British-Irish Actor & Voice Actor
I had the pleasure of premiering this new monologue written by Victoria Baumgartner (Artistic Director of Will & Co.) which tells the untold tale of Anne Shakespeare, wife to the world-famous bard.
The piece debuted at the Pleasance Theatre, London as part of Glass Splinters New Writing Night.
PRESS NIGHT FOR
AT THE ROSE PLAYHOUSE
Press Night – 29th March 2018
★★★★
“Will is a tender love letter to Shakespeare…
Baumgartner’s firm belief in the power of poetry and well-placed emotional beats make Will a strangely fascinating work”
“Katherine Moran plays his wife, Anne, with touching honesty, relinquishing her husband… It is quite heart wrenching to witness the separation”
“a truly unique piece of theatre, which incorporates modern dance and song to tell the moving story of young William Shakespeare’s life…
Katherine Moran portrays Anne with moving emotion and vulnerability… I was moved to tears”
Directed by the fantastic Victoria Baumgartner. Kinda epic to be playing on the same original foundations as the people whose stories we are telling performed over 400 years ago..!
The young Will Shakespeare is living in the peaceful town of Stratford-upon-Avon, in the heart of England with his newlywed wife, Anne. But something’s missing. He’s dreaming of prophecies, rough magic and words no one is able to find. As he starts following these dreams, life takes him on a journey, from under the protection of an immensely rich Lord to nights in brawl taverns with travelling actors. But Elizabethan England is not an easy place to thrive…
Find out the story of how Will became William Shakespeare through this play bursting with echoes to his future works, in between fantasies and reality.”
