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Georgia Flood, Christie Whelan Browne and James Mackay in rehearsal. Photo: Brett Walker

Directing

As You Like It

Shakespearean Comedy

Director Simon Phillips and members of the As You Like It cast discuss the specifics of what makes this play funny.

Hear from Director Simon Phillips and members of the As You Like It cast as they discuss language, gesture, performance techniques and conventions of Shakespearean comedy.

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Following their smash-hit collaboration on Twelfth Night, director Simon Phillips, musical theatre icon Christie Whelan Browne and musicians Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall reunite for another spectacular slice of Shakespeare.

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