FRENCH THEATRE WEEK 14-18 March 2011
Following on from the visit of Denis Darzacq, the French Department continues its mission to bring French artists to Sheffield with a week devoted to performance and theatre.
The department will be staging the British premiere of Les Esprits by Pierre de Larivey, in an adaptation by Albert Camus.
In conjunction with this, the distinguished actor and theatre director Vincent Siano will be making two contributions, a lecture and a performance workshop.
Lecture
"Le Théâtre : une aventure collective d'éducation populaire"
A lecture in French by Vincent Siano, actor and director of TRAC (« Théâtre Rural d´Animation Culturelle »), Beaumes de Venise, France
Wednesday 16 March 2011 11.00 am, Lecture Theatre 1, Stephenson Building
Vincent Siano and his company specialise in taking theatre into the community : they have staged plays in locations across France and beyond. Every production involves amateurs in cast and crew.
Between 1979 and 2007 they gave 1130 performances for over 115,000 spectators in more than 170 towns and villages in France and in Italy, Greece, the former USSR, Poland, Switzerland, Portugal, Hungary, USA, Belgium, Denmark, Slovakia, Bosnia, Ireland, Morocco, Algeria.
Performance workshop
"Commedia dell´Arte"
An acting workshop by Vincent Siano
Wednesday 16 March 2011, 2 pm, Theatre Workshop, Shearwood Road
This workshop is open to all those interested in theatre, whether spectators or practitioners.