User talk:Franica

Du`

Du` Theatre Group (Malta) is an all female group founded by Simone Spiteri in 2004. Currently there are 5 female actors: Spiteri who is also the Artistic Director and Scriptwriter, Franica Pulis (Producer, PR & Marketing), Magda van Kuilenburg (Props), Kristjana Casha (Props) and Victoria Vella (Costume Designer, Tailor). The group usually works with live musicians. Tim Ellis usually is the main composer.

The group`s strong point is in the diversity of its members. Each member has a different theatrical baggage which results in a harmonious complementation of the other members` different experiences and which is ultimately a key to an enhanced theatrical process. The latter, in fact, is Du`s chief aim, which seeks to highlight the performer’s own process and considers it as the fulcrum of any performative act.

The word “do” in English literally means: “to perform, effect, transact, bring about, work at, work out, provide and prepare”, which is exactly what a Du` performer strives to achieve: a performative act as a result of meticulous and disciplined preparation. Du` is literally a Maltese phonetic version of its English counterpart “do”. This is because although Du` always tries to keep an open eye for global artistic and cultural approaches it never wants to move away from its own cultural roots.

Past Performances: Pollen (2004), Cleopatra (2005), EVA (2005), The Hollow Room (2005),Weeds (2006), LACUNA (2006/7), The Vagina Monologues	(2007), EveryWoman (2007)

Festivals: The National Malta Dramafest'04, Valletta, Malta (2004), The National Malta Dramafest'05, Blata l-Bajda, Malta (2005, The Meeting Place: A tribute to Hans Christian Andersen, HCA Bicentenary Celebrations, Esbjerg, Denmark (2005), Transit V: International Festival of Women’s Theatre, Odin Teatret, Holstebro, Denmark (2007), Meditations: A Festival of the Sacred Arts, organized by St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Malta (2007) and Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre, (CIFET), Cairo, Egypt (2007).

Du` Theatre Group
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