You know we love a little Q&A. Oh you weren’t privy? Well, now you are. For a little theatre trivia. At which London theatre did Joan Littlewood hone her craft?
Press and Publicity and All Those Other Embarrassing But Necessary Tropes
Posted: June 20, 2011 in Uncategorized
So we are delighted to announce Art Not Oil, London Rising Tide, People and Planet, International Tar Sands Network, Newcastle University, Greenpeace, Saint Leo University and many other wonderful groups are supporting us in this project. We look forward to expanding our network as we grow, and we love to meet new theatre-makers and artists. Really, we like to meet new interesting people in general. So–say hello!!!! Let us know about you, your work, your ethos, what makes you tick. WORD to your mother and all the rest of your liberated family.
Amazing author, librarian, archivist and filmmaker Nancy Boulicault will collaborate with us for the upcoming ‘We’re Gonna Make You Whole.’ The paintings from her Facing the Gulf documentary will form part of the set/installation for our production.
We write, direct, choreograph, sing, dance, act, film, research, write academic criticism and create site-specific installations. Driven by a strong social and environmental consciousness, we strive to create challenging, engaging and timely productions.
Meet the company directors!
Kara Peters
Kara Peters graduated with distinction from the Text and Performance MA at King’s College and RADA in 2009, following a certificate in Shakespeare from RADA, a Method Acting certificate from the Lee Strasberg Institute of New York, and an undergraduate degree in Theatre and French from Connecticut College. Her most notable acting roles include: Queen Elizabeth in Richard III, Helena in Alls Well that Ends Well, (RADA’s GBS Theatre), Dolores in Dolores by Edward Allan Baker, Angelique in Feydeau’s Ladies’ Man (Old Red Lion Theatre) and Cunegonde in Candide (Roundhouse, Camden Fringe). She also originated the role of Julia in the play Copito by Blake Cass, for the Midtown International Theatre Festival (NYC) for which she received five star reviews. She has a strong background in dance (jazz, ballet, street, contemporary) and physical theatre (Suzuki, corporeal mime, capeoira).
Kara has performed with Meredith Monk’s company (The House), worked closely with Robert Castle (acclaimed director of the International Theatre of New York), and interned with the Comedie Francaise in Paris.
In 2006, she also co-founded The Vagabond Theatre Ensemble (NYC), where she worked with Jeremy Bloom, a close colleague of Mary Zimmerman’s. For her final dissertation project at RADA, she adapted and directed Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice a few months prior to its UK premiere at the Young Vic. She has years of experience directing children of all ages and abilities, including those with special needs, in the performing arts, both in NYC and London. Last summer, she produced The Leaping Giraffe Company’s production of A Mid-Summer Dream’s Eve at the Troubadour for the Earls Court Festival, and this year she is collaborating as Research Assistant and Assistant director for TLGC’s promenade project Exhibitionists, which seeks to reference and revitalise the cultural heritage of Earls Court within its contemporary reality.
Sofia Apospori
Sofia Apospori works as a director, dramaturge and producer in the company. She holds a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies and an MA in Theatre (Applied Theatre) both of which were awarded by the University of London. She currently works towards the completion of her PhD research (thesis title: Space and Non-Visuality: Presentation and Representation within the Cycle of Cultural Consumption), which she has undertaken in the Department of Drama and Theatre Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London. Sofia is particularly interested in the mechanics of performance space- the ways in which it is constructed during the creative process and experienced/consumed by the audience during the theatrical event. As follows, she has conducted a number of practical experimentations on the theatrical form, aiming at combining effectively performance and installation art. Along with her academic and practical research, Sofia has been a Visiting Tutor in the Department of Drama and Theatre Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London. She has also devised and presented a few live art pieces and taken part in a number of applied theatre projects, whose context ranges from youth theatre to theatre in health and care and cultural heritage work.
Yasmine Van Wilt
Yasmine Van Wilt did her studied theatre and politics at Eckerd College in Florida where she was a member of the Honours Programme and graduated Summa Cum Laude. She did her MA Playwrighting at the University of Exeter and is currently undertaking a PhD in Playwrighting. Her first play, Subway Connection, was the 2001 Winner of the International Wordbridge Playwriting Award. Since My Last Confession was commissioned by First Draft Theatre Company and double-billed with Russel Brand; the production earned sell-out audiences and 5 star reviews at the Hen and Chickens Theatre, Inn on the Green, Bedford and Balham in 2006. Yasmine joined the Soho Theatre Young Writers programme in 2007; while training there she wrote Waiting for Smythe, which was produced in association with Lucky Dogs, Royal Court at the Tristan Bates Theatre to 4.5 star reviews and which won the Zeitgeist Short Play Competition. In 2008 her play Lorca, was noted by the Old Vic Theatre as a ‘Work of Merit.’ She toured internationally with her solo show ‘Dearly Departed’ and has performed her music at such venues at Cafe de Paris. Yasmine’s research with the University of Newcastle inspired the play ‘We’re Gonna Make You Whole.’
\’Facing the Gulf\’ a film made by our collaborator Nancy Boulicault
Facing the Gulf is a penetrating, inspired documentary film made by our talented collaborator Nancy Boulicault. Facing the Gulf chronicles one woman’s journey to link art with environmental activism–to bring portraits created by victims of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster to the global artistic community. A deeply moving film which explores solistalgia, or loss of homeland–it probes the question: ‘what can be done?’
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