DIRECTING/CURATING
ACTING
Bertolt Brecht’s Breadshop
PERFORMANCE:
In this R&D showing of BREADSHOP, some of the core scene material revolving around the eviction of a single mother (Queck, played by Vankshita Mishra) with 5 children will be presented. The performance will be the culmination of a 7-day workshop and the sequel to a longer Breadshop zoom dramaturgy lab (see above) run by theatre director Phoebe von Held over the winter months.
The showing is devised by a collective of young emerging actors and theatre-makers.
Cast: Daniel Cawley, Brian Fofana, Jessica Gray, Patrick Gregan, Gael Mfula, Vankshita Mishra, Daniel Ooko, Kate Reed, Daisy Shrimpton, Amber Williams, Blessing Yakubu.
Director/Producer: Phoebe von Held; Co-producer/Acting coach: Fani Arampatzidou; Movement Director: Stephanie Burrell; Director’s Assistant: Isabela Palancean; Casting: Irene East; Literary Advisor/Co-producer: Tom Kuhn. Video-documentation: Vankshita Mishra.
WORKSHOP:
BREADSHOP is a theatre project for young people (age 18-25), exploring a highly topical yet little-known play by Brecht which captured the effects of the Great Depression on the streets of Berlin in the winter of 1930.
A workshop was organised by Phoebe von Held during the lockdown in preparation for a live performance once the restrictions eased. Find out more here.
Vankshita played Mrs Queck in the workshop and will do so in the forthcoming performances too.
Durham Student Theatre:
The lead in The Unexpected Guest, Peter Pantelyne, Comedy of Errors, a finalist in the DUCT Classical Acting Showcase and ‘Betty’ in The Crucible. Some stills from these shows below:
'Betty' – The Crucible
'Betty' – The Crucible
'Inspector Thomas' – The Unexpected Guest