Time to Evaluate
April began with an amazing run of Shakespeare’s Richard III at Leicester Cathedral. The venue was perfect! Just the right amount of echo and atmosphere to create the right amount of tension. The point where Buckingham comes charging through the Cathedral doors was particularly effective. Well done LUTheatre! Apart from a visit from the Department […]
March madness
The end of February and beginning of March were hectic! We had the first Richard III Conference at College Court, which was a resounding success. Delegates came from all over the world to hear the stories behind the discovery and meet the people involved. The weekend included a trip to Bosworth Battlefield with a guided […]
An Array of Audiences
This week has been a little hectic, but has been a demonstration of some of the audiences that we are engaging with on the Richard III Project. Monday began with a visit to Humberstone Primary School, where two Year 5 classes, showed me their work on Richard III. It was wonderful to see how imaginative […]
“Now is the Winter…”
As it is getting chillier out there I thought I would post a reminder about the School of English and their “Now is the Winter…” competition. The idea is that you sign up and then submit a new interpretation of the opening soliloquy from Shakespeare’s Richard III. The competition is open to all Leicestershire secondary […]
A relatively quiet week
This week has been relatively quiet in relation to other weeks. This has mainly been down to a lack of meetings, that are useful, but often create more work for me and take up time to do that work. So I have been able to get on with some of the projects that need some […]
Schools Outreach
Since April this year (2013), I have been working with the Schools and Colleges and Widening Participation teams here looking at schools and heritage outreach in relation to Richard III. Our aim has been to provide activities and resources to schools all over the UK. This began as simple ideas, bringing local primary schools onto […]
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