Baba Shakespeare is a new production to be staged by Tower Theatre Company at the Arcola Tent from Tuesday 17th April - Wednesday 2nd May 2012 as part of the RSC Open Stages, which has been described as the UK's biggest amateur theatre project.

The script for Baba Shakespeare has been written by director Emmeline Winterbotham and is derived from the screenplay of the 1965 Merchant Ivory film Shakespeare Wallah, a true story that follows the family of actress Felicity Kendal as they travel around post-colonial India as a troupe of Shakespeare players.



Saturday 7 January 2012

Planing the wood

It is important to plane the blocks for two reasons: firstly so that all the faces are flat and perpendicular to each other, which is important when cutting out the designs on a bandsaw, and secondly so that the dirty surface of the wood is removed.  It is not good for your chisels to cut through gunk and grime.  This is also why planing the wood is better than sanding it flat.  Sandpaper leaves lots of grit on the wood, which would have to be brushed off before starting to carve.


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