My fascination with the theatre and the acting job brings me to virtually meet interesting, fascinating people from time to time and I can't resist the temptation to discover more about their world. This is why I have invited Antonia and Noel Byrne, The Box Tale Soup, to tell us about their experience and everyday life as actors. Their new show, Casting the Runes, is going to debut soon and they are really busy with the rehearsals. They have accepted anyway to answer my questions and I thank them heartily.
What is the history of your Box Tale Soup Productions?
Antonia - Noel and I met performing together in 2009 (we were playing
Romeo and Juliet!) and after a while doing freelance acting work for theatre
and television, we realised what we really wanted to do was make our own
theatre. We decided, first of all, that we wanted our shows to be extremely
portable, so that we might turn up almost anywhere and be able to perform. The
first item we purchased, therefore, was a vintage trunk (seen in Northanger
Abbey) and we decided that all the props, costume and set we used in the show
had to fit inside it. We chose Northanger Abbey, as it's one of Antonia's
favourites, and then everything else, including the decision to use puppets,
flowed on from there. We now have three productions, Northanger Abbey, Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland and our newest, Casting the Runes.