Franko Figueiredo
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2018 |
Director
Theatre |
The Asphalt Kiss, Tokyo Franko Figueiredo / One Two Works |
Owl Spot Theatre, Tokyo |
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 Theatre Company |
Oval House; Greenwich Playhouse; Brockley Jack; Soho Theatre; Canning House; New End Theatre, Edinburgh Festival C Venues; Edinburgh Festival Pleasance |
2012 |
Artistic Director / Director
Theatre |
Queen Pokou StoneCrabs Theatre Company www.stonecrabs.co.uk |
The Albany; New Diorama; Stratfrod Circus |
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 |
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1999 |
Director
Theatre |
CDL - Brazil |
CDL Theatre - Bahia - Brazil |
1996 |
Director
Theatre |
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Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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2002 | Post Graduating Directing | Rose Bruford College |
1989 | Business and Arts B A Honours | Federal University of Bahia |
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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 |
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Job Titles | Director, Creative Director, Teacher |
Years in industry | 6+ years |
Organisations / Memberships | Equity (UK) |