Welcome, everyone, to Season 4, Episode 6 of A Teenager’s Take on Shakespeare!

In this episode, I chat with Olga Blagodatskih about her work in the Moscow Shake-scene, the way she approaches Shakespeare’s texts and how small roles can have a big impact.

Olga Blagodatskikh is a bilingual actor, voice-over artist, and educator. Passion for classical English theatre brought her to London to study Shakespeare at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where she played the French King in King John, Jacques in As You Like It and Lady Macbeth, and received the RADA Shakespeare Platinum Awards. Olga is founder and host of the international Shakespeare Play Reading Club, and co-founder of Shakespeare Theatre Lab Moscow. Her Shakespearean credits include Richard II and Romeo and Juliet with 60 Hour Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well with The Show Must Go Online and a great number of online productions played from cues only with Shake-scene Shakespeare company. Also, Olga has recently made her directorial debut on the Moscow stage with The Merchant of Venice.

You can find Olga on Instagram at @olga_blagod and on Facebook (just search Olga Blagodatskikh). You can also find Shakespeare Play Reading Club and Shakespeare Theatre Lab on Facebook.

Enjoy!