The individuals were given full rein, not only pitching, casting and directing, but in producing, marketing, fundraising and ultimately organising the festival itself.
BOXMAN – The Albany
Edwina Strobl directs Daniel Keene’s Boxman as part of the Stomping Ground Festival, a Young Director’s training programme set up by StoneCrabs Theatre Company. Weathers establishes his character before the performance begins, an invisible shadow on stage that the audience pass by to take their seats.
PASSING BY – The Albany
Chris Davis directs Martin Sherman’s Passing By as part of the Stomping Ground Festival, a Young Director’s training programme set up by StoneCrabs Theatre Company. Simon (Adrian Quinton) and Toby (Mike Evans) hook up one evening at a time when homosexuality was still unacceptable and met with ignorant anger.
WASTED – The Albany
Kapila directs Kate Tempest’s Wasted as part of the Stomping Ground Festival, a Young Director’s training programme set up by StoneCrabs Theatre Company. Charlotte (Chioma Anyanwu), Ted (Jack Boswell) and Danny (Ludovic Hughes) epitomise the latest generation of working professionals, a clash of worlds where each person feels trapped in their own situation.
THE END OF ALL MIRACLES – The Albany
Fernanda Mandagará directs Paulo Santoro’s The End Of All Miracles as part of the Stomping Ground Festival, a Young Director’s training programme set up by StoneCrabs Theatre Company. Santoro’s script on the face of it can be conceived as a serious piece of theatre.
COUNTING STARS – The Albany
Emily Marshall directs Atiha Sen Gupta’s Counting Stars as part of the Stomping Ground Festival, a Young Director’s training programme set up by StoneCrabs Theatre Company. The central characters both get jobs in a nightclub, one thankful to be in work whilst the other is dreaming of getting away and making more of his life.
THE SHAWL – The Albany
John (Alec Gray) is a charlatan, a sham. Convincing in his craft, but swindling Miss A (Nicola Peluso) out of her fortune nevertheless. Stricken with grief over the passing of her mother, she is desperate to make contact, seeking out John as a medium in the process.
News: StoneCrabs Theatre launches festival Kickstarter campaign
StoneCrabs Theatre has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for its 2017 Stomping Ground Festival.