Not True, But Useful... A Cheek by Jowl Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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Not True, But Useful... A Cheek by Jowl Podcast

Cheek by Jowl

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Frequency: 1 episode/19d. Total Eps: 47

Join Cheek by Jowl's Artistic Directors Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod in 'Not True, But Useful…' a podcast series all about theatre, acting, directing, and life. Produced, hosted and edited by Lucie Dawkins, with additional support from Cheek by Jowl. Series theme music by Pavel Akimkin (Series 1) and Paddy Cunneen (Series 2, 3 and Bonus Episodes). Read the Edited Transcripts of Series 1 here: www.cheekbyjowl.com/learning/edited-podcast-transcripts/

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Series 5, Episode 5: Separate Demons

Season 5 · Episode 5

Monday, October 3, 2022 • Duration 20:25

Series 5, Episode 4: Études and Explorations

Season 5 · Episode 4

Monday, September 12, 2022 • Duration 18:05

Series 5, Episode 3: The Central Question

Season 5 · Episode 3

Monday, September 5, 2022 • Duration 19:20

Series 5, Episode 2: Advice to Self

Season 5 · Episode 2

Monday, August 29, 2022 • Duration 15:50

Declan and Nick think about advice they give to themselves when they are making a play, and the problem of letting yourself get in the way of the work. Even after four decades of rehearsing, they keep making notes to self.

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Series 5, Episode 1: Verse and the Big Lie

Season 5 · Episode 1

Thursday, August 18, 2022 • Duration 21:26

Series 4, Episode 12: Time

Season 4 · Episode 12

Monday, June 6, 2022 • Duration 15:49

Time is never the character’s friend - but this makes it useful to the actor. In this episode, Declan chats to Lucie about time in Shakespeare’s texts, and how there is never enough of it. He emphasises the importance of liveness in theatre, and the interconnectedness this creates.

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Series 4, Episode 11: Treacherous Exercises

Season 4 · Episode 11

Friday, May 27, 2022 • Duration 17:00

Declan talks to Lucie about a question he can’t stand: can he share the exercises he uses in the rehearsal room? He urges directors to ask not for a technique, but for what they’re trying to achieve, and talks about how he himself is constantly observing in order to become more attentive to the needs of the actor.

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Series 4, Episode 10: Flow

Season 4 · Episode 10

Monday, May 23, 2022 • Duration 13:05

Lucie talks to Declan about his favourite word in the rehearsal room: Flow. Flow is like love, like a football match, like a good evening spent with friends. For actors, flow is being a part of the living thing on the stage, and focusing what’s outside and within you.

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Series 4, Episode 9: The Art of Forgetting Things

Season 4 · Episode 9

Monday, May 16, 2022 • Duration 13:31

Declan presents an unusual piece of advice to actors: forget things. He talks to Lucie about how this allows the actor to be truly present as the character on stage, trusting what they need will be there when they need it.

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Series 4, Episode 8: Imposter Syndrome

Season 4 · Episode 8

Tuesday, May 3, 2022 • Duration 19:25

Imposter syndrome is another longstanding problem that most actors face. For Declan, however, it is not unique to actors: the characters of Shakespeare’s plays all go through these same feelings. In this episode, Declan talks to Lucie about how the relationship between the actor and Shakespeare’s texts should be equal, and how those characters also go through their own insecurities

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