The Cherub Company London
The Cherub Company London was created by Andrew Visnevski and Simon Chandler in 1978, as an ensemble of young actors, designers and composers introducing rare classics and continental plays to the stage in a style that proved unconventional and brilliantly visual.
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| # | Production Name: | Description: | Writer / Translator: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Life is a Dream | Theatre Space London 1978, Action Space, The Young Vic London 1979. |
Pedro Calderon de la Barca (adapted by Andrew Visnevski) |
| 2 | The Two Noble Kinsmen | Edinburgh 1979, The Young Vic, National tour Buxton, Harrogate and Stuttgart Festivals 1980. |
William Shakespeare and John Fetcher |
| 3 | Barabbas | St Martin-in-the-Fields, Southwark Cathedral, The Young Vic Studio 1980. |
Michel de Ghelderode |
| 4 | Kafka’s THE TRIAL (World première) | Edinburgh Fringe First, The Young Vic, National and International tours 1980-82 incl Holland, Belgium and Israel. |
Adapted for the stage by Andrew Visnevski |
| 5 | A Chaste Maid in Cheapside | Theatre Space, Upstream Theatre, National Tour, Buxton and Berne Festivals 1981/2. |
Thomas Middleton |
| 6 | Macbeth | Edinburgh, National and International tours 1981/3. |
William Shakespeare |
| 7 | Journal of the Plague Year (World première) | Upstream Theatre, London 1981. |
Peter Fincham after Daniel Defoe |
| 8 | Coming Ashore in Guadeloupe (World première) | Assembly Rooms Edinburgh, Upstream Theatre London, National tour 1981/2. |
John Spurling |
| 9 | Twelfth Night | Upstream Theatre London, National and International tours 1982 -1989 incl Egypt, Spain, Germany, Iraq, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Sudan, Zimbabwe. |
William Shakespeare |
| 10 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Upstream Theatre London 1983. |
Edmond Rostand, English text Brian Hooker |
| 11 | Unicorn Unchained (World première) | Upstream Theatre London 1983. |
Kate Vandegrift |
| 12 | The Gold Sarcophagus (World première) | Upstream Theatre London 1983. |
Roxanne Shafer |
| 13 | Hamlet | Upstream Theatre London 1983, National tour 1984. |
William Shakespeare |
| 14 | As You Like It | Edinburgh 1984, Upstream Theatre London, tour and Karlsruhe Festival. |
William Shakespeare, Edited by Andrew Visnevski |
| 15 | Come the Revolution (World première) | Upstream Theatre London 1985. |
Roxanne Shafer |
| 16 | Kafka’s THE CASTLE (World première) | Edinburgh, St George’s Theatre London, National tour 1985. |
Adapted for the stage by Andrew Visnevski |
| 17 | Kafka’s THE TRIAL (World première) | An opera by Stephen Edwards; Dartington Summer School 1986. |
Libretto by Lyn Williams from the play by Andrew Visnevski |
| 18 | The Old Country (Pakistan première) | Islamabad, Pakistan 1988. |
Alan Bennett |
| 19 | The Duchess of Malfi | St George’s Theatre London 1989 [vladeksheybal.com]. |
John Webster |
| 20 | Dithyrambos, A Song for the Twice-Born | Bloomsbury Theatre, Jackson’s Lane Community Centre, London 1992. |
Original multiform spectacle by Andrew Visnevski based on Greek myths |
| 21 | The Butcher of Baghdad (World première) | Latchmere Theatre London (now Theatre 502) 1993. |
John Spurling |
| 22 | The Emperor of the Moon | Hoxton Hall London, The Canterbury Festival - Gulbenkian Theatre 1993. |
Aphra Behn |
| 23 | Swann Among the Sirens | Tricycle Theatre London 1994. |
A celebration of Greek music by Donald Swann and Andrew Visnevski |
| 24 | Maria (World première) | New End Theatre London 1995. |
Anna Maria Grabania, written for Fenella Fielding |
| 25 | The Tempest | National tour, Antwerp Festival 1996. |
William Shakespeare |
| 26 | Ten Days’ A-Maze (World première) | Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1997. |
Vi Marriott, after Jan Potocki |
| 27 | The Life of Edward the Second of England | Collaboration with The Acting Co of Arts Ed. London: BAC, Riverside Studios, The Place London and National tour 1998/9. |
Bertolt Brecht, with Lion Feuchtwanger |
| 28 | Brundibár | DEGENERATE! 2001 season to commemorate victims of the Holocaust: Riverside Studios London, National tour. |
an opera by Hans Krása |
| 29 | Kafka’s THE TRIAL (new production) | DEGENERATE! 2001 season to commemorate victims of the Holocaust: Riverside Studios London, National tour. |
Adapted for the stage by Andrew Visnevski |
| 30 | Kafka’s THE TRIAL (new production) | Stratford Circus and The Tabard, London 2002. |
Adapted for the stage by Andrew Visnevski |
| 31 | The Master and Margarita (World première) | 25th Anniversary Season and opening of the new Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre London in 2003. |
Andrew Visnevski with Barbara Bogoczek and Tony Howard, after Mikhail Bulgakov |
| 32 | Akhmatova’s Salted Herring (World première) | 25th Anniversary Season and opening of the new Menier Theatre London in 2003. |
Jeff Lewis |