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Selected Past Drama Department Productions & Projects

Undergraduate: MA Theatre Practice:
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PhD Performance Practice:

Date   Production Director/Facilitator Year Group
2009 June Julius Caesar Abby Rassette MA/MFA Staging Shakespeare
2009 June The Beautiful Machine Emily Kreider 1st Year
2009 June D.C.C.E.M.F.C.P.W.K.T.T.O.M.N.K. Natasha Lushetich 1st Year
2009 June Dead. Wait Lorraine Sutherland 1st Year
2009 June 13 Objects Sarah Goldingay 1st Year
2009 June Land of Upside Down Kelli Melson 1st Year
2009 May The Daily Extraordinary Pam Woods 1st Year
2009 February MFA Staging Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing - Tour of Devon Mick Mangan MA/MFA Staging Shakespeare
2009 February   Song Cabaret   All years
2008
December
<empty><empty> Marathon '08
36 hour durational performance
Phillip Zarrilli 2nd Years & MA/MFA Theatre Practice
2008
June
Romeo, Rosaline and Juliet Katie Shewen MFA Staging Shakespeare
2008
May
The Fever Kelli Melson 1st Year
2008
May
Atlas Fell Eric Hetzler 1st Year
2008
May
Exploring Preconceptions of Piracy Through the Historical Narrative Framework of Sir Francis Drake Jason Price 1st Year
2008
May
Research and Performance Natasha Lushetich 1st Year
2008
May
DOdgiNG BricKs Pam Woods 1st Year
2008
May
Bodas de Sangre Lorraine Sutherland 1st Year
2008
March
Fashionable Immigration Jason Price PhD in Performance Practice
2008
January
The Skriker Devon Higby 2nd Year Performer Training
2007 December

4:48 Psychosis

Phillip Zarrilli 2nd Years & MA/MFA Theatre Practice
2007
June
Caracalla Luke Beattie MFA Staging Shakespeare
2007
June
Diplomacy in Ironland Jason Price PhD in Performance Practice
2007
June
Richard III Michael Harding MFA Staging Shakespeare
2007
May
Research & Performance - Expressionism Eric Hetzler 1st Year
2007
May
Research & Performance - Dance Theatre Pam Woods 1st Year
2007
May
Research & Performance - TechnoFeminism Terri Power 1st Year
2007
May
The Big Smoke
Research & Performance - Documentary Theatre
Doug Hundley 1st Year
2007
May
Research & Performance - Performance Art Jessica Berson 1st Year
2007
May
Research & Performance - Biomechanics Kelli Melson 1st Year
2006 December Beckett Festival (Alexander Building) Les Read 2nd Years & MA/MFA Theatre Practice
2005 December Attempts on Her Life Phillip Zarrilli 2nd Years & MA/MFA Theatre Practice
2004 December

4:48 Psychosis

Phillip Zarrilli 2nd Years & MA/MFA Theatre Practice
2004 June Shakespeare's September Valerie Clayman Pye MFA Staging Shakespeare
2004 June Drag King Richard III Terri Power MFA Staging Shakespeare
2004 May The Elizabethan Jig Roger Clegg 1st Years
2004 May Prophesie of the Thirde Moone Chris Main 1st Years
2004 May The Wasteland Les Read 1st Years
2004 May Out of Time Kelli Melson 1st Years
2004 January The Bald Soprano Phillip Zarrilli 2nd Years & MA Theatre Practice
2003 June Ofelia Tomoyo Sato Various
2003 June A Winters Tale Chris Wellings / Kelly Jones Various
2003 June Lavinia's Dreams Sandra Maria Ortega Various
2003 June Warre is Helle Eric Levy Various
2003 June A Merrie New Jig Betwixt Kit and Pegge Roger Clegg Various
2003 June The Capulet Ball Kelli Melson Various
2003 June Othello Lee Ann Zahrt / Helen Leblique Various
2003 June Othello Simone Ellul Various
2003 May Julius Caesar Chris Main 1st Years
2002 December The Seen / Unseen Phillip Zarrilli 2nd Years & MA Theatre Practice
2002 June Shakespeare's Daughters Sherry Quaid Various
2002 June Metamorphosis Kelley Hughes Various
2002 May Richard II Christopher Clark Various
2002 March Hamlet Marcus Gregio Various
2001 December Eftermaele - That Which Comes After Phillip Zarrilli 1st Years & MA Theatre Practice
2001 February

Advent
Shakespeare and the Jig
Exeter Misguide
Bill Stanton / Martin Harvey
Lesley Wade / Roger Clegg
Stephen Hodge
1st Years
2000 December

Bacchae
The Government Inspector
The Water Station
Les Read
Jane Milling
Phillip Zarrilli
2nd Years
2000 May   The Merchant of Venice Clive Chafer (MFA) Various
1999 December

The Beggars Opera by John Gay
Grub Street Opera by Henry Fielding
There is no more firmament by Antonin Artaud
Bill Stanton / Steve Cockett
Bill Stanton / Steve Cockett
Stephen Hodge
2nd Years
1998 December

