Cheek by Jowl
Cheek by Jowl is an international theatre company founded in 1981 by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod. It produces and performs theatre in multiple languages around the world, and also creates film, podcast, and educational programming.www.cheekbyjowl.com
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Oct 20, 2026
Sophie FiennesGUEST
Really? Yeah, yeah, because I got a fellowship to look at the relationship between fiction and drama or nonfiction.
Sophie FiennesGUEST
And I'd known the productions of Cheek by Jowl.
Sophie FiennesGUEST
Declan and Nick very kindly let me sit in on the rehearsals of their production of Othello.
Sophie FiennesGUEST
And, of course, the process was so riveting.
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Sophie FiennesGUEST
So I went and did a foundation course and I started working.
Sophie FiennesGUEST
So I never feel that I really know anything and I'm always feeling that I need to learn.
Sophie FiennesGUEST
So, you know, when you're looking at Cheek by Jowl working with actors, it's a bit like, you know, pressing the elevator button and you're not going to go to the second or third floor.
Sophie FiennesGUEST
You've sort of gone right through the roof and you're in this really thrilling place of seeing and of responding.
Florence St LegerHOST
Mm.
Stacia KeoghGUEST
It makes you get more creative, so that's where you, in this country, you get people like Shared Experience and Cheek by Jowl and stuff like that-
Florence St LegerHOST
Yeah
Stacia KeoghGUEST
... where it's all physical theater.