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sound and fury

04Apr11

In a rage of rim-shots and raucous feedback, Kindle’s latest project The Furies launched itself at an unsuspecting mac audience on saturday night. A work-in-progress, the Furies was an ambitious undertaking; a re-invention of the Furies myth(via Aeschlyus’s Oresteia), with the Kindles’ rendering their tribal alter-egos as a glammed-up rock quintet. Thanks to their irrepressible energy and some […]


furious

02Apr11

This evening will see the first public outing of The Furies, a new piece of work developed by Kindle Theatre, in collaboration with musicians Phill Ward and Russ Collins. I’m in the role of director-dramaturg with the enviable task of marshalling the wild energy of the Kindle rock-sirens. The Furies is a work-in-progress commissioned by mac […]


There’s no smoke without fire… …so I think we must be on fire. “…one of the most gripping, unforgettable 70 minutes-worth of theatre I’ve seen in years… No one with the slightest interest in imaginative, groundbreaking theatre should even contemplate missing it.” – Terry Grimley, Birmingham Post (link to Birmingham Post review) “…this is a fascinating […]


Here’s a Link to some images of The Cleansing of Constance Brown, taken by Graeme Braidwood this week. Performances are twice nightly, at 6.30pm and 8.30pm at the Stan’s Cafe space – AE Harris Factory, Northwood St, Jewellery Qtr, Birmingham.


The Cleansing of Constance Brown takes to the stage this evening at the AEHarris factory, Birmingham. Stan’s Cafe begin a three week run of the full-sized ‘7-door version’ of the show which features new cast member Amy in the role first created by Jan (and more recently performed by Alex). Such is the nature of […]


A selection of excellent images from this month’s premiere of The Cardinals, as captured by photographer Graeme Braidwood. In this particular scene, Adam & Eve are expelled from Eden. They cover their shame to face a life of toil in punishment for Man’s first disobedience. The current plan is to present The Cardinals in Edinburgh this […]


The Cardinals are in Montpellier, modeling their unique vision of Chaos to a seemingly faithless world. Stan’s Cafe premiered the show here at Domaine d’O on tuesday night to a lively and appreciative crowd. It’s become a performance cliche that the ‘Classic’ devised show normally rolls in at 1 hour and 10 minutes. On rare […]


A date for the diary: Just as soon as current show The Cardinals has returned from its premiere in Montpellier, Stan’s Cafe will be reprising The Cleansing of Constance Brown @AEHarris, in Birmingham. Craig has edited a new showreel from Joseph Potts’s documentation of March 2008 – the last time the show appeared in the […]


rehearsal pics

23Jan11

A link to Graeme Braidwood‘s images from friday’s rehearsal at Stan’s Cafe. Set and trimmings of The Cardinals were later hidden away in readiness for the night’s post-Christmas Theatre party, lest over-excitable funsters start monkeying around on the steel-frame in ecclestiastical-wear. A top night was had with impressive turnout: Heat generated through DJ Jakester’s mix […]


Since Stan’s Cafe’s first creation almost 20 years ago, we’ve been going to the Fancy Silk Store in the Bullring for bits ‘n pieces of costume and set dressing. Here you will find a treasure trove, jam-packed onto 4 floors – which assaults the visual and the haptic. It’s the kind of place that makes […]