Charity No: 1040576 Registered Office: Penlanole, Llanwrthwl, Nr. Llandrindod Wells, Powys, LD1 6NN
History/background:
Shakespeare Link was founded in 1992 by Artistic Directors Susanna Best and Philip Bowen, whose extensive professional experience in theatre includes years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the English Shakespeare Company, the Royal Opera House and the Old Vic. The Company has had charitable status since 1994.
Shakespeare Link has toured worldwide, enthralling audiences and students alike from Utah to the Philippines, and from Budapest to Singapore. The Company has enjoyed strong support from the British Council, and has been highly praised by overseas hosts, audiences, and press. Now based in mid- Wales we offer a quality resource for the local community and beyond.
Shakespeare Link was founded in 1992 by Artistic Directors Susanna Best and Philip Bowen, whose extensive professional experience in theatre includes years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the English Shakespeare Company, the Royal Opera House and the Old Vic. The Company has had charitable status since 1994.
Shakespeare Link has toured worldwide, enthralling audiences and students alike from Utah to the Philippines, and from Budapest to Singapore. The Company has enjoyed strong support from the British Council, and has been highly praised by overseas hosts, audiences, and press. Now based in mid- Wales we offer a quality resource for the local community and beyond.
Our work is flexible and client-led and adapts to the needs of a diverse range of students and teachers, using the medium of Shakespeare to bridge gaps of language and cultural difference, with exceptional results. Our focus now is on broad based community work and we welcome new audiences as well as the contacts and friends we have made at home and abroad to the Living Willow Theatre.
Susanna Best MA, DL
Sue read English at Cambridge then sailed the Atlantic in a 22ft Westerly before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has worked variously as actor, writer, director and teacher for the RSC, the English Shakespeare Company, The Apollo Society, the Royal Opera, the Old Vic and numerous other companies and projects. Television credits include Dr Who, the Famous Five, Sir Peter Hall's The Camomile Lawn, Kavanaugh Q.C and Rosemary and Thyme
Now based in Wales, Sue works freelance specialising in plays and projects in the community.
Sue read English at Cambridge then sailed the Atlantic in a 22ft Westerly before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has worked variously as actor, writer, director and teacher for the RSC, the English Shakespeare Company, The Apollo Society, the Royal Opera, the Old Vic and numerous other companies and projects. Television credits include Dr Who, the Famous Five, Sir Peter Hall's The Camomile Lawn, Kavanaugh Q.C and Rosemary and Thyme
Now based in Wales, Sue works freelance specialising in plays and projects in the community.
Philip Bowen
After studying at Southampton University, Philip trained as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy in London. Philip has spent much of his career playing in Shakespeare and the classics. Credits include: the title role in Michael Bogdanov's Hamlet at the Old Vic and 3 years touring South America, Canada and Australasia with Sir Michael Redgrave. He has performed internationally with The New Shakespeare Company, the English Shakespeare Company, The Oxford Stage Company and the London Shakespeare Group. He has worked on British Council tours to Africa, India, Asia, the USA, Europe and Scandinavia. London appearances include seasons at Her Majesty's, The Prince of Wales, The Arts Theatre, The Young Vic, The Old Vic and the Regents Park Open Air Theatre.
Television work includes the long running TV series Soldier Soldier, Eastenders, The Bill and The Man who made Husbands Jealous, Midsommer Murders and the Government Inspector.
After studying at Southampton University, Philip trained as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy in London. Philip has spent much of his career playing in Shakespeare and the classics. Credits include: the title role in Michael Bogdanov's Hamlet at the Old Vic and 3 years touring South America, Canada and Australasia with Sir Michael Redgrave. He has performed internationally with The New Shakespeare Company, the English Shakespeare Company, The Oxford Stage Company and the London Shakespeare Group. He has worked on British Council tours to Africa, India, Asia, the USA, Europe and Scandinavia. London appearances include seasons at Her Majesty's, The Prince of Wales, The Arts Theatre, The Young Vic, The Old Vic and the Regents Park Open Air Theatre.
Television work includes the long running TV series Soldier Soldier, Eastenders, The Bill and The Man who made Husbands Jealous, Midsommer Murders and the Government Inspector.
Kama Roberts
Kama recently trained as an actress at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. Roles have included the mad Mrs Rochester in After Mrs Rochester and Yelena in Uncle Vanya. She is currently working for Shakespeare Link as an administrator at the Living Willow Theatre.
Kama recently trained as an actress at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. Roles have included the mad Mrs Rochester in After Mrs Rochester and Yelena in Uncle Vanya. She is currently working for Shakespeare Link as an administrator at the Living Willow Theatre.
| Trustees: | M.T. Gibson-Watt - Chair, | Peter Cox, | Simon Fraser, | Mary Elster, | Emma Metcalf, | Dr Catrin Slater, | |
| Patron: | Miriam Margolyes |
Semele Xerri
After years spent as an information consultant and copywriter, Semele now runs her own business Triple Moon, where she works as a healer, psychic and spiritual teacher. She is currently the Shakespeare Link webmaster and copywriter as well as an enthusiastic actress, having played Portia in The Merchant of Venice at The Living Willow Theatre.
You can visit her website at www.triple-moon.co.uk.
After years spent as an information consultant and copywriter, Semele now runs her own business Triple Moon, where she works as a healer, psychic and spiritual teacher. She is currently the Shakespeare Link webmaster and copywriter as well as an enthusiastic actress, having played Portia in The Merchant of Venice at The Living Willow Theatre.
You can visit her website at www.triple-moon.co.uk.
