Our next major event: Vakhtangov A Study Day “Vakhtangov showed us that everything can be brought together… very beautiful, very wonderful, very deep and very light …” (Michael Chekhov) Saturday 10th May, 10.00 to 16.00 at The Barn Theatre Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, Lamorbey Park, Sidcup, DA15 9DF. Yevgeny Vakhtangov (1883 – […]
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The Stanislavski Centre/Routledge annual lecture 2014
The Stanislavski Centre/Routledge annual lecture 2014 Marble bust, and feet of clay: Stanislavski’s reputation Professor Laurence Senelick Fletcher Professor of Drama and Oratory, Tufts University The Rose Theatre, Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance Friday 14th March, 19.00 Soviet culture turned Stanislavski into a national monument and his System into a rigid orthodoxy. […]
Stanislavski On Stage at Pushkin House Now Online
To mark the 150th anniversary of Stanislavski’s birth, The Stanislavski Centre and Pushkin House this year presented a new version of the Centre’s Stanislavski On Stage exhibition of photographs from early Moscow Art Theatre productions directed, produced and starring Stanislavski. The exhibition was first seen at the National Theatre in 2008. The Centre’s director, Dr […]
Stanislavski Studies issue # 3 now available online
Issue 3 of Stanislavski Studies is now available to purchase by download. This issue contains the following: Heleen Van Den BOSCH (Belgium): The Anatomy of a Psycho-Physical Technique Frederick MATERN (Canada): Stanislavski, Shpet and the art of lived experience Marie-Christine AUTANT-MATHIEU (ARIAS, Paris): For Stanislavski’s 150th Birthday: The Hermit of Leontiev Street Jeffrey KEILHOLTZ (USA): […]
New publications mark Stanislavski’s 150th anniversary
2013 has seen a wealth of major publications which in some way mark the 150th anniversary of Stanislavski’s birth. Members of the Advisory Board for both the Centre and for our ejournal, Stanislavski Studies have been prominent contributors. Sergei Tcherkasski’s new book, Stanislavski and Yoga, has been published in Russian in St Petersburg (SPBGATI, 2013). […]
Words Matter
Words Matter A series of workshops, lectures and master-classes at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, supported by The Stanislavski Centre. Wednesday 12th June, 14.00 - 17.00 (The Barn Theatre) Jakub Korcak (DAMU Theatre Academy, Prague) This workshop will focus on the rehearsal principles of Knebel, Efros and Vasiliev. After an introduction and warm […]
Directing Forum - June
Directing Forum. The Contemporary Directions project continues with the next in the series of debates exploring the role of the director in 21st century theatre. This is an open-ended sequence of discussions with theatre directors, focused on experiences and processes, with a view to exploring and mapping contemporary irecting practice. All sessions are FREE. The […]
A Chekhov/Pushkin double-bill
The Stanislavski Centre and Pushkin House present: A double-bill On the Harmfulness of Tobacco (Anton Chekhov) The Queen of Spades (Alexander Pushkin) @ Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2AT Wednesday 29th May, 19.30. A solo double-bill On the Harmfulness of Tobacco by Anton Chekhov and The Queen of Spades by Alexander […]
The Stanislavski Centre at Symposium 2013 - 2 special events.
As part of Rose Bruford College’s Symposium 2013 - Asking the Question, Questioning the answer The Stanislavski Centre is presenting the following events. Nocturne: Benjamin Britten Tony Palmer The award-winning director Tony Palmer, will introduce a special preview screening of his new film Nocturne, about the life and work of the composer Benjamin Britten, […]
Stanislavski Centre/Routledge Annual Lecture, 2013
As part of Rose Bruford College’s Symposium 2013 - Asking the Question, Questioning the answer The Stanislavski Centre presents The Stanislavski Centre/Routledge Annual lecture Professor Phillip Zarrilli The actor’s work on attention, awareness, imagination and ‘self’: toward a phenomenological account of acting process. Our annual lecture, sponsored by Routledge provides an opportunity for us […]