The programme and festival will return in 2024. After peer consultation, and as a result of the current decline in funding for theatre projects, we have had to make the difficult decision to move the ‘Directors In Practice Programme’ to 2024...
Read morePlaydoh: Young Directors Festival 2021
We are delighted to announce our Young Director’s Festival, Playdoh, which will take place from 14th – 18th September 2021 LIVE at Southwark Playhouse and ONLINE. In March 2020, just a month before the festival was scheduled, we were forced...
Read moreYoung Directors 2016-2017 (Stomping Ground)
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...
Read moreSCYD 2015-2016(Headways)
Our 2015 Young Directors are Hanley Quintrell, Rebecca Gwyther, Ria Samartzi, Devan Wells, Jesse HaughtonShaw, KatieAnn Mc Donough, Olorunfemi Fagunwa, Tom Ward and Alejandro Franco. Together they formed the Headways Collective and produced an...
Read moreGobstoppers – Stonecrabs Young Directors’ Festival
Our 2014 Young Directors are Caitlin Heaton, Sigvi Johansen, Tristan FynnAiduenu, Chloe France, Laura Remmler, Hannah Sharkey, Matthew Iliffe, Camilla Borges, Artur Assis, Jennifer Iswara, Kwaku KyeiManu and Sian Davila. Together they formed...
Read moreSCYD 2013-2014 (Playground and Playground 2)
Our 2013 Young Directors are Camilla Gurtler; Jude Evans; Katharina Reinthaller; Eleanor Chadwick, Mariana Pereira, Lynette Linton, Emma Dennis-Edwards, Anthony Nyagah and Hattie Coupe, together they produced Play-ground, a festival of scratch...
Read moreSCYD 2011-2012 (Playthings)
Our 2011 Young Directors are Lucy Atkinson, Silvia Ayguade, Charlotte Beynon, Natasha Campell, Ferghal Crowley, Julia Maxfield, Norman Murray, Helena Rice and Andrew Root together they produced PlayThings Festival Julia Maxfield directed A...
Read moreSCYD 2006-2007 (StoneCrabs Young Directors Festival)
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...
Read moreSCYD 2007-2008 (Stop!)
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...
Read moreSCYD 2008-2009 (Makers of Theatre & 00:13)
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...
Read moreSCYD 2009-2010 (Changing Direction)
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...
Read moreSCYD 2010-2011 (Shouts & Murmurs)
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...
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