Dates: December 5th, December 6th, December 7th
Location: Theatre Delicatessen, 30 Marsh Wall, London, E14 9TP
Time: 10.30 - 17.00

This workshop will focus on Measure for Measure.

How do we speak Shakespeare today? How do we balance the demands of the verse with the need for meaning? How do we find a contemporary language for power, faith and sexuality? What is the play's essence, and what does it teach us about now?

Building on Simon's experience of classical work, at the RSC and the National, this three day residency will explore the passionate drives which fuel the most extreme actions and how to connect to these in performance.

Please bring a copy of Measure for Measure with you (and if you are not familiar with the play please read it).

SIMON GODWIN - Director

Simon Godwin is an Associate Director of the National Theatre. 

His work for the National has included Twelfth Night with Tamsin Greig, Man and Superman with Ralph Fiennes and Strange Interlude with Anne Marie Duff. 

For the RSC, Simon has directed The Two Gentleman of Verona and the award winning Hamlet, with Papa Essiedu, which which will tour nationally in 2018. 

As a former Associate Director of the Royal Court, Simon directed seven world premieres by writers including Anya Reiss, Nick Payne and Lucy Kirkwood. Simon has worked on Broadway, directing Diane Lane and Joel Grey in The Cherry Orchard and next summer will return to the National to direct Anthony and Cleopatra in the Olivier.