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2020

Orlando
by Virginia Woolf

Directed by Helen Tennison
Video and Projection Design: Eva Auster
Sound Design and Composition: Matt Eaton

Image from TheatreUSF's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's "Orlando." The main character sits with a forlorn expression on their face, one person to each of their side either comforting or taunting them.

2019

Emma
by Jane Austen

Adapted by John Webber
Directed by Eduard Lewis
Playwright: John Webber
Movement Director: Sara Green

Two women characters from "Emma" sitting on a bench together.

2018

The Crucible
by Arthur Miller

Directed by Helen Tennison
Video and Projection Design: Eva Auster
Sound Design and Composition: Matt Eaton

Two characters, male and female, the male tenderly holding the female and the female placing her hands on the male character’s chest.

2017

Antigone
by Sophocles

Retold by Pamela Carter
Directed by Eduard Lewis
Playwright: Pamela Carter
Movement Director: Kane Husbands

Twelve characters stand watching a blindfolded female character that is wearing brightly colored clothes, holding many bags, and is leaning back to face the ceiling.

2016

A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Richard Beecham
Associate Director, Alice Malin

A character that is a man dressed as a woman is on his knees crying at the sky as he kneels next to a character dressed as a soldier.

2015

A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens

Adapted by Mike Poulton
Directed by Eduard Lewis
Movement Director: Jonnie Riordan
Set Design and Costume Co-Design: Ruth Sutcliffe
Original Music Composition: Ben Osborn

A man stares off to the right past a woman holding a knitting needle and yarn while another male character stands in the background.

2014

Ravens

Directed by Helen Tennison
Playwright: Kate Kerrow
Sound Design and Composition: Matt Eaton
Video and Projection Design: Eva Auster

A woman dressed in black is on her knees while holding a shotgun.

2013

Titus Andronicus
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Helen Tennison
Sound Design and Composition: Matt Eaton
Fight Choreography: Philip d'Orleans
Vocal Instruction: Tim Charrington

A woman is spotlighted on a pedestal surrounded by five other characters dressed as archers holding bows and arrows.

2012

Body Stories

Filter Theatre Company Co-Artistic Director / Director: Oliver Dimsdale
Writer: Stephen Brown
Sound Design and Composition: Christopher Branch, Marc Teitler
Choreographer: Frauke Requardt
Filter Co-Artistic Director / Acting Mentor: Benjamin Roberts
Filter Co-Artistic Director / Show Consultant: Tim Phillips

A male and a female character are smiling at each other with a microphone stand in between them. There are two characters in the background, another one is next to a microphone stand.

2011

The Othello Project
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Neil Bettles, Imogen Knight, and Paul Miller
Other Guest Artists: Laurie Dennett, Designer

Two men dressed in black are kneeling on the ground, one has his hand on the other’s shoulder and is talking to him and each man is holding a script.

2010

The Shaughraun
by Dion Boucicault

Directed by Malachi Bogdanov
Other Guest Artists: Bruce French, Designer | Corin Mellinger, Vocal Coach | Marialena Kapotopoulou, Design Asst.

A man has his palms outstretched while squatting on the back of a giant cow in front of a backdrop of the sky.

2009

Bobby and the Chimps
by James Phillips

Directed by James Phillips
Other Guest Artists: Neale Birch, Vocal Coach, Director | Louisa Clein, Actor | Alan Lane, Director

Three characters watch a fourth while she is speaking while they are all in a kitchen connected to a living room.

2008

The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Tim Luscombe
Other Guest Artists: Michael Holt, Scenic Designer | Susan Bovell. Voice and Verse Specialist | John Nicholson, Movement Specialist

A group of differently dressed characters watch a conversation between two men taking place on the front porch of an old shack.

2007

The Birthday Party
by Harold Pinter

Directed by Marc Powers
Guest Artists: John McEnery, Actor | Tim Woodward, Actor | Jo Cameron Brown, Vocal & Dialect Coach

The BRIT Program also presented A Pinter Workshop: Revue Sketches.

A man watches in disgust as an older man laughs whilst leaning towards a woman sitting on the edge of a dining table with his hands placed on the surface of the same table adjacent to her thighs.

