SCYD 2006-2007 (StoneCrabs Young Directors Festival) November 9, 2010 1240 In 2006, we launched our Young Directors Training Programme. Our 2006 young directors are Bola Agbaje, Abdul Ali, Gael Le Cornec, Tamsin Curno, Richard Cussands, Simon Magnus and Paula Siu. Together they produced the first StoneCrabs Young Directors Festival at the Brockley Jack Theatre. Bola Agbaje directed Top dog/Under dog by Susan-Lori Parks Abdul Ali
SCYD 2007-2008 (Stop!) November 9, 2010 1307 Our 2007 Young Directors are Sophie Bradey, Beno Hill, Tomoko Kawamura, Zubia Masood, Darren Raymond, Gemma Rowan and Yarit Dor. Together they produced STOP! Sophie Bradey directed An Oak Tree by Tim Crouch Beno Hill directed The Room by Paul Brennen Tomoko Kawamura directed Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter Zubia Masood directed Dutchman by
SCYD 2008-2009 (Makers of Theatre & 00:13) November 9, 2010 1443 Our 2008 Young Directors are Lucy Dear, Victor Esses, Zee Faloon, Sandra Maturana, Erica Miller, Meziem Ndukwe, Natasha Nixon, Emma Playford, Leigh Tredger and Danusia Paluch. Ed Savyll joined the programme as our Technical Trainee. Lucy Dear directed Last thirteen minutes of your life, written by Rachel Barnett Victor Esses devised and directed Treatment &
SCYD 2009-2010 (Changing Direction) November 9, 2010 1938 2009 Young Directors were Joshua Azouz, Hammaad Choudry, Alex Crampton, Roisin Feeny, Rikki Henry, Christopher O’Donnell, Kola Oluwole and Tanja Pagnuco. Joshua Azouz directed Auto Da Fe by Tennessee Williams Hammaad Chaudry directed Drunk Enough to Say I Love You by Caryl Churchill Alex Crampton directed The Chalky White Substance by Tennessee Williams Roisin Feeny
SCYD 2010-2011 (Shouts & Murmurs) November 9, 2010 1435 Our 2010 Young Directors are Tinuke Craig, Kemi David, Helen Donnelly, Alexander J C Forni, Leonnie Rae Gasson, Sally Pembroke and Anthonette Slatton. They were given the opportunity to ‘take the reins’ of the Albany’s studio space, programming their own festival of work over three days and together they produced Shouts & Murmurs, a programme
Dialogues in Theatre 1 November 9, 2010 1484 Dialogues in Theatre 1 StoneCrabs collaborated with Vila Velha Theatre in Brazil in a series of workshops promoting the sharing of our skills, techniques and values. This was our first international collaboration with a Brazilian venue. The workshops led StoneCrabs & Vila Velha artists towards presenting a devised piece based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the
Dialogues in Theatre 2 November 9, 2010 1602 Dialogues in Theatre 2 StoneCrabs had the wonderful opportunity to run workshops in Tokyo for CaramelBox Theatre Company. Franko Figueiredo, Tereza Araujo and Kwong Loke spent a series of successful weeks in Tokyo working on this programme with Japanese actors. A rich dialogue, mutual learning and enhanced mutual respect were achieved. Ground covered by the
Dialogues in Theatre 3 November 9, 2010 1020 In 2008, StoneCrabs returned to Tokyo for another cultural exchange with CaramelBox Theatre. Tereza Araujo, Franko Figueiredo, Kwong Loke and Etsuko Shirasaka lead a series of workshops on Theatre of Images and Shakespeare which saw participants develop a greater understanding of StoneCrabs Techniques. As an end product the group performed a devised piece based on
Origens/Origins 2005 November 9, 2010 1435 Origens/Origins 2005 In 2005, StoneCrabs in association with the Embassy of Brazil in London presented ORIGENS/ORIGINS, a series of rehearsed readings whose aim was to breathe life into the translated works of international playwrights old and new. Origens/Origins 2005 brought work of Nelson Rodrigues to an English audience for its first time. Nelson Rodrigues is
Origens/Origins 2006 November 9, 2010 1454 Origens/Origins 2006 Origens/Origins 2006 brought to the UK three modern Brazilian Theatre Classics from three of the six playwrights who made up the NOVA DRAMATURGIA movement (Theatre of Resistance) in 1960s Brazil: Leilah Assunção, Antonio Bivar and the late Plinio Marcos. In the wake of the 1968 military state of siege the NOVOS DRAMATURGOS unable
Origens/Origins 2007 November 9, 2010 1574 ORIGENS/ORIGINS 200-7 Deadly Sins 200-7 Deadly Sins was our third consecutive year producing ORIGENS/ORIGINS Staged Readings Festival. StoneCrabs Theatre celebrated an exciting exchange and unification of dramaturgy of the Portuguese diaspora, encompassing works from Brazil, Portugal and Angola. The festival explored a psychological interpretation of the seven deadly sins within the dramaturgy of writers of
Origens/Origins 2010 November 9, 2010 1475 Origens/Origins 2010 – OFF THE WALL Earlier in 2010, amid the heavy economic climate of funding cuts, we pulled out all efforts to maintain our commitment in continuing to bring unknown international playwriting gems to the UK. After two years of research, we put together, a festival of staged readings of European Plays written to
