“DAYDREAMING
IN EXILE” (Solo Steven Wasson) and “THE
DEARLY DEPARTED” (Solo Corinne Soum).
Created in 1981 -1982: two corporeal “reveries”
on solitude and time. Touring Holland, (Amsterdam) Canada,
(Toronto) U.S.A (Milwaukee Theatre Festival)
“FAMILY PORTRAIT” (7 actors)
and “A BAD NIGHT FOR ALBERT”
(6actors). Co-created and directed in 1984-1985 by Steven
Wasson and Corinne Soum. Satire of the social and family
life of seven strange characters. Performed in France
(Paris, Versailles, Lille)
“CRUSADE” (Duet Steven
Wasson / Corinne Soum). Co-created and directed by Steven
Wasson and Corinne Soum 1985. An angel, awkward and
timid, meets a young woman the night of her birthday,
pushing her towards the eternal question:” who
am I?”. Judged by the eyes that are her own, accused
by the demons of her conscience, and struck by ghosts
that are but the beating of her heart, she arrives face
to face with the object of her quest.
Touring and performing: Lille International
Mime Festival (France), Theatre Tol (Luxembourg), Melkweg
Theatre Amsterdam (Holland), International Mime and
Theatre Festival in Montreal and Winnipeg 85 and 88
(Canada), American Embassy in Paris, Tel Aviv, Haifa,
and Jerusalem ,Giora Naor Productions (Israel), French
Theatre Institute and Movement Theatre Festival in Berlin,
Dresden, Mainz, Dusseldorf, Essen, and Hamburg (Germany),The
Place in London (U.K), Cafe de La Danse in Paris, Theatre
De Vanves, Theatre De Velizy ( France), Theatre Festival
of Slupsk (Poland), Arkangelsk City Theatre, The St.
Petersbourg Actor’s House (Russia), Stockolm International
Mime Festival (Sweden), Nyon Theaatre Festival (Switzerland),
Theatre de L’Alliance Francaise in New York (U.S.A)
1991.
“THE LITTLE DICTATOR”
(17 actors). Directed and created by Steven Wasson.
First created in 1985-1986, awarded the Label of the
Revolution 1989. An imaginary and satirical portrait
of a tyrant
at times idolized, at times ridiculed by a humanity
without a memory, the dictator becomes lost in his absurd
games and his pursuit of a paradise beyond his reach.
Touring and performing: Theatre Le
Ranelagh, Cafe De La Danse, Theatre Des Amandiers, Theatre
De La Butte Montmartre, in Paris , Avignon Off Festival
1990, Thouars, Theatre Coemedia Aubagne, (France) and
Berlin International Mime Festival (Germany)
“BEYOND THE GARDEN” (3
actors). Co-created and directed by Steven Wasson and
Corinne Soum in 1987-1988. A visual poem of the haunted
adult heart searchimg to guard an innocense in spite
of the mounting chaos of the outside world, “Beyond
the garden” presents a lyrical vision of the secret
desire in everyone to remain a child.
Touring and performing: Theatre Espace
Kiron, Theatre Espace Acteur in Paris (France), Tel
Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Giora Naor Productions (Israel),
Winnipeg International Mime festival (Canada), Theatre
D’Esch (luxembourg), Theatre festival of the Carthusian
Monastery in Padula (Italy) 1991.
“THE LITTLE DICTATOR II. THE INVADED
ROOM.” (12 actors). Created and directed
by Steven Wasson in 1990-1991. The tyrant is old, he
is blind, his belly is bloated, as is his cruelty. All
he is now is a hot-air balloon full of evil spells,
and while he gloats on past victories, he takes shelter
in his bed.Characters born of his madness jostle each
other under his hallucinating eyes. But he is ready
to fight once more, and the room turns into an arena
for all battles, both yesterday’s and today”s.
Touring and performing: Theatre Espace
Acteur in Paris, Hambach Theatre Festival (Germany)
1992.
