Just finished a glorious week of development on our new operatic adventure at the Volksoper Vienna, our adaptation of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. We start rehearsals proper end of January. Amazing team. So exciting. What. Larks. Pictured: Lucy Hopkins, Katharina Pizzera, Olivia Plätzer, Petra Massey, Tim Fallon, Marcel
We are delighted to announce our next opera project at the Vienna Volksoper: a new adaptation of Gilbert & Sullivan’s THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. Following the success of ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD which has now enjoyed three sell-out seasons at the Volksoper since its debut in 2023, we are turning
New names for our workshops The beady-eyed amongst you may have notice that we’ve done a little bit of re-branding for our workshops to make it a bit easier to navigate between the different kind of workshops Spymonkey offer. We thought it might be helpful to delve into that a
Over the last 20+ years Spymonkey accumulated a lot of stuff – tech equipment, props, office bits & pieces. We’re having a big clear out as we downsize our storage unit & we’re opening our door to local artist-led & small organisations who’d be able to make use of our
‘Rakkaudesta Sähköön’ (‘For The Love Of Electricity’) opened at the Finnish National Theatre on 20th March 2025. Here Aitor reflects on directing Marc Gassot and his creative team. In 2019 Marc Gassot, a physical theatre performer from Finland approached me to direct a solo show for him. It was going
Our co-Artistic Director Aitor Basauri has been directing this show with Finnish mime and actor Marc Gassot since before lockdown. It finally opens in Helsinki tonight! More about the show on the Finnish National Theatre website.
We’re headed to Vienna for rehearsals of our box-office smash operetta! This will be the third revival of the award-winning production. Full details of performances on the Volksoper website Pictures, videos and reviews on our Orpheus show page 2025 performance dates: 6th Feb, 16th Feb, 21st Feb, 7th March, 11th
After keeping this under our hats for nearly a year, today we are announcing our next major Spymonkey production. INSIDIOUS – THE FURTHER YOU FEAR is a live immersive horror experience based on the hit horror film franchise, Insidious. Moving thrillingly beyond more familiar comedic territory, this latest show sees
We were tucked up that Orpheus in the Underworld, Spymonkey’s first full-scale opera directed by Toby Park and Aitor Basauri, was awarded Best Design 2023 at the Austrian Music Theatre Awards on 1st September. We also received a nomination for Best Operetta. Here’s designer Julian Crouch accepting the award: IMG_3611
There are three ways to train with us in New York this autumn and ‘save the date’ for our popular week-long course in Bilbao. Our New York training, in association with New York Drama Centre, will take place in Midtown Manhattan (venue tbc) this October. ★ Two week Spymonkey Theatre
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