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Our Lady of The Drowned / Senhora dos Afogados

Our Lady of The Drowned / Senhora dos Afogados

January 5, 2011 6319

The bourgeois house of the Drummond family is juxtaposed against the world of the dockyard brothels to reveal truths hidden for nineteen years. Misael Drummond’s buried past and the fate of his daughter, Moema, will only be resolved by the weight of her forbidden desires, and the revenge she seeks. Rodrigues’s work ranges from realism

Waltz # 6

Waltz # 6

January 5, 2011 5974

In an ethereal world haunted by the melody of Chopin’s Waltz No 6, a young woman is caught somewhere on the edges of death and dreams. Her detached and confusing memories are slowly revealed as the story throws the audience continually back and forth between innocence and disturbance. A detached and hollow world combined with

“Josephine; the Singer” based on Franz Kafka’s short story

“Josephine; the Singer” based on Franz Kafka’s short story

January 5, 2011 7703

Josephine knows how to create an enchanting atmosphere, and not only through her singing. Her fame appears to be an escape from a hopelessly laborious life yet even her charisma will not free her from the daily grind. When people refuse to exempt her from work, Josephine becomes silent. Josephine, The Singer, 2005 © Marian

Miss Julie

Miss Julie

January 5, 2011 5676

Miss Julie is the daughter of the count, a young woman rebelling against her standing in 1880s society. When Julie encounters Jean, her father’s footman during the midsummer party there is a spark of interest between Julie and Jean, who begins a class match of sexual and class politics that will obliterate all barriers between

Carlo Goldoni’s Arlechinno, A Servant Of Two Masters

Carlo Goldoni’s Arlechinno, A Servant Of Two Masters

January 5, 2011 6258

Arlechinno, a cunning servant, gets a lucky break finding himself engaged in the service of two masters. But can the wily Arlechinno manoeuvre the confusion to pull it off? Arlechinno, a cunning servant gets a lucky break when he finds himself engaged in the service of two Masters at the same time. Things begin to

Yukio Mishima’s “The Damask Drum”

Yukio Mishima’s “The Damask Drum”

January 5, 2011 7894

The tragic story of a caretaker/gardener who falls in love with a lawyer to whom he writes 101 letters. Unmoved by mere words, she sets him a challenge and the story draws to a close with heartbreaking consequences. He is a typical Mishima hero and his lines are simple and direct although his character is

Yukio Mishima’s “Sotoba Komachi”

Yukio Mishima’s “Sotoba Komachi”

January 5, 2011 7257

A 99 year-old bag lady haunts a twilit park full of lovers and is questioned by a drunken writer. She reveals that she was once a great beauty who was courted by a handsome captain. Although she is old, ugly and wrinkled, something makes the writer see Komachi as she once was; his vision transformed

The Country

The Country

January 5, 2011 5469

A fresh start at their country home is troubled by a young woman who Richard found by their roadside. The move to the countryside was not the clean break they both had imagined. Deep in the country, Richard has brought home a young woman whom he has found lying unconscious by their roadside. His wife

A Real Princess

A Real Princess

January 5, 2011 5815

On being told that it’s time she settles down and marries a Prince. Storytelling, song, dance and acrobatics! StoneCrabs presented a show full of visual excitement in which it’s multi-cultural, multi-skilled performers take you on a worldwide, whirlwind tour of fairy stories, and let you the audience decide the happy ending. Now who needs Cinderella?

Agua Viva

Agua Viva

January 5, 2011 5860

A supernatural trial. A spellbinding new drama which places you in a anonymous world where unseen forces hold the power over life and death. Agua Viva is a story steeped in the magical and mysterious atmosphere of a ‘candomble’ ritual (African based Brazilian religion). Agua Viva explodes onto the stage, plunging you into a surreal

Stone Crabs, A Domestic Story Of Violence, Vitriol and Victory

Stone Crabs, A Domestic Story Of Violence, Vitriol and Victory

January 5, 2011 5325

Devised theatre piece that tells a simple but powerful and emotional story of a young couple in a spiral of hatred, violence and love. The text in English and Portuguese was scripted by Tereza Araujo, Franko Figueiredo and John Heyd and inspired by interviews with victims of domestic violence. In this intimate but powerful performance the

Biafra to England

November 10, 2010 2813

The Documentary BIAFRA TO ENGLAND is a culmination of StoneCrabs Theatre Company Odoya Nigeria! Heritage Project, supported by The Heritage Lottery Fund. The project involved in-depth reserach and oral history interviews carried out by a working group led by award-winning playwright Bola Agbaje. This Documentary presents these individual histories: professionals, skilled workers and immigrants leaving

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