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Three drama school productions highlight the appeal for established names in sharing passion projects with actors flexing their performance muscles

‘Strap in, lads.” The Scottish playwright Stef Smith is giving the cast some new lines for her contemporary version of Antigone. People sharpen their pencils, grab their rehearsal scripts. For most of the actors it’s their first experience of working with a living writer. These final-year students at Guildhall School of Music and Drama are preparing the ambitious new text, one of several big shows designed to flex their performance muscles, often with prominent directors.

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