Cyphers Theatre CompanyDec 18, 20218 minThe First Draft ShortcutSo, you’ve got an idea for a script. Great! You’re super excited. But then you sit down to write and wham! The enormity of the task hits...
Cyphers Theatre CompanyDec 18, 20214 min5 Tips For Writers From A DramaturgWritten by Marcus Bazley, Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director After we spoke to playwright Katherine Soper last week on the Cyphers...
Cyphers Theatre CompanyDec 18, 20215 minI didn’t go to drama school, I’m not going now, so how on earth do I get into theatre?Written by Marcus Bazley, Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director So, you’ve done or are doing a ‘proper’ degree at university, but what you...
Cyphers Theatre CompanyDec 18, 20215 minHave I wasted three years of my life doing a degree when I should have gone to drama school?Written by Marcus Bazley, Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director So, you decided to go to university and do a ‘real’ degree. You may well...
Cyphers Theatre CompanyDec 18, 20215 min5 InfluencesI started off thinking about 5 plays that have influenced me the most. But then I thought it would actually be more interesting to look...
Cyphers Theatre CompanyDec 18, 20212 minCyphers In LockdownAs I write this entry, our production of Great Expectations should have been beginning its tour in Barnes, at OSO Arts.
Cyphers Theatre CompanyDec 18, 20213 minBeauty and the BeastCo-Artistic Director, Marcus Bazley, describes his time working as JMK Assistant Director on Beauty and the Beast at Wiltshire Creative…...
Cyphers Theatre CompanyDec 18, 20213 minTraining For Northanger AbbeyRe-rehearsal always seems to me to be a slightly counter-intuitive term. How exactly do you re-rehearse something? Having said that, I...
Cyphers Theatre CompanyDec 18, 20213 minA Review of 2017Artistic Director and co-founder, Marcus Bazley, looks back on “a seminal year for Cyphers.” This past year feels like it has been quite...
Cyphers Theatre CompanyDec 18, 20214 minJane Austen: A Teenage Boy’s PerspectiveLast week, I went back to Reading School to run a workshop with a group of teenage boys on Jane Austen. Yes, I know. Jane Austen and...
Cyphers Theatre CompanyDec 18, 20212 minMeet The Creatives – Marcus BazleyFrom adapting the text, directing the show, to performing a whole host of characters – Marcus has certainly got his work cut out! What’s...
Cyphers Theatre CompanyDec 18, 20213 minMistrust everything – even your own shadow.I’m going to start by being completely honest: this has been the most challenging project I have ever worked on to date. It has been a...