2009

An improvised walkabout performance (unless they’re sat down) in which two sports commentators describe everyday life in too much detail. Catch them live in person or streamed live online.

Home of The Wriggler is a lo-fi sci-fi docu-drama: Lo-fi because the lights and sound are all powered by the cast, givingthe show a strange intensity and immediacy. Sci-fi because […]

In late 2002 Stan’s Cafe were commissioned by Creative Partnerships to devise a training day for teachers. The day was designed to encourage participants to take risks and try new […]

Impressive and original […] a fascinating and exhilarating piece of work from a company of real artistic innovators who always have new things to say and new ways of saying […]

Stan’s Cafe, has a genius way of explaining things and making the difficult simple. Lyn Gardner – The Guardian A play about the 2008 financial collapse, set in 17th Century […]

Imagine a whole lifetime’s worth of exhilaration and confusion condensed into five minutes and you have some idea of what The Black Maze is like. It offers the same breathtaking […]

Aberystwyth Arts Centre Aberystwyth 30th September – 3rd October 2009 At the top of the Hill with a sea-view, the arts centre on the university campus in Aberystwyth threw open […]

The Island, Bridewell, Bristol as part of MAYFEST 14th – 16th May 2009 Bristol We were performing for Mayfest in Bristol as part of a two-pronged Stan’s Cafe attack alongside […]

Ideas Lab: Architecture and Design  A paper commissioned by Brightspace and presented to artists, teachers and creative agents 25th November, 2009 I’ve taken the notion of the ideas lab fairly […]

Festivalul National De TeatruBucharest, Romania 3rd – 11th November 2009 Bucharest Here the show ran on an upstairs balcony while The Cleansing Of Constance Brown was presented in a hall […]

What is there left to say about the Edinburgh Festival? It has grown monstrous in so many ways and yet somehow retains its capacity to be utterly wonderful. I used […]

Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham28 – 31 August, 2009 Cheltenham Another tented version of the show, this time on Cheltenham Racecourse at the Greenbelt Festival which has been held annually since 1974. […]

Below is an outline of a short Creative Session run for teachers, artists and pupils commissionedby Bright Space in Birmingham as part of a two day training program. The intention […]

Center For The Arts, Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut, U.S.A. 21st February – 4th March 2009 Middletown This presentation at the Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut was one of the most satisfying […]

There is a clear clue as to what Marketing Birmingham does hidden within its title, but who specifically do you market Birmingham to? Our focus thus far has been on […]

Domaine d’OMontpellier, France 21st Sept – 2nd Oct 2009 Montpellier Domaine d’O is an Arts Centre spread in separate buildings thorugh a walled public park on the outskirts of Montpellier. […]

Dance Base, Edinburgh25 – 29 August 2009 It is Scotland, an international conference, possibly a peace conference, is taking place just beneath the famous castle. Media interest is high, delegates […]

The Harbourfront CentreToronto, Canada May 13th – 24th, 2009 Toronto Our 12 day run at The Harbourfront Centre broke attendance records for the show thanks in no small part to […]

A seemingly ridiculous experiment […] which became almost legendary. Matthew Linley Once you have unfettered use of a large industrial space thoughts naturally turn to what fun you can have […]

Smartie Mission was made in January 2009, with Year 5 at Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Birmingham. In September 2008 Year 6 had visited our presentation of Of All […]

We’re sorry for the jargon but it’s not our fault – we regularly get asked to lead Break-Out Groups at conferences. We are given an hour or so to get […]

Beaumont Leys School, LeicesterOpen to the public 13:00 – 15:0021st & 28th November, 5th & 12th December 2009 When we were invited to Beaumont Leys School to discuss a possible […]

Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry28th May – 26 June 2009 It turns out that rather than being a renowned centre for academia, the University of Warwick’s main campus is the Headquarters […]

First conceived 10 years ago, I See With My Eyes Closed was the fulfillment of a dream long-held between Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and Stan’s Cafe, of collaborating on a […]

On 9th July, 2009, on the Main Stage of Birmingham Rep., Suzie Small lifted a car. Unusually we had gone to Bright Space, the agents for Creative Parnerships in Birmingham […]

@ A E Harris, BirminghamFriday 11th September 17.00 – 22.00Saturday & Sunday 12th & 13th September, 2012 10.00 – 18.00 Saturdays 19th & 26th September & 3rd October 10.00 – […]

Croydon ClocktowerKatharine Street, Croydon, CR9 1ETFriday 18th September – 10th October, 2009 All Day (not Sundays) Odyssey Steps is the fifth edition of Stan’s Cafe’s Steps Series. It takes thedevice […]