“THE MAN WHO PREFERRED TO STAND”
(12 actors ). Directed by Steven Wasson in1991-1992
, the first ever reconstruction of twelve major pieces
of Etienne Decroux Repertoire, from the first produtions
of 1930 to the last pieces in the 1980, funded by the
French Ministry of Culture and co-produced by Movement
Theatre International, Philadelphia.The title of this
play reminds us of a phrase launched with passion by
Etienne Decroux, towards a few critical minds who asked
him to explain his art:” My art is an art standing
up”
Touring and performing: Philadelphia
International Movement Theatre 92 and 93 (U.S.A), Hamburg
International Mime Festival, Berlin Kunst Academie,
(Germany) Teatro Testoni di Bologna, Festival Le Vie
D’Intornno , Bergamo (Italy), London International
Mime Festival 95, Southbank Centre (U.K), Festival De
Mime De Perigueux (France), two month run at the Theatre
Le Ranelagh in Paris (France) 1994, Art of Acting Festival,
Warsaw, Poland, 2007.
“THE LOST ANGEL” (Company)
(11 actors). Created and directed by Steven Wasson in
1993, for thecinema and theatre awards “Les prix
Arletty”. A humorous fantasy on the critics’ironic
opinions haunting the life of an artist. Performed in
Paris (France) 1993 and London (U.K) 1997.
“THE UNKNOWN FAMILIAR”
Directed by Steven Wasson in 1996 for the King of Hearts
Art Gallery in Norwich (U.K). A dialogue of movement
and poetry performed by Corinne Soum.
“MEMORIES OF UNKNOWN TIES”
(11 actors). Co-created and directed by Steven Wasson
and Corinne Soum in 1996 for the London International
Mime Festival, B.A.C (U.K). Inspired by Francis Brabazon’s
epic poem STAY WITH GOD, and portraying the quest towards
spiritual awareness through the complex web of human
relationships.
“PASSAGE OF MAN ON EARTH”
(7 actors) Directed by Steven Wasson. Based on the piece
of Etienne Decroux: “ Passage des Hommes sur la
Terre”, (1942, 1962, re-created in 1997). Symbolist
representation of mankind’s journey in love and
war.
Touring and performing: London International
Mime Festival 98, Pleasance Theatre, (UK) Internationaal
Mime Festival Voor Vlaanderen 98 (Belgium).
“THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER”
(School Production). Co-directed by Steven
Wasson and Corinne Soum. Based on Edgar Allen Poe’s
tale,The Islington Arts Factory, London, June 1998.
“RESONANCE / Collage Dialectique
sur “La Meditation” D’Etienne Decroux”
(Duet Steven Wasson / Corinne Soum). Co directed and
created in 1997 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of
the birth of Etienne Decroux, this performance is a
corporeal dialogue composed around his principal solo
piece “ La Meditation”. A collage of various
love duets by Etienne Decroux, poetics texts and new
compositions by the Theatre de l’Ange Fou, RESONANCE
explores the masculine and feminine expression of the
body, revealing the organic and spiritual longing for
union.
Touring and performing: Past Master
Symposium, Center Of Performance Research, Aberystwyth,
Wales , London International Mime Festival 98, Plasance
Theatre, (U.K) Theatro Castro Alves, Salvador Da Bahia
(Brazil), Encuentro Internacional De Teatro Del Cuerpo,
Teatro Del IMSS, Queretaro, Teatro Julio Prieto, Mexico
City,(Mexico), Internationaal Mime Festival Voor Vlaanderen
98 (Belgium), Arena Del Sole, Soffita Production ,Bologna
(Italy), Festival Les Voies Du Mime, Theatre Espace
Libre, Montreal (Canada) 1999.
“LA BELLE ET LA BETE” (School
Production) Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne
Soum Based on the tale of Madame Leprince De Beaumont,
The Islington Arts Factory, London, June 1999.
“THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR”
(15 actors) Created and directed in 2000 by Steven Wasson
and assisted by Corinne Soum. An adaptation of Gogol’s
play, in collaboration with the university of Bologna
and the Dipartimento di Musica e Spettacolo. Performed
in Bologa (Italy) in l’Arena del Sole- Sala InterAction.
