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What happens when a straight theatre director has two weeks to stage Wagner’s Das Rheingold with three casts?
Mary Kelly is a Berlin-based Irish actor, director and playwright, published by Nick Hern Books in London and The Stinging Fly in Dublin, who also mentors writers. Her first piece of advice before taking the job was “you don’t have time to be awestruck by what they can do.”
In her new article, Mary writes about blocking an opera on paper in one of Berlin’s only air-conditioned restaurants and why it’s wrong to divide singing and acting too sharply.
“If I did anything right it was having the sense to stand back and let them.”
Read the full article on our website via the link in bio. Learn more about Mary at marycreates.com.
#csmusiccommunity #stagedirector #operasingersofinstagram #theatremakers #singingingermany @marycreatez
Mary Kelly is a Berlin-based Irish actor, director and playwright, published by Nick Hern Books in London and The Stinging Fly in Dublin, who also mentors writers. Her first piece of advice before taking the job was “you don’t have time to be awestruck by what they can do.”
In her new article, Mary writes about blocking an opera on paper in one of Berlin’s only air-conditioned restaurants and why it’s wrong to divide singing and acting too sharply.
“If I did anything right it was having the sense to stand back and let them.”
Read the full article on our website via the link in bio. Learn more about Mary at marycreates.com.
#csmusiccommunity #stagedirector #operasingersofinstagram #theatremakers #singingingermany @marycreatez
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a day agomarycreatez
You’re all such lovely people. I’ve received some very entertaining private messages about the term ‘straight’ One friend said ‘it’s about time the straights got a look in’ 🤣
2 days agomarycreatez
The assistant director/excellent cross-artistic-discipline correspondent/singer appreciated in the article is @sopsaraicole
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