Fail Better's Residency at The CAPITAL Centre

As a theatre company born at Warwick University, we are delighted to announce our forthcoming Residency at The CAPITAL Centre (April 2008 - April 2009).

The CAPITAL Centre (Creativity and Performance in Teaching and Learning) is a collaboration between the University of Warwick and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), established to use theatre performance skills and experience to enhance student learning and to draw on University research and resources to shape the development of the RSC acting companies.

The Residency has three strands (Beckett, Shakespeare and Myth) supplemented by a full production in Autumn 08 and public events in Spring 09:

• Beckett in performance: practical exploration of Beckett's drama through workshops with students. The company has already established a strong expertise in exploring Beckett in practice through education work and public performance. This strand would be enriched by the direct contribution from our performers, director and designer who have recent professional experience of staging Beckett's drama.
• Shakespeare in performance: practical workshops focusing on the interpretative choices and technical requirements of performing Shakespeare on the contemporary stage. Some of our performers have direct experience of playing at Shakespeare's Globe and members of our production team have worked on productions at the RSC.
• The company also plans to explore Recycled Shakespeares alongside this strand through open events at the CAPITAL Centre. The initial period of exploration will focus on Lorca's The Public and Play without a Title before moving on to Barker's Seven Lears and Gertrude - the Cry.
• Rewriting Myth: multi-disciplinary development of an existing concept with our Director collaborating with students, professionals and academics on his Persephone project. Weekly workshops and occasional work-in-progress showings will take place within the CAPITAL Centre.
• We hope to stage a full production of Lorca's Play Without a Title in autumn to be performed at CAPITAL with plans to transfer to professional venue. A three week rehearsal process will take place in September with performances in October and November.

To request further information or to express an interest in any of the forthcoming projects, please email j.p.heron@warwick.ac.uk.