CONTACT DETAILS
For more information on The Cambridge
Shakespeare Festival Productions:
11, Crossways House
Anstey Way
Trumpington
Cambridge
CB2 9JZ
Tel: (07955) 218824
e-mail:
cambridgeshakespeare@hotmail.co.uk
THE COMPANY
The Festival Company was established in Oxford in 1988 by Artistic Director Dr David Crilly. The main focus for the Company is the annual Cambridge Shakespeare Festival which runs throughout July and August. Situated in the gardens of the Colleges of Cambridge University, its pastoral setting is one of the loveliest in the world, and certainly it would be a difficult task to find a more appropriate and beautiful setting for the staging of Shakespeare's plays.
EDUCATION
The Company's commitment to providing access to all to these
greats works has resulted in the establishment of a programme of
educational events associated with the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival. Leading up to the Festival, talks, workshops and lectures are available which introduce students of all ages to the plays which are to be performed.
Also, during the Festival, it is possible to book visiting workshops involving
the actors and the director of any of the plays in the Festival. The members
of the CSF will visit your school, college or language-school and introduce
the play and (perhaps more importantly for overseas students) our particular
production of it. In this way the students gain the greatest possible
benefit from the performance which they attend. During the workshop, students
may be called upon to take part in acting out one or two scenes. If preferred,
it is possible to book a visit after the students have seen the production.
To book a workshop or talk, contact the Education Officer at the CSF address above,
or call (07955) 2188243 to discuss your individual
needs.
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COMPANY MEMBERS
Dr David Crilly
Artistic Director
David Crilly established the Festival Company in Oxford in 1988 whilst
still a member of Magdalen College, where he undertook doctoral research
in musicology. He is a composer and performs regularly as an orchestral
conductor in Cambridge. He has published on semiotics, music analysis
and aesthetics, and also on the music of Britten, Debussy and Charlie
Parker. He is currently Director-in-Residence for Anglia Opera.
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Jan Burns
Executive Producer
Jan Burns took over as Executive Producer of CSF in 1996, prior to
which she worked in publishing and investment banking. Apart from
her administrative responsibilities for the Company, she is also the
Company dramaturge and advises on aspects of text editing leading
to performance.
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Simon Bell
Associate Director
Simon Bell has been with the CSF since 1994 as Associate Director
and fight-choreographer for over fifteen CSF productions. As a freelance
director he has devised and directed over fifty productions, including
eighteen Shakespeare plays. He is a founder member of The Regenerator
Theatre Company and a graduate of both Reading University and Guildford
School of Acting. As a qualified stage combat instructor, he regularly
teaches at established drama schools and has been responsible for
combat displays at the Globe Theatre, Southwark.
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David Rowan
Associate Director
David Rowan trained at the Guildford School of Acting and has been
Associate Director for the CSF for nine years. He has written and
directed over fifty productions in rep. and regional theatres, collaborating
in one instance with the playwright Arnold Wesker. Recently he set
up the Education Department for The Harlequin Theatre. He is visiting
drama tutor for Blackheath Conservertoire.
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Heidi Gjertsen
Education Officer
Heidi Gjertsen studied acting at Mountview Theatre School and has
acted in many productions since 1992 for the CSF. Roles taken include
Lady Macbeth, Katharina (The Taming of the Shrew) and Beatrice (Much
Ado About Nothing). She has a degree in Philosophy from Birkbeck College,
University of London, and has a Postgraduate Certificate in Education
from the University of Wales (Cardiff). She has been Education Co-ordinator
for the CSF since 1994.
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