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...
Read moreWhy StoneCrabs’ Training for Young Directors is Important and how YOU can Help!
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...
Read moreCreating equality takes work
Throughout 2015, we’ve heard and read a lot about the current lack of opportunities in Theatre and Arts for those of working class and BAME backgrounds (Black, Asian, and minority ethnic, an acronym used to refer to members of non-white...
Read moreConnecting Stage Directors with sound
by Rebecca Gwyther As an essential part of the StoneCrabs Young Directors Programme we are introduced to industry professionals, providing us with talks and workshops that will help us with our knowledge of the industry and our job as a director...
Read more5 useful Q&A’s about the Young Directors Training Programme
1) Is there an age limit on joining the Young Directors Training Programme? No. The Young Directors Training Programme was created to facilitate the development of theatre directors in the very early stages of their career, at whatever age. We...
Read moreMaking a theatre trailer
Theatre trailers have been around for quite a few years now and with social media being very much a part of our culture it is vital that your marketing team has as much online content they possibly can. When I first started making theatre...
Read moreStepping stones
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. – Pablo Picasso In the last year, since graduating from my directors training programme, I’ve discovered more about my identity, interests and ambitions as a...
Read moreTheatre beyond borders
Paulette Randall has recently “claimed that she felt “pigeonholed” because people expect her to only direct black work. She admitted she feared not getting jobs if she suggested directing non-black work. And I fully appreciate where she is coming...
Read moreDirecting Theatre
Ultimately, theatre needs three elements: actors, play, and audience. But for theatre to actualize its potential, a person would need to impose his or her point of view that would penetrate all aspects of the production. That person is the...
Read moreStriving for inclusiveness
Our Young Director Matthew Illife has written a brilliant piece for A Younger Theatre and we, the Gobstoppers Collective continue with our training and up to more planning and preparation for the Festival. The Young Directors festival will be the...
Read moreStoneCrabs Young Directors, 12 Days of Directors: Day 12-Artur.
What does theatre mean to you? Theatre is a place as we know involves a lot of hard work but when the show begins just became a magical place where every single second is unique. Why did you want to become a director? My aim as a Director is try...
Read moreStoneCrabs Young Directors, 12 Days of Directors: Day 11-Camilla.
Tell us about your play in 3 sentence. It sounds like the Pulp album This is Hardcore, only if Jarvis Cocker had been on even more cocaine. It feels like the centre of a tornado, where sometimes you’re getting blown around all over the...
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