2006

Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Tamara Harvey
Other Guest Artists: Siân Williams, Choreographer | Tim Carroll, Director | Yolanda Vazquez, Voice Coach

A woman sobs with her face in a male character’s chest while they are on top of a tomb with lilies.

2005

The Golden Ass
by Peter Oswald
adapted from Roman author Apuleius

Directed by Tamara Harvey
Choreography: Siân Williams
Scenic Design: G.B. Stephens
Costume Design: Erin Collins
Lighting Design: Kathleen Lorenzen
Sound Design: Jim Wilson
Properties Design: Kellan Andersen
Technical Director: Thomas Taylor
Other Guest Artists: Tim Carroll, Director | Laura Hopkins, Designer

A woman and man are on their knees, the woman placing her hand on the man’s arm with a concerned look on her face and he staring intently back at her.

2004

The Tempest
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Margarete Forsyth
Scenic Design: Chris Hansen
Costume Design: Bill Brewer
Light Design: David K. Williams
Sound Design: Jeff Boe
Technical Director: Eric Haak
Other Guest Artists: Mel Churcher, Voice Coach | Julian Forsyth, Actor | Simon Williams, Actor

A woman with wings stands in a cloud of smoke, being watched by a man with robes decorated with a pair of eyes and holding a staff. Surrounding the woman are characters all turned away from her, some of these characters have warped green faces.

2003

'Inferences' Workshop: Selected scenes from Seven Lears and Gertrude – The Cry
by Howard Barker

Directed by Melanie Jessop and Jane Bertish
Other Guest Artists: Sian Phillips, Actor | Brendan O'Hea, Director | Tim Carroll, Director

The BRIT Program also presented a "Putting Across a Song" masterclass.

A man sits at the end of a dining table while a girl watches him. Two girls crawl out from underneath the tablecloth, one looking at the man and the other looking a the other girl who is watching the man.

2002

The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Matthew Francis
Other Guest Artists: Sir Donald Sinden, Actor | Sheridan Morley, Critic/Director | Keith Baxter, Actor | Stephen Wrentmore, Director

2001

As You Like It
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Phillip Wilson
Other Guest Artists: Maria Aitken, Actor | Ian Talbot, Actor/Producer/Director | Mel Churcher, Speech/Voice | Rachel Kavanaugh, Director

2000

The Beaux Stratagem
by George Farquhar

Directed by Lucy Pitman-Wallace
Other Guest Artists: Heather Davies, Music | Barbara Houseman, Speech/Voice | Maria Aitken, Actor | Elizabeth Seal, Actor

1999

Turgenev To Chekhov

Directed by Bill Bryden, C.B.E.
Other Guest Artists: Peter Barlow, Acting Teacher | James Roose-Evans, Director

1998

A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Rachel Kavanaugh
Other Guest Artists: Dominic Hill, Director | Keith Baxter, Actor | Denis Quilley, Actor | James Roose Evans | Peter Barlow

1997

Shakespeare on Tour

Directed by Joe Harmston
Other Guest Artists: Simon Williams, Actor | Richard Clifford, Actor | Patrick Garland, Director | Bill Bryden, C.B.E., Director | Matthew Gale, Manager/Producer

1996

The Winter's Tale
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Edward Hall
Other Guest Artists: David Acton, Actor | Susan Date, Speech/Voice

1995

Golden Girls
by Louise Page

Directed by Joe Harmston
Other Guest Artists: Peter Barkworth, Acting Teacher | Louise Page, Playwright | Ronald Harwood, Playwright

1994

Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Matthew Francis
Other Guest Artists: Leigh Howard, Speech/Voice | Joe Harmston, Director

1993

The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde

Directed by Paul Massie
Guest Artists: Tony Britton, Actor | David Conville, Director | Leigh Howard, Speech/Voice | Matthew Francis, Director | Roger Moss, Actor

1992

The Boy With a Cart
by Christopher Fry

Directed by Paul Massie
Guest Artists: Christopher Fry, Playwright | Dorothy Tutin, actor | Leigh Howard, Speech/Voice | Peter Rice, Designer | Lord Brian Rix, Actor

1991

Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Denis Calandra and Chris Stanley
Guest Artists: Sam Mendes, Director | Amanda Root, Actor | Patrick Garland, Director/Author