Actively exploring Galileo’s journeys to fight for what was in his lifetime his own truth proved a great experiment in resilience! The company of actors in this Lazarus R&D remained physically, intellectually, creatively active outside a four roped ringed stage, when we were not diving into the beating verbal fencing matches of Brecht’s text, forensically noting others lines related to important themes. And there were a lot! From science to commerce, love to torture. You coul

I was over the moon to be invited to Lazarus Theatre Company’s rehearsed reading of Bertolt Brecht’s “A Life of Galileo”. After too many delays (thank you TfL), I finally arrived at the beautiful Admiral Rooms at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich. What a treat to be working in such a beautiful space. And an even better treat? Working with such a talented group of actors and creatives. I have never attended a play read quite like this one! After warming up and introduci

The morning air pinched my cheeks as I sped through the grounds of the Royal Naval College on Tuesday 21st October at 09:58. Once I’d found my bearings (thank you nice man) and successfully slowed my breathing (thank you TFL) I stepped into the fray. The room was a cocktail of friendly hellos and nervous anticipation, think Heathrow arrivals but everyone’s waiting for the same person. Introductions were led by Ricky, followed by our initial thoughts on the Life of Galileo. I

I think what surprised me most about the process was the amount of humour we found whilst mining the text. When observing the work, I found so many more moments where I was chuckling to myself than I initially expected from simply reading the play. I guess this speaks hugely to the benefit of the Lazarus process, and how an on the feet reading will always bring forth so much more information that a traditional sit down table read.  It felt as though the entire narrative orbit

Going into the R&D, I was fascinated by the idea of societal progress; a force with the potential to alleviate human suffering, that can be halted to prop up powerful and tyrannical institutions. But the question that kept coming back to me was: is progress always a good thing? The character of the LITTLE MONK, who I read, argued in opposition to unchecked, iconoclastic progress, fearful his family members would lose all meaning for their hard, unforgiving existence if Galile