Fiona McPeake e Richard Stourac

Fiona McPeake e Richard Stourac já começaram os trabalhos na ESMAE! Mais uma vez, convidados pelo Departamento de Teatro, estão a orientar o exercício do 1º ano (Produção I). Aqui ficam as notas biográficas de ambos e o link para o site de Fiona McPeake:

http://www.fionamcpeake.com

Fiona McPeake

Theatre designer and mask maker, in 1986 received a B.A. (Hons) and subsequently MA in Theatre Design from Wimbledon School of Art, London. She has been sculpting in leather for many years and has worked on set, costume, mask and puppet design for theatre, dance and opera companies in England, Portugal, Norway, Austria, Germany and Italy. Senior lecturer for the Performing Arts department of the University of Northumbria in Newcastle, England before moving to Italy in 1996. Her work has been exhibited in the Museum of Decorative Arts in Bergen, Norway, in Pakistan, Austria, Portugal, Senegal and various museums and art galleries in Italy.

Richard Stourac M. Litt

Born in Vienna where he worked with Die Komoedianten for 6 years.

Moved to England in 1968 and co-founded Red Ladder Theatre, touring nationally and internationally.

In 1974 he established Broadside Mobile Workers’ Theatre for whom he directed performed and wrote. During the same period he directed the work of Alem Fronteiras, a Portuguese Migrant Workers’ Theatre, touring Portugal and England, and the exiled Teatro Chileno Popolar in London.

Between 1981 and 83 he performed with Theatermanufaktur in Berlin.

1986 Publication of the book Theatre as a Weapon,.

1989 Founded and directed Mayday Theatre, touring the North of England.

Since 1994 has been a regular guest lecturer at Hogskolen i Bergen, Norway and Escuola Superior de Musica e das Artes do Espectaculo, Porto, Portugal.

In 1996 he moved to Trevi, Italy, where he is freelancing as writer, director, actor and teacher. He has performed several one man shows and has recently performed a number of Brecht programmes with an Italian singer presenting poetry and songs in Italian.

Solo commedia dell’arte performances in Italy, Austria, Portugal and Norway, 1998-2000

Particular Skills and Expertise include:-

Approaches to Brechtian acting and directing.

Meyerhold’s approach to performance - Biomechanics.

Performance and mask work of Commedia dell’Arte.

Outdoor performance.