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josephsherlock.bsky.social
Artistic Director of Københavns Shakespeare Kompagni. Multilingual theatre based in Copenhagen Our theatre is The Deer and Rabbits
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Please stop pretending to be breaking boundaries. Have the courage to just say we're going to do a conventional play really well and you'll have a good evening. There's nothing wrong with that, and if that's what you want/need to do don't try to sell some leap into the unknown. #yesimtalkingtoyou

Prospero is coming

Shakespeare's home in Copenhagen now has solid wooden seats. Less a wooden O and more a wooden dash, but we're excited to welcome an audience onto them.

Benches. Solid wood benches. You want to watch theatre? Get yeself a solid wooden bench

A massive pile of wood that will become the seats for my theatre.

House liiiiiiights

If Lin Manuel Miranda had any courage at all he'd cast Charlie Day as Peggy.

The RSC pushing their bald agenda

A Trilogy?

When our actors get nominated for awards it's always nice. When that actors is Jessica O’Hara-Baker we're not overly surprised.

Ok Shakespeare nerds, you're putting on every play, 4 per year, autumn, winter spring, summer. What is your order?

Gym goals

I should bite an onion and taste apple before I listen to you about love.

Is it high art or does it just make me feel bad?

We're auditioning 19 people tomorrow, and have the sameish number of self tapes. I must go to bed.

Therapy for lonely gods

If you cast Indira Varma as Jocasta then I fail to see the problem. I feel like everyone would give Oedipus a break you know, like don't do it again Ody but leave your eyes alone mate.

Theatre should do what only theatre can do. It is unambiguously happening in front of you, the words you are hearing are being spoken now, the people are there, it is real. People will always want to experience this....

Spent the last month writing a play in Danish. My brain is running out of my ears.

December 1st

I just got a new job at Disney, I'm now head of the department which checks that the characters' names don't mean "dicks" in other languages.

999 theatre people and 1 sword obsessive. I got your Capo Ferro

This is really lovely and I recommend you listen

This too shall pass said the urologist

Bluesky continues to grow so please share this so that european theatre makers see it and join it! Mange tak, danke, merci, hvala go.bsky.app/Cz4onhE