Ben Crystal

@bencrystal

actor / author / producer // often Shakespeare-y // ginger

London. ish.
Joined May 2009

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Apr 23

    In support of , , & , I’ve made 4 new short films on Playing with . All with , all freely available to share. Details below, in this thread. Hope the films provoke lovely Shaxplorations xx

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    May 18

    Please share this casting call with any disabled & neurodiverse performers in your networks.

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    May 17

    Help! Putting out feelers: Looking for a Shakespearean dramaturg. Someone highly regarded as a dramaturg and someone who is an enthusiast of MODERN (read, not just old-school) modern hip-hop. Paid gig. Know anyone???

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    May 12

    Five years ago today. The shooting script of Cunk On Shakespeare, and what Ben Crystal had to sit through.

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  5. Retweeted
    Apr 29

    If y'all only watch one video to help with Shax monologues ever in your lives, make it this one. This process absolutely shattered the game for me, and I'm so glad put this video (and others!) together!!

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    May 4

    An excellent series of four short, clear, superbly enjoyable/employable videos for actors and educators to play with Shakespeare. Bonus! Magical Welsh wonderland setting. Well done, !

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    May 4

    Sharing because is awesome if you’re not following him already and you teach Shakespeare you need to address this.

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    May 4

    Drum roll please... 🥁 Our Shakespeare competition winner is Eden from Year 8 ! 🎉 Judges & said of Eden's poster: "We love it. It’s original, thought-provoking, alluring & tells the story of the play very well." Well done!

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    May 1
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  11. Retweeted
    Apr 22

    We are alive! 🇹🇷 “Turkish Shakespeares” which aims to introduce texts, productions and researches on Turkish Shakespeares to a broader international audience of students, teachers, & researchers

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  12. Retweeted
    Apr 29

    los dos últimos especialmente útiles también para traductores. {y qué familia "extraordinaire", ¿verdad? :)}.

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  13. Apr 29

    ... & it worked! Here, from Desiree Baxter Jamal James "together alone, so much shared" (H. Pinter) *actors explore dialogue in physical play; earbuds allowed them to hear instruction, music, & most importantly each other*

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  14. Apr 29

    Re: playing sticks, I spent a happy day last August exploring virtual sticks w in A Welsh thunderstorm destroyed my garden multi-cam set, a living room served our -inspired Kinesphere warm-up, & the ceiling wasn’t too-too low for the stick work¯¯ˉ

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    Apr 24

    Highly enjoyable videos – only problem is they'll make you want to instantly drop everything and go off to become a Shakespearean actor.

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    Apr 23

    On we are excited to begin animating . Thanks to the incredible minds of , it’s time to bring the tale of Hamlet performed at sea to life..!

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    Apr 21

    From April 22nd 12pm BST - April 24th 12pm BST < the world's Shakespeare Bard-day > is Free For All We hope you enjoy our new features, incl: - Audio - Modern & Original Pronunciations of Glossary words - a new Print function - Institutional stats!

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  18. Apr 23

    Much love & immense gratitude to for his camera-work, and to for her stick-throwing, interviewing, & closed-captioning xoxo

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  19. Apr 23

    Mapping the Heart of a Speech wrote his characters as living breathing feeling people. Explore the way a character thinks, what's important to them, & how they're feeling about what they're saying. An 18 minute guide.

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  20. Apr 23

    Playing with Emotional Words 'O, Ah, Alas, Alack, Woe...' These emo-words can give us a great deal of ownership over a character. And the trampoline bounce to an unplanned place, if you jump on them. A 3 minute guide.

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