The international symposium, The S Word: Stanislavski and the future of Acting, co-convened by Professor Bella Merlin (University of California Riverside) and Dr Paul Fryer (Rose Bruford College), will take place at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, Sidcup, UK, between Friday 18th and Sunday 20th March 2016. We are very pleased to confirm […]
The Stanislavski Centre/Routledge Annual Lecture for 2016 will be the opening event of a major international symposium - The S Word: Stanislavski and the future of Acting. The symposium will take place between 18th and 20th March 2016, and the annual lecture will be given on Friday 18th at 19.00. Full details of the symposium, […]
The new edition of Stanislavski Studies: Practice, Legacy and Contemporary Theater, issue 3.1, is now available from the Taylor and Francis online website. The journal is available as both a print and an electronic publication. Follow this link directly to the new issue: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfst20/current Issue 3.1 contents “The exodus of The Group of Prague, […]
We are very pleased to announce that Professor Malaev Babel has joined the Advisory Board of the Centre. Acknowledged as a major authority on the work of the actor and director Yevgeny Vakhtangov, who joined Stanislavski’s company in 1911, and later ran his own studio, Professor Malaev Babel’s major publications include the two […]
On Monday 18th May, as part of our series of events exploring the role of the drector in 21st century theatre, The Stanislavski Centre welcomed Professor Vladimir Mirodan, Research Leader ,Drama and Performance at Drama Centre, London, and Chair of the Directors Guild of Great Britain Trust, who gave a presentation under the title, Who […]
The Stanislavski Centre presents Contemporary Directions The distinguished British director, Mike Alfreds talks about his work Tuesday 5th May, 18.00 to 19.30 Room C118 Described by Ian McKellen as one of the three best directors in the country. Mike Alfreds is a true master of the ensemble. Born in London in […]
The Stanislavski Centre is very pleased to announce an important new development for our Contemporary Directions project. This unique project, which explores the changing role of the director in 21st century theatre will be re-launched this Summer with the first of a series of new events – the distinguished British director, Mike Alfreds […]
FROM STANISLAVSKI TO TODAY: A GENEALOGY OF ANALYSIS THROUGH ACTION, 1935-2015. Professor David Chambers Professor of Directing, Yale School of Drama The Rose Theatre, Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance Wednesday 15th April 19.00-20:30 This lecture, accompanied by archival photos, films and videos will trace the lineage of Analysis Through Action from […]
Samuel Drake, Early American Theatre Pioneer Prof. Anthony Haigh (Centre College, Kentucky) Monday 23rd February, 18.30 to 20.00 Room C 118, Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, Sidcup DA15 9DF. Samuel Drake was an English Actor-Manager who created the first permanent, professional theatre in the American West. He was born into the era […]
Professor Jonathan Pitches, Professor of Theatre and Performance at The University of Leeds (UK) has agreed to join the Stanislavski Centre’s Advisory Board. In the past, Professor Pitches has spoken at the Centre on the work of Michael Chekhov, and gave a presentation about his book, Russians in Britain, as part of the Stanislavski on Stage […]