Franko Figueiredo

Director
Artistic Director
Location: Isle Of Wight

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Credits

Year	Role / Type	Name of Production / Director	Company / Venue
2017 - 2018	Director Theatre	The Asphalt Kiss, Tokyo Franko Figueiredo	One Two Works Owl Spot Theatre, Tokyo
2000 - 2018	Director Theatre	Agua Viva; A Real Pricess; Miss Julie; Arlechinno; Sotoba Komachi; The Damask Drum; Waltz # 6; Josephine The Singer; Basic; Dying For It; After Doroteia; Alzira Power; Strangers; Hanjo	Stonecrabs Oval House; Greenwich Playhouse; Brockley Jack; Soho Theatre; Canning House; New End Theatre, Edinburgh Festival C Venues; Edinburgh Festival Pleasance
2011 - 2012	Artistic Director / Director Theatre	Queen Pokou	StoneCrabs Theatre Company www.stonecrabs.co.uk The Albany; New Diorama; Stratfrod Circus
2007 - 2012	Director Theatre	The Exam; The Dancing Cow; Three Cheers for Mrs Butler; School Ties	Lewisham Youth Theatre Catford Broadway
2000	Director Theatre		Theatre Confetti
1997 - 1999	Director Theatre		CDL - Brazil CDL Theatre - Bahia - Brazil
1990 - 1996	Director Theatre

Education

Year	Qualification	Where
2002	Post Graduating Directing	Rose Bruford College
1989	Business and Arts B A Honours	Federal University of Bahia

About me

Franko Figueiredo (Director) - Franko Figueiredo has a BA in Business & Arts and an MA research in Directing at Rose Bruford College/Manchester Universtiy. In 1989 he won the Raimundo Correia Writing Award in Brazil. Has directed, devised and performed physical theatre pieces in UK, Europe, Japan and Brazil. As a director, he has worked on "Equilibria", "Fama", "Nuvem 9", "Sonho", "El misterio del intercambista", "The Tempest" in Brazil. In the UK he has directed "Animal Farm", 'StoneCrabs, a story of domestic violence, vitriol and victory' and "Agua Viva" at the Edinburgh Festival, "Strindberg's Miss Julie", "A Winter's Tale - After Shakespeare", "Mishima's Sotoba Komachi and the Damask Drum", the musical Josephine, The Singer by Kafka, "Goldoni's Arlechinno, A Servant of Two Masters". Franko Figueiredo has also directed the first professional production of Nelson Rodrigues' Waltz # 6. Most recently he directed Lynn Greenwood's Basic which is transferring to Hackney Empire in the spring of 2007. Franko also works as a free-lance practitioner and lecturer. Franko Figueiredo has alos directed many rehearsed readings, most recent ones being Gao Xingjian's Dialogue and Rebuttal at RADA and Alzira Power at Origins 2006. Franko Figueiredo is joint artistic director of StoneCrabs Theatre and his 'young directors programme' has recently received an award from SELF. Has directed for The Young Vic Two Boroughs Project. Currently working with Lewisham Youth Theatre and Emergency Exit Arts. Currently working on the new play Queen Pokou in association with the Albany for UK Tour.

Additional Skills

Writer
Free-lance facilitator, practitioner

Industry Awards

International Press Award for Theatre 2011
Premio Raimundo Correia 1990 (Writing Award)

Referees

available on request

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Artistic Director
Job Titles	Artistic Director, Director, Drama Tutor, Dramaturg
Years in industry	6+ years
Company Experience	Children's Theatre, Cross Cultural Theatre, Educational Theatre, National Theatre, Regional Theatre
Languages Spoken	English, Portuguese, Spanish
Organisation Memberships	Equity
Experienced In	Comedy, Drama, Exhibitions, Live Events, Musicals, Shakespeare, Showcase
Interested in	European Tour, Live Events, UK Tour, World Tour
DBS checked	Yes