Project People
Icarus Project Performers
Stefan Aquilina (ICARUS 4, TWO, TWO.2, Tekhne 2004)
Nicole Bugeja (Amargo TWO, Lamentations of Cain, La Reina, RISK)
Frank Camilleri (Amargo, TWO.2, Amargo TWO, Lamentations of Cain, La Reina, RISK,
……………………..Tekhne, Duration 56)
Karl Cassar (La Reina, RISK))
Jeremy de Maria (Amargo TWO, Lamentations of Cain)
Nathalie Gaglione (Amargo TWO)
Caroline Gatt (ICARUS 4, TWO, TWO.2, Amargo TWO, Tekhne 2004)
Aldith Gauci (RISK)
Louise Ghirlando (ICARUS 4)
Robert Klarmann (Duration 56)
Timothy Slater (Duration 56)
Sandro Spina (ICARUS 4)
Cathleen Tanti (Amargo TWO)
Marie Louise Vella (RISK)
Judita Vitkauskaite (Duration 56)
Icarus Project Research Collaborators
Electa Behrens
Maria Cutajar
Ricky Flax
Elena Liutkute
Project Leader: Frank Camilleri
Frank Camilleri is Artistic Director of Icarus Performance Project (Malta) and Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Kent (Canterbury, UK). He was Academic Coordinator of the Theatre Studies Programme at the University of Malta from 2004 to 2008.
He has worked with John Schranz, first as part of Teatru tal-Bniedem (Theatre of Man, 1989-1993) and then as main research collaborator within Groups for Human Encounter (1994-2003). Under Schranz’s direction he performed in Berlin! Berlin! (1992) and Inkontri Possibbli (1995-1996), and together they created Camilleri’s solo performance Id-Descartes which was presented in various European contexts from 1996 to 2003. Camilleri has also worked with Ingemar Lindh (1994-1997) and performed under the Polish director Lech Raczak (formerly with Osmegio Dnia Theatre) in La Vita di S. Giovanni (Urbino, 1994) and La Pietra e il Dolore (Urbino, 1996).
In 2001 Camilleri founded Icarus Performance Project (Malta) as part of Groups for Human Encounter until 2003. In 2004 the Project pursued its practice independently. The Project’s research in performance process and actor technique has been presented in various countries, including Italy (Macerata), Poland (Poznan), the United Kingdom (Exeter, Scarborough, Canterbury, Plymouth), Russia (Moscow), and Portugal (Evora).
In the course of his activity in theatre Camilleri developed a way of relating to the work of the actor based on a study of elaboration of acrobatics, plastiques, martial arts, dance, and mime. He has also developed a vocal training regimen which evolved from the work on physical actions. Camilleri has performed, delivered workshops, given papers and demonstrations in various European contexts since 1994.
Project Researcher: Nicole Bugeja
Nicole Bugeja has been a member of Icarus Performance Project since 2004. She has performed in Amargo TWO (2004), Lamentations of Cain (2005), La Reina (2006), and RISK: El Riesgo de la Reina (2007).
Bugeja has followed actor training in Malta, Poland, Italy, and Sweden. She has trained with John Schranz in Group for Human Encounters from 2001 till 2004 as well as with international masters, including Gei Pin Ang and Nhandan Chirco (former members of the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards), Claire Heggen and Yves Marc (former apprentices of Etienne Decroux), Teatr Zar, Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practices, Odin Teatret, and with Magdalena Pietruska and Roger Rolin, former collaborators of Ingemar Lindh and current leaders of the Institutet för Scenkonst.
Bugeja is currently researching Improvisation Dynamics in the Performing Arts for her PhD degree at the University of Malta, where she also delivers lectures in Intercultural Performance, Laboratory Theatre, and Actor Training. As part of her academic research in collaboration with the Institutet för Scenkonst, as well as her contribution within Icarus Performance Project, Bugeja is currently focusing on the possibilities of improvisation in performance.