If you’re searching for someone who lives and breathes Shakespeare’s verse, Colin David Reese might just be your guru. He’s an actor, director, translator — and deeply curious Shakespeare-lover — whose career is built on making the Bard’s words come alive. Growing up in London, Colin was exposed to performance from his earliest days: his father was a radio actor, and Colin himself trod the boards as a child. 

As he matured, he trained formally at Webber Douglas Academy, before heading to France to learn physical theatre under Jacques Lecoq — a move that profoundly shaped his approach to dramatic text.
Throughout his career, Colin has appeared in a broad variety of theatre productions. One standout is his role in Sweet Bird of Youth, directed by Harold Pinter. He also established his own company, La Compagnie du Cèdre, to produce his original work — among them A Gift to the Future, a show deeply rooted in the world of Shakespeare and his players.

His best-known project, Shakespeare Unbound, is a one-man theatrical exploration into the making of the First Folio. Through this show, Colin David Reese unpicks history, performance practice, and the actor’s relationship with Shakespeare’s texts, offering audiences a compelling insight into how his legacy was preserved and understood by his contemporaries.

Colin also runs workshops for actors. In these sessions, he teaches a method that integrates textual analysis, verse rhythm, breathing techniques, articulation, and physical movement. He encourages participants to work with facsimiles of original Folio pages, explore cue-scripts, and reconnect with the way Shakespeare’s actors would have worked on stage. His style is rigorous yet playful, scholarly yet very much grounded in human experience. For actors, students or fans, Colin David Reese provides a pathway to engage with Shakespeare in a way that feels alive, practical and deeply rewarding.

Colin on LinkedIn: 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-david-reese-the-shakespeare-guy✒%EF%B8%8F📃🎭-23a32257/

Colin on State of Shakespeare: 
https://stateofshakespeare.com/?page_id=1984

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