"The
Persian Cinderella" a Persian Telling of a well known Grimms fairy tale.Fusing
circus and theatre,this family show, designed to be enjoyed by all ages, cultures
and walks of life, entertains and delights with its display of aerial inventiveness
and good old-fashioned story-telling
EMMA
TAYLOR
Emma
Taylor is the founder and director of The Circus Project, Brighton.She has
toured the UK with doubles trapeze act MUNKI and she appeared at The Brighton
International Circus Festival 2003in her silks solo WORK. She teaches and
performs trapeze, tissu and clowning in and around Brighton and Hove.
TAMSIN
SHASHA
Tamsin
Shasha, Co-founder of the critically acclaimed Actors of Dionysus, Tamsin
has performed in many of the company's adaptations of the Greek tragedies,
including the title role in MEDEA and Tireseus in ANTIGONE. She directed the
company's most recent production, THE TROJAN WOMEN, at the Pavilion Theatre,
Brighton.
Anglo-Iranian actress and aerialist, Philippa Vafadari, is co-director of The Circus Project, as well as running her own circus theatre company, BandBazi. The company's most recent project, IN AUDREY HEPBURN'S ARMS, was a sell-out success when it premiered at The Komedia, Brighton in September 2003. The production will be touring the South East in the Autumn of 2004.
Award-winning writer and director, John Binnie, is a regular collaborator with The Circus Project, having directed CIRQUE DES SPECTACLES (2001). He has recently returned from a British Council trip to Nigeria where he wrote and directed a project with young Nigerian actors. He also wrote and directed IN AUDREY HEPBURN'S ARMS.
