Claudette Bryanston

Claudette Bryanston is an English theatre director and practitioner of applied drama.[1][2]

## Biography[edit]

Bryanston has an MA in Contemporary Performance from Middlesex University.[3]

In 1983 she co-founded Classworks Theatre Company, Cambridge.[4] Classworks was initially the first youth theatre in Cambridge, meeting at the ADC Theatre[4] and securing the first patronage given by HRH Prince Edward Earl of Wessex.[5] Its productions toured to Germany, Finland, Poland and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[4] In 1988 it won the first ever award given by The Independent for Best Production with The Heart of a Dog, by Mikhail Bulgakov.[6]

Bryanston is the artistic director of Santé Theatre and Media company[7] which she founded in 2000. In 2003 she was appointed a Senior Research Fellow in Creativity and Performance at the Institute of Health at the University of Warwick.[8] From November 2008 to June 2009 she was also the Warwick University/Royal Shakespeare Company Fellow in Creativity and Performance.[9]

She was appointed Guest Director of the Master in Fine Arts in stage direction programme at Boston University in America[10] and has published academic articles on the practice of applied theatre.[11] She has worked closely with the English playwright Edward Bond, from whom she commissioned the play "The Children", directing its first performance in 2000.[12] She has also worked with English writers Mike Kenny[13] and Robin French[8] and American playwright Deborah Lake Fortson.[14][15] Bryanston has also been commissioned to direct productions by the Coventry Belgrade Theatre[16] which is well known for developing the practice of theatre in education, and in the community.[17]

Bryanston's stage direction has been described as "visually incisive" by The Sunday Times and "extraordinary and impressive" by The Guardian.[10]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Théâtre, la Montagne Magique (2001). Questions de Théâtre: le théâtre et les enseignants. France: Théâtre, la Montagne Magique. p. 38\. ISBN 2872823166.
2. ^ "Theatre review: Passing On at Rosemary Branch Theatre". British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
3. ^ Praticiens et pédagogues du théâtre (1999). Théâtre Éducation au-delà des frontières. France: Lansman Editeur. p. 129\. ISBN 9782872 822928.
4. ^ a b c "History – Classworks Theatre". Retrieved 2019-05-20.
5. ^ Emma.Goodey (2015-11-13). "The Earl of Wessex". The Royal Family. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
6. ^ "Classworks Theatre Company". Mandy Actors UK. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
7. ^ "Meet the STAMP Team". Santé Theatre and Media Productions. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
8. ^ a b "Claudette Bryanston". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
9. ^ "Warwick/RSC Fellows in Creativity and Performance". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
10. ^ a b "Wind in the Willows: Creative Team". Albany Theatre. Archived from the original on 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
11. ^ Maria Stuttaford; Claudette Bryanston; Gillian Lewando Hundt; Myles Connor; Margaret Thorogood; Stephen Tollman (January 2006). "Use of applied theatre in health research dissemination and data validation: a pilot study from South Africa". Health. 10 (1): 31–45. doi:10.1177/1363459306058985. at ResearchGate
12. ^ Davis, David (2005). Edward Bond and the Dramatic Child: Edward Bond's plays for Young people. UK and USA: Trentham Books. p. 153\. ISBN 1858563127.
13. ^ "Nottingham Lakeside Arts". Nottingham Lakeside Arts. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
14. ^ "HISTORY". bodyandsold. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
15. ^ "ABOUT". bodyandsold. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
16. ^ BBC. "Gilgamesh". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
17. ^ "About the Belgrade". Belgrade Theatre. Retrieved 2019-05-24.

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