‘Juliet is every girl who’s desperate for love and thinks they’ve found it but it’s in the wrong place – gutted’

Can I not lie to you?” says Rebekah Murrell. Speaking about Juliet, Murrell describes her as “every girl… who’s desperate for love and thinks they’ve found it but it’s in the wrong place – gutted”. That scene with Paris is just absolutely hilarious: he’s serving up these things and she’s snatching them back.” open image in gallery Rebekah Murrell as Juliet in the Globe’s production In a recent interview with The Independent, disabled actor Amy Trigg pointed out that it’s institutions like the Globe and the RSC that are doing the work when it comes to casting actors with disabilities. I do genuinely believe that the average audience member goes to the theatre to try and experience something that makes them feel just a bit more human, and think about the world that we live in now.” Adomakoh Young agrees, adding: “Any decent production of Shakespeare now is doing a lot of work to make sure that anyone and everyone that comes to see it can access it.” open image in gallery ‘The reason we do these classics again and again is because they teach us something new’ The association of theatre with “risk” – a word both actors balk at – has reached fever pitch in the last year. “We’re just using old tools to tell them.” ‘Romeo and Juliet’ runs at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre until 24 July and the Globe Theatre until 17 October