(April 2000) Directed by Steven Wasson assisted by Corinne
Soum. 2nd version: Pleasance Theatre, London, March
2002, Edinburgh Festival 2002, ( Total Theatre and Stage
Award for Acting Excellence nomination ) . Israel (
BritishCouncil tour ) in 2003. The 2003 London International
Mime Festival. COS Festival in Reus ( Spain ) and the
Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo, Ireland 2003.
“ENTANGLED LIVES” (7 actors)
Created by Corinne Soum and assisted by Steven Wasson
in 2000. Composition inspired by the Jean Tardieu poem:
“Mister Sir” (Monsieur Monsieur) exploring
the duality within each of us of the unconscious impressions
reflecting through our present lives, combining the
emotional power of movement and the musicality of seven
different languages. Performed in London at the Pleasance
Theatre and for The London International Mime Festival
2001 (U.K). Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2001. The International
Mime Festival Voor Vlanderen 2001. The London Edinburgh
Festival 2001 at the Pleasance Theatre.
“IN THE WARS” (School
Production). Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne
Soum. A contemporary twist aruond the myth of Faust,
IN THE WARS portrays the final combat of a soldier struggling
against the demons of memory and the blindness of error,
performed at The Pleasance Theatre, London, June 2000.
“MR... K ?” (School Production)
Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. An adaptation
of Franz Kafka’s “The Trial”, performed
at the Pleasance Theatre, London, June 2001.
“ALICE UNBOUND“ ( School
Production ) Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne
Soum. A convoluted adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s
story. Performed at the Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler’s
Wells, London, June 2002.
“WEDDING DAZE” (School
Production ) Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne
Soum. A twisted tale of the most beautiful and absurd
day in your life. Performed at the Pleasance Theatre,
London, June 2003.
“BAD DAY MR. GRUNDY?”
(School Production) Co-directed by Steven Wasson and
Corinne Soum . Reginald Grundy recounts a tale of a
very, very, very bad day. Performed at the Pleasance
Theatre, London, June 2004.
“THE GRIMM FILES” (School
Production) Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne
Soum. The strange tale of Francis Mary Cornelius Beedledum
Grimm. Performed at the Pleasance Theatre, London, June
2005.
“THE ORPHEUS COMPLEX” (12
actors) Directed and created by Steven Wasson, assisted
by Corinne Soum. From Ovid to Cocteau, the myth of Orpheus
is an eternal mystery play of loss and sacrifice. Set
in the midst of an absurd and imaginary, dysfunctional
“family” under the care and spell of an
eccentric alienist, this adaptation of the myth portrays
the descent of Orpheus into the underworld, his love
for Eurydice and his fascination for the mysterious
incarnation of Death.
Touring and Performing: Teatre Traume
Festival in Mainz, Germany in 2004, 22 Festival International
du Mime De Perigueux (France) in 2004, Teatro di San
Lazzaro/ Teatro dell’Argine, Bologna, Italy, in
collaboration with the university of Bologna and the
Dipartimento di Musica e Spettacolo in April 2005, Pleasance
Theatre, London, in April 2005. Teatro SESC Anchieta,
Brazil, invited by SESC Mostra De Artes Mediterraneo,
performed in Sao Paolo in August 2005, Taunton, UK,
Westival August 2006.
“THE DAILY TALE” (School
Production) Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne
Soum. Fairyland tabloid tycoon Mr. Humpty searches for
his Snow Queen while his mischievous brother and his
venomous editor seek his downfall. Performed at the
Belgravia Workshop, London, June 2006.
“THE INVENTOR OF THE HORSE" (School
Production) Written by Achille Campanile. Co-directed
by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. Performed at the
Belgravia Workshop, London, June, 2007.
“...AND THE BRIDE FELL DOWN" (School
Production) Co-directed by Steven Wasson and
Corinne Soum. A fractured souvenir of Kika and Gunty's
most memorable day. Performed at the Belgravia Workshop,
London, June, 2008.
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