Our Company
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Miskin has been building it’s reputation since 1991. An innovator, a patron and producer of new works, a challenger and defender of old works, a supporter of young companies and young actors, dancers, musicians, designers, technicians and directors. Nothing is quite like the Miskin, rooted in old fashioned ideas from the early 20th century which appear so radical in the 21st century, perhaps it is timely to re-evaluate the old dead practitioners in our role as new live practitioners, to view our practice as educators as well as directors. | |
It is a real truth that any good director is, by definition, a teacher
else we preclude our ability to share our ideas and our visions with
our companies and with our audiences. The Miskin, our house, is open but intimate, theatre is about possession and the Miskin is possessed. It’s possessed by the work we make and by the extraordinary energies that the companies of actors, dancers, designers, musicians and technicians bring to the place and leave behind them when they move on. The Miskin is about the work and
that is about the artists who make the work. 15 years since I came to
set up the Miskin I am still learning, I am still working towards
finishing what I set out to do and I am still realising that I need to
find out more.
The
Miskin is a real theatre, a real opportunity for a shared experience
and as such is a real centre of educational and artistic excellence.
The Miskin Theatre is committed to producing and hosting excellence,
new work is among our strengths and new approaches to classic work is
our forte. It is a vibrant, intimate theatre with an atmosphere that only comes from a working producing house - not a dead nook or cranny to be found. |
Artistic Director, The Miskin Theatre