ASPHALT KISS January 19, 2019 1018 ASPHALT KISS AT OWL SPOT THEATRE TOKYO StoneCrabs joined forces with producer Ecco Shirasaka, One_Two Works Theatre Company and Owl Spot Theatre Japan to co-produce our 2012 stage hit Asphalt Kiss at Tokyo Stage, Dec 2017– Feb 2018 This revival was directed by Franko Figueiredo with a full Japanese cast and creatives, including Saki Toriumi
Winds of Change/Ashita No Kaze Vol 2 August 8, 2018 4599 Yellow Earth Theatre, StoneCrabs and One Two Works Winds of Change/Ashita No Kaze Vol 2 Japanese Contemporary Plays and Playwrights Festival Ashita No Kaze/Winds of Change volume 2 is an exciting Japanese contemporary plays and playwrights month-long festival coming to the UK this September, The festival presents plays by some of Japan’s most celebrated playwrights, The
‘Some Kind of Love Story’ June 20, 2018 4681 ‘Some Kind of Love Story’ by Arthur Miller This is StoneCrabs first theatre journey in our new home on the Isle of Wight, working with local artists. Inspired by the 1940s and 50s film noir genre, ‘Some Kind of Love Story’ is a dramatic gem by the writer famous for his celebrated plays such as
Interact UK-Japan June 19, 2018 2039 Since 2010 we have been developing a new partnership with Anemoi Programme and CaramelBox Theatre in Tokyo. Interact UK Japan 2018: StoneCrabs creative team returns to Tokyo in 2018 to further explore Shakespeare’s Dream through Image Theatre and the companies techniques employed by Franko Figueiredo and Kwong Loke to develop a world where play is at the centre of
Busu & The Damask Drum by Yukio Mishima July 3, 2017 5711 Busu & The Damask Drum by Yukio Mishima July / August 2017 Following Ashita No Kaze, our co-production with Yellow Earth Theatre last year, Busu & The Damask Drum project gives continuation to our international collaboration with artists and theatre companies from Japan and the British East Asian partners in the UK. This pilot project
Young Directors 2016-2017 (Stomping Ground) July 2, 2017 1335 Our 2016 Young Directors were Chris Davis, Luke Howarth, Beth Kapila, Sam Luffman, Fernanda Mandagara, Emily Marshall, Francine Morgan, Alex Prescott and Edwina Strobl. Together they formed the Stomping Ground Collective and produced an eclectic 3 night festival at the Albany, Deptford in March 2017. Chris Davis directed ‘Passing By’ by Martin Sherman
Young Directors Training Programme June 26, 2017 15094 Young Directors Training Programme The Programme StoneCrabs is a director-led company: its interest in nurturing new directors from all sectors of the community fuels this programme. Each year a small number of young directors go through training programme centred around production, project management and theatre directing. It introduces artistic and practical management tools for
Stomping Ground Festival February 13, 2017 959 StoneCrabs Young Directors proudly present ‘Stomping Ground’, a diverse and dynamic three-night festival exploring the human experience from all angles through the reimagining of 9 short plays. Expect an eclectic mix of storytelling, snapshots from around the world of shared experiences old and new, and untold secrets exposed. There are stories to excite and engage
Intercultural theatre: a melting pot of inspiration…. January 30, 2017 1392 Many well-known theatre practitioners have turned to other cultures for inspiration: from Antonin Artaud, who was particularly inspired by Balinese dance, to Bertolt Brecht, who was interested in China’s theatrical traditions; from Jerzy Grotowski, who drew upon a variety of rituals from cultures including Haitian and Balinese, to his student Eugenio Barba who now runs
Why StoneCrabs’ Training for Young Directors is Important and how YOU can Help! November 29, 2016 1369 There’s no straight road to becoming a theatre director. The route is winding, improvised, long, hard, unpaid and often without promise. It’s lonely – and most of the time completely terrifying – attempting, as a training director, to guide an entire team of artists without any guidance of your own. Training itself is additionally exceptionally
Ashita No Kaze / Winds of Change September 27, 2016 4908 Contemporary Japanese Plays and Playwright series After 10 years of delivering work in Japan, StoneCrabs Theatre Company has joined forces with Yellow Earth Theatre and Japan Foundation to present a new monthly series of events, to introduce to UK audiences the work of some of Japan’s most outstanding playwrights, all of which will be
Namibia, Não! Uk June 18, 2016 4434 Brazilian satire by Aldri Anunciação exploring the plight of two black Brazilians following a sudden government decree that all African descendants are to be repatriated to the land of their ancestors, their reaction and its consequences. This is an award winning piece of contemporary drama that will question our preconceived ideas about postcolonialism and our own sense of
