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.



Sunday, 29 January 2012

Taking shape

Gradually the monkey is emerging and taking shape.  It's great to get into the carving, accompanied by Rachmaninov's 3rd piano concerto, which helps me get into the flow.  Here is progress so far on the head.  The ears are going to be made separately and glued on at the end.  The eyes will be hollow sockets.  At the moment the head is still slightly square, so needs to be rounded off further.  I'm also contemplating how to tackle the tufty sideburns that rhesus macaques monkeys often have.



Here is the left leg, also needing more rounding, but I will do this once the knee joint has taken shape.  I'm working simultaneously on the torso, legs and head, so that I can fine tune how the joints fit together.   Since monkeys rarely stand fully upright, I am designing the knees so that the legs do not straighten up completely.



Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)