Charlotte returns to The Winter’s Tale for Worthing Shakespeare

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Charlotte Touboulic makes her debut with Rainbow Shakespeare in Worthing’s Highdown Gardens, returning to the role of Hermione in The Winter’s Tale from Tuesday, July 16-Sunday July, 21, a role she first played at drama school.

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00:00Good morning, my name is Phil Hewitt, Group Arts Editor at Sussex Newspapers. Now, everyone

00:06knows one of the great highlights of a worthy summer is Rainbow Shakespeare in Highdown

00:11Gardens this year. It's Midsummer Night's Dream from July the 9th to the 14th, then

00:16The Winter's Tale, July the 16th to July the 21st. And now in The Winter's Tale is Charlotte

00:24Dubilich. Now, you are playing Hermione and this is your first time in Rainbow Shakespeare,

00:30but not your first time in that role. You've done Hermione before, haven't you?

00:35Yes, I was Hermione at drama school for our Shakespeare play, but not done in such a way

00:44that we're doing it with Rainbow Shakespeare. There's definitely much more happening being

00:49outside is adding to that as well. So it's really joyful to be able to explore her even

00:55more and get deeper into her character. And you were saying last time, it was a

00:58cut down version, which potentially trips you up this time, because you've got a whole of it.

01:06Yes, it had to be, I believe, 40 minutes before. So it was quite condensed. So my brain goes,

01:13oh, I know that line. And then the rest of the monologue, it goes, oh, that's new.

01:17I've been trying to learn that. And it sounds like you love the character.

01:21She's a really appealing person to play, isn't she?

01:25Absolutely. She was always on my bucket list. I was over the moon.

01:30And I like buses twice in four years. Yeah, which is absolutely just joyful to know.

01:37She's a powerhouse of a character. Tell me more what makes her so appealing to you.

01:42It's just her truth and integrity. She knows exactly who she is. And she's got nothing to

01:49hide. She's got nothing to be ashamed about. And she's funny, she's witty. And then when she's

01:55wronged, she stands gracefully and truthfully and stands on the side of justice.

02:02Fantastic. And there was a lovely fluke in a way to you doing this, because you got to know about

02:08the company through your parents who are moving from London to the Worthing area.

02:13Yes. So my parents are finally retiring this year and they want to move to the seaside and

02:17they chose Worthing after a lot of looking. So then when I saw online that Rainbow Shakespeare

02:23in Worthing were looking for their summer season, I went, it's a sign. It's meant to be.

02:28You've got to do it every year, isn't it?

02:30Yes, exactly. My parents are so excited to be able to join in with something,

02:36community and meet people now that I'm here.

02:39And all your research tells you what a lovely gig it is you've got, hasn't it?

02:44Yeah, everyone has been so wonderful, so welcoming.

02:48We've already been off to the pub, then social, which has been lovely.

02:53Fantastic. Well, good luck in your first summer in Worthing, Charlotte.

02:57And lovely to speak to you. Thank you.

03:00Thank you.

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