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Coming Out of the Closet

  • 1 March 2014·
Having trained as an actor, Theresa Chan never expected to go into the business of wardrobe management. She talks to us about embracing her unexpected career switch and working with costume designer Ivan Heng on The House Of Bernarda Alba.

A Chorus Line: Jasmine Koh and Sharon Frese

  • 1 March 2014·
Watch our “Chorus of Disapproval” Federico GarcĂ­a Lorca wrote about “a wall of wailing women” in The House Of Bernarda Alba: a personification of the stifling…

A Hard-Knock Life

  • 1 March 2014·
In The House Of Bernarda Alba, Sharda Harrison plays Blanca – a young servant who cooks, cleans, and has a tantalising secret of her own. Sharda, who was recently nominated for a Life! Theatre award for her performance in last year's The Crucible, talks to us about working with Glen Goei and the veteran actresses in our ensemble cast.

The Point of Madness

  • 1 March 2014·
Due in no small part to her iconic performance in Channel 5 drama Masters Of The Sea, everyone expects veteran actor Margaret Chan to be imposing and imperious. In person, she is anything but. Warm, effusive and refreshingly free of actorly airs, Margaret chats with us about finding method in the madness of her character in The House Of Bernarda Alba.

Mistress of the House

  • 1 March 2014·
It's easy to paint, and play, Bernarda Alba as a tyrant: a matriarchal monster more concerned with appearances than the happiness of her daughters. Claire Wong talks to us about learning to love her character, and digging beneath Bernarda's hard exterior to unearth her heart and humanity.
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