FURTHER READING:
"In what way is the spoken poetry different from the spoken prose?" The $64,000 question. Illyria's Artistic Director Oliver Gray's paper: "Speed and Rhythm in the Speaking of Iambic Pentameter", first published in Standard Speech, editor Rocco Dal Vera (2000)
"Illyria's five actors are the direct heirs of Shakespeare's wandering players." Dr Reavley Gair, Professor of English, University of New Brunswick, discusses Illyria's performance style (1996)
"Rain stops play? Not when Britain's open-air theatres go on the road." So you think want to go on tour with the UK's top open-air touring company? Martin Tomms helps you think it through…
"I have nothing against the meaning of life. I've just never liked theatre which disappears up its own metaphor" Illyria's Artistic Director on the company's 10th anniversary in 2001 reveals the hows and whys of Illyria's existence
"Rather than digging for sinister hidden meanings, or relying upon the beleaguered feministic "play" on cross dressing and gender roles, Illyria engages cheerfully with the text as a form of entertainment." Munira Mirza from Culture Wars interviews Oliver Gray during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 1999. Click here.
"It takes a certain type of person to work in open air theatre."
BT Welsh Feature Writer of the Year, Jill Tunstall, takes a behind-the-scenes look at Illyria.(2001) Click here.
"Illyria was formed ten years ago because Gray wanted what he calls "a little insanity" in his life." KEVIN BERRY meets Illyria's dedicated artistic director. (First published in THE STAGE, 10 May 2001)