Patrick Stewart has received rave reviews for his performances in Macbeth and Twelfth Night at the Chichester Festival Theatre. I was hugely taken with his behind-the-scenes description of life in the theatre’s company, published in the Observer a few weeks back:
Mostly strangers on day one, the challenges of the play and production have made everyone bolder, braver, vulnerable, needy, self-reliant, co-dependent.
…By the time the performance begins we are connected, in tune, up, and the experience of each performance is shared, praised, dissected, laughed about at every break and when it is all over.