Belt Up Theatre
Encyclopedia
Belt Up Theatre are a British theatre company based in the north of England. They were set up in 2008 in the city of York
. Run as a collective, the company is led by directors Dominic J Allen
, Jethro Compton
, James Wilkes
and Alexander Wright.
is to become the new site for Belt Up Theatre's site specific production of Shakespeare's Macbeth
in April 2011.
NSDF Buzz Goodbody Award for best Director for Alexander Wright for Metamorphosis
NSDF Spotlight Award for Best Actor for James Wilkes
as Gregor Samsa in Metamorphosis
NSDF Judges' Award for Best Lighting Design for Jethro Compton
for Metamorphosis
NSDF Judges' Award for Best Ensemble for Metamorphosis
ThreeWeeks
Editor's Award 2008
Edinburgh International Festival
Award 2008
York
York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
. Run as a collective, the company is led by directors Dominic J Allen
Dominic Allen (British playwright)
Dominic Allen is a British theatre actor and playwright, and one of four company directors of the theatre collective Belt Up Theatre....
, Jethro Compton
Jethro Compton
Jethro Compton is a British theatre practitioner and commercial producer. He is the producer and one of the four artistic directors of theatre collective Belt Up Theatre....
, James Wilkes
James Wilkes (theatre)
James Wilkes is a British theatre practitioner and one of four company directors of theatre collective Belt Up Theatre....
and Alexander Wright.
Macbeth
The Middlesex Prison, known as The House of Detention in ClerkenwellClerkenwell
Clerkenwell is an area of central London in the London Borough of Islington. From 1900 to 1965 it was part of the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury. The well after which it was named was rediscovered in 1924. The watchmaking and watch repairing trades were once of great importance...
is to become the new site for Belt Up Theatre's site specific production of Shakespeare's Macbeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
in April 2011.
Awards
NSDF FestGoer's Award for MetamorphosisThe Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often cited as one of the seminal works of short fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world...
NSDF Buzz Goodbody Award for best Director for Alexander Wright for Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often cited as one of the seminal works of short fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world...
NSDF Spotlight Award for Best Actor for James Wilkes
James Wilkes (theatre)
James Wilkes is a British theatre practitioner and one of four company directors of theatre collective Belt Up Theatre....
as Gregor Samsa in Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often cited as one of the seminal works of short fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world...
NSDF Judges' Award for Best Lighting Design for Jethro Compton
Jethro Compton
Jethro Compton is a British theatre practitioner and commercial producer. He is the producer and one of the four artistic directors of theatre collective Belt Up Theatre....
for Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often cited as one of the seminal works of short fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world...
NSDF Judges' Award for Best Ensemble for Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often cited as one of the seminal works of short fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world...
ThreeWeeks
ThreeWeeks
ThreeWeeks is a newspaper that covers the Brighton and Edinburgh Festivals in May and August respectively.It has covered the Edinburgh Festival since 1996 and the Brighton Festival since 2006.- Education Programme :...
Editor's Award 2008
Edinburgh International Festival
Edinburgh International Festival
The Edinburgh International Festival is a festival of performing arts that takes place in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, over three weeks from around the middle of August. By invitation from the Festival Director, the International Festival brings top class performers of music , theatre, opera...
Award 2008
Residency at York Theatre Royal
In autumn 2009, Belt Up Theatre were announced as a resident company at the York Theatre RoyalYork Theatre Royal
The York Theatre Royal is a theatre in St. Leonard's Place, York, England, which dates back to 1744. The theatre currently seats 847 people. This reduced capacity takes into account removal of the mixing position seats and the stage side boxes which are normally not sold...