DIRECTOR’S PERSPECTIVE

Andrew Visnevski writes …

When working with William Trotter I never cease to learn.  He is a collaborator and an enabler, and his specialised voice teaching adds a new perspective to every production he is involved with.

His work with the actors contributes to the overall impact of the performance and enhances the individual contribution of the performers.  It also, most importantly,
consolidates the style of the play in the way the text is revealed through vocal expression.

William Trotter energises, instructs, and motivates the performers through text and sound. He collaborates with the director on the development of characterisation by providing the right emphasis on the language and idiom of the role.  He develops sensitivity to the demands of language and style, and enables us to fulfil the dramatic and stylistic demands made upon both director and performer, embodying the language and giving it physical expression.

Andrew Visnevski’s production of Romeo and Juliet at the Young Vic was the play’s first multi-racial production, and he has directed at the National Theatre of Greece, in Warsaw and in Holland.  He founded and for twenty-five years directed the Cherub Company, presenting award-wining and innovative productions of the classics and translations in the UK and elsewhere.  In 2000, in recognition of his services to the arts, he was made a member of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences.