I’ve just come back from training with LISPA as part of the London International Mime Festival on the ‘Poetic Body’ and ‘Devising Theatre’. Amongst many inspiring moments, one statement stuck with me: “The Normal versus the Natural”. What’s the...
Read moreDirectors and the Transformation of the Acting Space
In looking forward to our coming Play.Ground Festival at the Albany in February, at a recent rehearsal, StoneCrabs’ 9 young directors talked about how directors use space. In a series of lectures entitled “The Empty Space: The Theatre Today”, the...
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ACTORS NEEDED FOR STONECRABS YOUNG DIRECTORS FESTIVAL – PAID StoneCrabs Theatre is looking for actors for Play-ground Scratch Festival. The scratch plays will be performed at the Albany Studio Theatre in Deptford over three evenings...
Read moreYoung Directors – What does it mean to be a director?
A director is like an architect… It is hard to begin to explain the kind of impact that StoneCrabs Young Directors Programme is having on all of us. After each session, we feel a mixture of exhaustion and bliss. The work itself develops at such a...
Read moreCreating Theatre Beyond Borders
The room is peppered with marker pens and flip-chart paper; we have been brainstorming lots of ideas throughout the week. There have been lots of questions and wonderful discussions about the future of StoneCrabs Theatre Company. It ‘s been over...
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