Interview with Ben Crystal, SNP associate artist and independent author/actor/creative producer/theatre practitioner

In this interview, Ben Crystal talks about his role as an SNP Associate Artist, contemporary Shakespearean theatre practice, and his recent production Lights On/Lights Off¸ in which a scene from every play in the First Folio was performed at the SNP over Shakespeare’s birthday weekend in April 2023. This was the first time the ‘end-on’ stage configuration had been used at the Cockpit Theatre, albeit with a temporary version of the frons scenae (scenic front) backing the stage.