Wise Children

Wise Children with Emma Rice // Tech Week

After all the planning, Emma Rice's new company move into London’s Old Vic to prepare for the opening of their first show: Angela Carter's Wise Children.  
This week, while the actors take a well earned day off, Emma bothers everyone in the auditorium and asks them what they do.  We meet the creative and technical teams as they prepare for the start of technical rehearsals and get ready for the Dress Rehearsal.  
Hosted by Emma and featuring Wise Children's Creative and Technical Teams including Cath Bates, Vicki Mortimer, Malcolm Rippeth, Simon Baker, Lucy Martin, Lizzie Frankl, Steph Curtis and Charlie Smalley.
Recorded at The Old Vic, London and SandfordRoad
Produced and Mixed by Simon Baker for Wise Children Limited
First released on Monday 7nd October 2018
 
 

Wise Children with Emma Rice // The Hut By The Harbour

This week Emma Rice talks to Bristol artists Beth Carter & Stuart Mitchell about the animation they have created for Angela Carter's Wise Children due to open at the Old Vic on October 8th.  
The animation takes Nora and Dora Chance from Brixton to Chelsea, from the wrong side of tracks to legitimacy, as they attend Melchior Hazzard's 100th birthday party.
Emma explains how she conceived this tricky but pivotal moment of staging.
 
 
Recorded at The Hut by The Harbour and SandfordRoad
Produced and Mixed by Simon Baker for Wise Children Limited
First released on Monday 1st October 2018

Wise Children with Emma Rice // Wise HQ

This week Emma talks to the Wise Children producing team, Judith Dimant, Poppy Keeling and Matt Lister and asks them to explain how a theatre company actually works.  Recorded at Ashton Court, Bristol and set against a backdrop of the early stages of rehearsal for Wise Children,  this is an insight into how theatre gets made.

Wise Children with Emma Rice // Back To School

Emma talks about the new School For Wise Children and her ambitions to train a new generation of actors and musicians.
Recorded during the first School For Wise Children - Music For Ensemble Theatre - and features material from the inaugural students and an interview with Ian Ross on what it takes to be a musician in a band for an Emma Rice show.  With music created and performed live by the students.

Wise Children with Emma Rice // New Beginnings

Hosted by Emma and featuring key members of the Wise Children team this first episode, recorded in June 2018, features rare and exclusive rehearsal footage as Emma starts work with the company on constructing material for the first production.