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John Leader

John Leader

Actor

Sep 19, 2026

2:24
Yeah, it's very knee-high stroke MRIs, isn't it? So what makes it that, do you think? What makes this a knee-high or MRIs production? I think,
2:35
firstly, Emma is an absolute...
2:40
the bill and and all like amazing creativity as a director and alongside that with like her amazing talent is also creating amazing rooms is bringing the right people into rooms and creating an ensemble and i think at its core is is a really strong ensemble both on stage off stage the creative team the backstage team the mris company themselves the cast it's a it's a true ensemble feat that I think that that begins in the rehearsal room that then by the time when it hits the stage it's so ingrained that ensemble that level of trust that level of care the sense of play that I think it then transcends to one stage and I think an audience feels that feels that in terms of I think it's really rare now to feel that level of ensemble throughout that's entwined and then that the style of what the Emma does in terms of it hits all marks doesn't it in terms of the movement the the acting the singing like amazing musicians are light and set like i think across the board it's just like everyone firing on all cylinders but also holding space for each other on stage and yeah i think that that's that's what's so magic about it and also with this that the real play between tragedy and humor And how they flip so quickly between the two and they live like entwined in life.
3:57
Right.
3:57
So it's a real joy.
3:59
It's a real joy.
5:55
What's it like to rehearse with Emma?
5:58
I think it's one of the sense of players is ingrained in everything that happens, I think, in the Emma Rice company.

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