About the School
The school was founded by Margaret Bury and grew from the work of Joan Littlewood’s famed Theatre Workshop, which broke new ground re-interpreting the classics for a modern age, commissioning new plays from socially committed writers, and creating an ensemble capable of inventing new work that combined improvisational brilliance with method, technique, research, text analysis, and the intense expression of truthful emotion.
Much of the original approach was based upon the theories of Stanislavski, and over the years, training methods at East 15 have embraced approaches from diverse practitioners such as Michael Chekhov, Rudolf Laban, Jerzy Grotowski, Jacques Lecoq, Peter Brook, Sanford Meisner and other important contemporary trainers.
East15 offers many undergraduate & postgraduate degrees: acting, classical acting, contemporary theatre, stage combat, community theatre, world performance, and stage management.
Chris Main is the Director of East 15 Acting School, and has been a part of the school for over a decade, teaching classes in acting, Shakespeare, and stage combat.
Sobriety on the Rocks
A woman, self-written piece, set in New Zealand and inspired by real events and conversations had with an alcoholic and his family. Is alcoholism a disease or a choice? Or is it both? A battleground with one actor, four characters, and a drunk driving accident involving a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle watch. Can you help an alcoholic who doesn’t want to be helped? ‘All the ingredients that make up the cocktail of sobriety have been shaken, stirred, drunk, and spat out’.
Author: Renee Buckland
Director: Tadeas Moravec
Dramaturgy: Andrea Ling / Tadeas Moravec
Editor: Renee Buckland/Tadeas Moravec
Scenography: Tadeas Moravec
Costumes: Zeena Avari
Light design: Phil Hamilton
Choreography: Renee Buckland
Music: Jasmine Kint
Production: Jasmine Kint
Cast:
Renee Buckland