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What would you do if ever your child was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness?
When a mother wrote her first anonymous letters to her
teenage son to cheer him up and help him deal with his incurable illness,
little did she know that 60,000 kids today would be similarly helped to deal
with living with death. This is her story.
An interactive shadow theatre installation combining moving image and shadow theatre, based on a vibrant text by award-winning author Eley Williams (Premiered October 2011)
Ritual Theatre Project An exploration which combines contemporary shadow theatre and theatre in the round
The 'Nightmare' Project
A family show which explores a mix of traditional theatre and contemporary shadow theatre to explore the dark world of dreams and nightmares
The Medusa Project
A reworking of the classic myth of Medusa which takes contemporary shadow theatre techniques to their limits
An investigation of the meaning of light/fair and dark/black with particular reference to Shakespeare's output
Just So
"Once upon a time, O best beloved ..."
Tales from Rudyard Kipling retold in contemporary shadow theatre format
The Rose of Sharon
"Comfort me with apples, for I am sick of love ..."
A dialogue between music theatre and shadow theatre inspired by The Song of Solomon and cultural references to it in history
The Affectionate Shepherd
"My love is great, and yet I am forlorne."
A poetic shadow theatre dramatisation of Richard Barnfield's 17th Century lyrical lament of love with incidental music
Brave Marin
A short abstracted shadow theatre dramatisation of a French folk song, in a classic interpretation by Nana Mouskouri (subject to rights clearance)
Kassia: The Love Story of a Byzantine Abbess (Stage 2 Development)
"I hate the rich man moaning as if he were poor."
One of the most beautiful women in Constantinople in the first half of the 9th Century. Kassia took part in a Cinderella-type beauty parade and almost got to win the hand of the Emperor Theophilus, but at the last minute, she was betrayed by her intelligence. Not in a position to rule over an empire, she pulled herself together and decided to set up her own. She founded a convent, which became a centre of literature and learning to which Theophilus found himself drawn irresistibly ... the story of their unrequited love still sung within the Orthodox liturgy in Holy Week to this day.
A powerful and innovative shadow theatre retelling with moving music from the Orthodox tradition combined with rich poetic retelling of stories from the bible inspired by Byzantine art and literature bring this haunting story to life once more to celebrate the enduring power of love across the ages.
A workshop performance of Kassia took place at The Blue Elephant Theatre, Camberwell in March 2010.
New Commission
ShadowStage Productions will be commissioning a piece of new writing for the Contemporary Shadow Theatre form from talented young writer Terence Steinberg
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