Stacy Makishi
Flat B
8 St. Marks Rise
London E8 2NJ
T +44 (0)20 7254 6707
E stacymakishi@gmail.com
W stacymakishi.com
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SIZE OF COMPANY
1–2 on the road
SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale
PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Stacy Makishi
ARTISTIC POLICY
Hawaii-born Stacy Makishi is based in London and works in a variety of media including performance, installation, video, and poetry. A renowned workshop leader, she often opens her making processes to the public through creative workshops and talks alongside performances. She has shown work extensively in the UK and internationally, most recently at Tate Modern, the British Council Edinburgh Showcase, Southbank Centre, London, Thessaloniki Biennale, Trouble Festival Brussels and Escena Contemporanea, Madrid.
REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘The most winning humorist was Stacy Makishi, funny yet incisive… a truly amazing performance.’ The Independent
‘Her performance takes us past the borders that separate the comedic and the tragic… full of energy, intimacy and vitality.’ LibrePensadores
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Stay! Drawing its inspiration from Paula Rego’s painting Girl Lifting her Skirts to a Dog, the classic play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and the sentimental film Lassie Come Home, Stay! is an exploration of lust, loss and a very different kind of love. This two-hander reveals the dark side of a couple’s tempestuous relationship through Makishi’s trademark absurdist humour. (45 mins, 2 performers, 2 on the road.)
Around the World in a Lunar Day An engagingly sad and elegiac tale about love, loss and moonlight. (1 performer, comprised of 3 x 20 min pieces.)
There’s A Hole In My Heart That Goes All The Way To China Mines the mysterious caverns of the human heart. (1 performer, length tbc.)
Bull: The True Story Here ‘lies’ a true story about luck, maps, kidnap, a lost ransom, lost love, donuts, Hawaii 5-0, Fargo, betrayal and lies. (47 mins, 1 on stage, 3 on the road.)
FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Round Midnight Cowboy Explores underworld characters living in hard times, a two-hander for theatres. (2 on stage.)
A new project, yet to be titled, to include four spoken word pieces, four films, one book. Pick and choose! (1 on stage.)
WRAP-AROUND
Performance, creative writing, professional development workshops, residencies, mentoring and masterclasses. Aimed at participants with any level of experience who are interested in the creative process.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2009 Greece, Scotland, Hawaii
2006–08 Slovenia, Scotland, Belgium, Spain, Ireland, USA
TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request
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