Robots Join Actors Onstage - 2008
Osaka University
Osaka, Japan
This short experimental piece is a story about a robot maid who has lost her "drive" to work. Two robots, created by Mitsubishi and programmed by Osaka University, join the stage with two human actors in a 20 minute original work by Japanese playwright Oriza Hirata. This technologically advanced play is currently in workshop to be produced into a full-scale production.
Cinderella - 2011
The Pit
London, England
Shona Reppe is the storyteller and puppeteer in this new twist of a childhood favorite. This unique puppet show mixes traditional and contemporary puppet styles, with wonderful special effects such secret drawers, trap doors, and even little bit of magic. This family friendly spectacle just closed at the renowned Barbican Theatre Festival in London.
Circus Salome - 2010
Hip Pocket Theatre
Fort Worth, TX
Based on Oscar Wilde's "Salome," the Hip Pocket Theatre takes a different spin, setting everything in an erotic circus. Herod becomes our vile Ringmaster, lusting after the aeralist, Salome, his stepdaughter. Not intended for young audiences, "Circus Salome" is the grotesque adaptation of Wilde's already provocative piece, weaving a tale of excess, lust, power.
Macbeth - 2010
The Other Theatre
Quebec, Canada
"The Other Theatre is dedicated to the performance of socially relevant work, in the form of adaptations, installations, theatre texts, and collectively written material."
And that is certainly what they did with the Scottish play, setting it in French and Haitian Creole. With an entire black cast, this innovative theatre company takes a well known play and renews and gives new meaning to Shakespeare's text.
"Carillon. A Timetravel." - 2008
Giant Street Theatre Company
Sziget Festival
Budapest, Hungary
This spectacular performance is set between earth and sky, having three eighty meters high scaffolds that have moving structures. The gigantic floating scenery and the dancing acrobats are maneuvred by hydraulic cranes complete with the choreography, giving the audience a 3D 360-degree performance. The narrative structure of the show is performed by of Walter Maestosi who tells a story of the changing of the four seasons which symbolze of the different ages of life and how they determine our fate.
Sziget Festival
Budapest, Hungary
This spectacular performance is set between earth and sky, having three eighty meters high scaffolds that have moving structures. The gigantic floating scenery and the dancing acrobats are maneuvred by hydraulic cranes complete with the choreography, giving the audience a 3D 360-degree performance. The narrative structure of the show is performed by of Walter Maestosi who tells a story of the changing of the four seasons which symbolze of the different ages of life and how they determine our fate.
The Middle Place - 2011
Berkeley Street Theatre - Canadian Stage Company
Toronto, Canada
Theatre meets documentary. Known as “verbatim theatre,” "The Middle Place" is the result of a partnership between playwright Andrew Kushnir and the residents of a homeless shelter for youth. As part of Project: Humanity, playwrights and artists wanted to shed light on the issue of homelessness through a play based on the stories of several young people. Youth Without Shelter (YWS) is a referral agency and an emergency residence for youth. So, after a series of interviews, this play was developed into an hour-long stage show with Kushnir in the role of largely unseen inquisitor, and the other four cast members portraying 16 homeless youth living at the YWS facility and four of the caseworkers employed there. On a technical note, the whole show takes place on this illuminated floor as if the actors on are a microscope slide, being examined by Kushnir and by the audience as well.
Toronto, Canada
Theatre meets documentary. Known as “verbatim theatre,” "The Middle Place" is the result of a partnership between playwright Andrew Kushnir and the residents of a homeless shelter for youth. As part of Project: Humanity, playwrights and artists wanted to shed light on the issue of homelessness through a play based on the stories of several young people. Youth Without Shelter (YWS) is a referral agency and an emergency residence for youth. So, after a series of interviews, this play was developed into an hour-long stage show with Kushnir in the role of largely unseen inquisitor, and the other four cast members portraying 16 homeless youth living at the YWS facility and four of the caseworkers employed there. On a technical note, the whole show takes place on this illuminated floor as if the actors on are a microscope slide, being examined by Kushnir and by the audience as well.
La Machine's Giant Spiders - 2008
London, England
Built by the French company La Machine, this 50ft 37-ton mechanical spider was perched on the side of a Liverpool office building as part of street theatre piece lasting five days. As the start of the Capital of Culture Festival, the beast would descend the building and begin roaming the city.
Imogen - 2010
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
Fort Smith, AR
An original play written by director Bob Stevenson, Imogen is tale of a young woman who on the verge of college graduation finds she has been living her whole life how others want her to. Over the course of the play, she loses loved ones and opportunities, but along the way, finds the courage to make her own choices. Filled with an original score, Imogen was visually stunning with trapeze work and martial arts and a very interesting new work.
Hotel Medea - 2009
Arcola Theatre
London, England
From the beginning, the audience is thrown deeply into the experience. The begins at midnight and each audience member is quesitoned individually as to whether or not the intended to steal the golden fleece, and if you said yes, you have to wait outside in the cold for longer. The story is told in three parts with several intermissions. The play begins with the intense atmosphere of a market, with audience members being swept up by stall holders and then changes into a chaotic wedding feast. Then the second part of the story is told three times, allowing the audience to experience the same scene from three different perspectives. Hotel Medea is a unique experience, but not recommended for those who dread being touched or cringe at with full nudity, including a pregnant woman. The show also lasted about seven and a half hours.
The Railway Children - 2010
York Theatre Royal
London, England
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