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The behind-the-scene story from page to stage with exclusive video of rehearsal, performance and interviews with the cast, creative and technical teams.

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Beasts and Beauties
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Introduction
Rehearsal Diaries
Creative
Design

Designing eight settings and eight sets of costumes with a limited budget

Direction

Melly Still combined the roles of director, set and costume designer

Music

Music is a unifying thread that adds cohesion and energy to the performance

Storytelling

Story telling is perhaps the most ancient and fundamental form of theatre

Performance
The Ensemble

The versatile actors had to work as an ensemble

Beauty and the Beast

One of the best known of these stories, it was staged to stunning visceral effect

Girl and the North Wind

This folk tale from Norway illustrates the harsh realities of rural life

Juniper Tree

One of the strangest and most troubling of the eight stories

Toby and the Wolf

An old dog betrays his master with almost disastrous results

Fable to Stage

The North Wind is a truly haunting story

Playing Animals

The actors had to perform not only human characters, but animals as well

Staging Miracles

Fairy tales are full of magical events and this production had to discover a way to stage them

Production Administration
Production Management

The production manager was responsible for ensuring safety at work

Running a Theatre

David Farr talks about his job and the challenges it represents

Technical
Props

Many props were required but none more strange than a severed head

Wardrobe

Managing the wardrobe in a producing theatre is a demanding and highly skilled task

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