During the COVID-19 lockdowns, to deal with isolation and lack of live theatre, we started gathering some of our favourite people every Tuesday & Saturday night to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown in.

All of our readings are available to enjoy as full videos on our YouTube page but we’re also releasing them in audio form so they can be accessed through your favourite podcast app.

For our fourth anniversary, the troupe reunited for a marathon reading of Shakespeare’s two-part history play Henry IV. Here’s part one of that reading.

The Cast of Henry IV (2024 Version)

Part 1

King Henry IV- Christopher Prentice

Prince Henry- Torey Urquhart

Falstaff- Steve Fisher

Mistress Quickly (“Hostess”)/ 1st Carrier/Carrier- Miriam B

Gadshill/”Thieves”/Francis/Servant- David Nelson

Bardolph/Westmoreland/ Messengers- Weldon Goree

Chamberlain/Vintner/Glendower- Rebbekah Vega-Romero

Sir Walter Blunt/1st Traveller/ Lancaster- Hilary Wartinger

Northumberland/Sir Michael- Elizabeth Morriss

Earl of Worcester- Marlo K Shaw

Hotspur- Gaby Grice

Poins- Mark Kreder

Mortimer/Peto/Earl of Douglas/Second Carrier- Nicole Love

Archbishop of York/Sheriff/ Vernon- Talley Gale

Ostler/Lady Percy- Laura Hubbard

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