But Can She Bake A Cake
Fat Man
Hamlet
Deirdre Heddon
Stephen Hodge
Jane Milling
2nd Years
1998 May The Petersburg Hallucinations Phil Smith 1st Years
1998 February
The Roman Actor by Phillip Massinger
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
Graham Ley
Lesley Wade Soule/Don Soule
2nd Years
1997 December
Knight of the Burning Pestle by Francis Beaumont
now the day is over after Beckett
Peter Thomson
Stephen Hodge
2nd Years
1997 May Schubertiade Henry Mason
Christopher McCullough
1st Years
1997 February
The Vampire - Bride of the Isles by James Robinson Planche
Dracula by John Downie
Jane Milling
Christopher McCullough
2nd Years
1996 December
A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner
Yerma by Lorca
Lesley Wade
Les Read
2nd Years
1996 May The Fairy Queen by Purcell Martin Harvey 1st Years
1996 March Macbeth Christopher Main Various
1996 February Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss Christopher McCullough 2nd Years
1995 December The Beau Defeated by Mary Pix Jane Milling 2nd Years
1995 February The Mysteries Lesley Wade 2nd Years
1994 December The Oresteia by Aeschylus Leslie Read 2nd Years
1994 February Capricornia by Louis Nowra Peter Thomson 2C
1994 Attis (Catullus 63)
for the Classical Association Conference
Les Read 2nd Year
1993 December Epsom Downs by Howard Brenton Christopher McCullough 2S
1993 March Macbeth (European Tour) by William Shakespeare John Rudlin 2nd Year
1993 February Camino Real by Tennessee Williams John Rudlin 2C
1992 December A Mouthful of Birds by Caryl Churchill Christopher McCullough 2S
1992 February Fear and Misery in the Third Reich by Brecht Leslie Read 2C
1991 December The Childrens Hour by Lillian Hellman Peter Thomson 2S
1991 Noh Theatre Project John Rudlin 2nd years
1991 February Red Noses by Peter Barnes Glendyr Sacks 2S
1990 February To Damascus by Strindberg Les Read 2S
1989 December King Bigjob (Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry) trans.John Rudlin Christopher McCullough 2C
1989 March The Winters Tale
in Exeter and Cork
Leslie Read 2S
1989 February Tale of Two Cities adapted by James MacDonald Peter Thomson & Martin Sorrell -
1988 November Mr Puntilla & his man Matti by Brecht John Rudlin 2C
1988 March A Yorkshire Tragedy/The Old Wive's Tale Christopher McCullough 2C
1987 December Uranium 235 by Ewan McColl/Theatre Workshop Glendyr Sacks 2S
1987 February Female Transport by Steve Gooch John Rudlin 2S
1986 December Blood Wedding by Lorca Nicholas Sales 2C
1986 November As You Like It John Rudlin & Dorinda Hulton 3rd Year
Washington Singer Studio
1986 The Suppliants by Aeschylus John Rudlin  
1985 December Anowa by Ama Ata Aidoo Les Read  
1985 Vassa Zheleznova by Maxim Gorky
(and James MacDonald)
Peter Thomson  
1985 The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by Brecht Nick Sales  
1985 Andromaque by Racine Les Read  
1984 Mademoiselle Jaire by Ghelderode Les Read  
1983 The Screens by Genet Les Read  
1983 The Marriage of Figaro by Beaumarchais John Rudlin  
1983 Vinegar Tom by Caryl Churchill Peter Thomson  
1982 Monkey by John Rudlin
Northcott Theatre
Les Read  
1981 Women of Trachis by Sophocles Les Read  
1980 The Threepenny Opera by Brecht John Rudlin  
1980 The Balcony by Genet Les Read  
1979 Hecuba by Euripides Les Read  
1978 UG Parsifal, Glastonbury Festival Nick Sales  
1978 Il Campiello by Goldoni Peter Thomson  
1978 The Persians by Aeschylus Les Read  
1977 The New Chautaqua by Fred Gaines
at the Oxford Festival
Peter Thomson  
1977 Right You Are (If You Think So) by Pirandello John Rudlin  
1977 Gawain and the Green Knight
North Wales Community Tour
Les Read  
1976 Lysistrata by Aristophanes Les Read  
1976 Peer Gynt by Ibsen Nick Sales  
1975 The Devil's Law-Case by Webster
Northcott Theatre
Geoffrey Reeves  
1975 The Arthuriad
Minack Theatre
John Rudlin  
1975
June
The Magna Carta Show (adapted from Left-Handed Liberty by John Arden)
Tour, including Plymouth Arts Centre
Nick Sales  
1975 The Tender Husband by Steele Les Read  
1974 The Maids by Jean Genet - Northcott Theatre Geoffrey Reeves  
1974
March
Absurd!
An evening of short plays: 'The Chairs' and 'The Bald Soprano' by Ionesco, 'Fando and Lis' by Arrabal and other plays
Washington Singer
David Amitin  
1974 Babylon
Plymouth Arts Centre
Les Read  
1974
June
Tales in Action (theatre-in-education)
Thornlea, Washington Singer
Geoffrey Reeves, Nick Sales, Phillippa ?  
1974
January
Lear's Daughters
Washington Singer Studio
John Rudlin  
1973
December
A Dream Play by Strindberg Les Read  
1973 Noh Theatre Project
Washington Singer Studio
John Rudlin  
1973 Phedre by Racine John Rudlin  
1973
June
'The Arabian Nights' Entertainments
Cardiff Open Air Theatre
Les Read  
1972 The Power of Darkness by Tolstoy Les Read  
1971 Uncle Vanya by Chekhov Les Read