Video: Treasure Island (Utah Shakespeare Festival)
Opened three plays in as many days for the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 2017 season.
Stories that come with a video component.
Feature: An Act of God has God Taking The Stage
/in Directing, Features, Video /by admin“For 90 minutes I laughed continually. I wasn’t expecting to, but I certainly did.” -CBS4’s Critic at Large Greg Moody.
Video: Bard fest hosts reading of ‘translated’ ‘Henry VI’ plays
/in Directing, Features, Video /by adminDoug’s got a pretty light touch, so it still sounds like Shakespeare. We’re not saying, ‘Yo, dude!’ or anything,” Kent says. “I really think the goal is to create scripts that are a little less legwork for the actor and a little more accessible to the modern ear.
Review: No Tidy Resolution to CSF’s Troilus & Cressida
/in Acting, Fight Directing, Reviews, Video /by adminKent has great fun with Achilles… His charm and confidence warm the audience immediately, setting them up for chills later when less heroic and more vicious choices begin to be made.
Review: Cyrano Is Ahead by a Nose at Lone Tree Arts
/in Fight Directing, Reviews, Video /by adminWhile the scope is smaller, there’s still some exciting action. Since the Dairy Arts Center is being renovated, BETC is staging this show at the much larger Lone Tree. This allows for some terrific swordfights, staged by fightmeister Geoffrey Kent.
Video Feature: 5280 Magazine Fight Club
/in Features, Fight Directing, Video /by admin“Theater can be entertaining, surprising, and even gut-wrenching—but to be successful, all performances have to be believable. Meet Geoffrey Kent, one of the Denver Center Theatre Company’s primary fight directors, who orchestrates the swordplay and gun battles onstage.”
Video Feature: Shakespeare Festival’s Geoffrey Kent choreographes onstage fighting
/in Features, Fight Directing, Video /by adminOn Monday Kent will be honored by the Colorado Theatre Guild with a Henry Award for “Outstanding Fight Direction” during CTG’s annual awards ceremony in Denver. Kent is fight director for this summer’s Colorado Shakespeare Festival, including the production of “Romeo and Juliet,” in which he plays Mercutio.”