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Dateline: 24th November, 2006
Nós and Shakespeare Since August 2005, Brazilian theatre photographer Ellie Kurttz has been collaborating with the Vidigal based theatre company Nós do Morro and the Royal Shakespeare Company to document the work which went on in Brazil and the UK to bring a very Brazilian version of The Two Gentlemen of Verona to Stratford-upon-Avon as part of the RSC’s Complete Works Festival.
Her collaboration with the two companies culminates in an exhibition called Nós & Shakespeare which runs from 8th to 22nd December at Gallery 32, Green Street, London, part of the Embassy of Brazil.
"I am so excited about this project,’ says Ellie. "It has brought together two very important aspects of my life – being Brazilian and being a theatre photographer. My aim is to celebrate and capture the strength, belief and commitment of everyone involved in the adventure of bringing a group of Brazilians to Stratford-upon-Avon to perform one of Shakespeare’s love stories on an RSC stage in Portuguese. The photographs were taken in two different countries with two different realities. However, the subject remains the same and is universal – theatre.
"When people walk into Gallery 32, I want them to feel that they are entering a live theatre environment, so I will surround them with colourful images and sounds from the rehearsal room."
Nós do Morro is a theatre company and school based in the Favela do Vidigal, in Rio de Janeiro. It provides a safe and creative environment for over 3,000 children and adolescents living in dangerous and problematic communities. Actors from Nós do Morro have gone on to appear on stage, TV and notably in the award-winning film, City of God. RSC Voice Director, Cicely Berry has been working with the group for the past ten years, and was the inspiration for the connection between Nós do Morro and the RSC.
Ellie Kurttz has lived and worked extensively in London since 1995. She has exhibited in the UK, Spain and Brazil. After graduating with distinction from a post-graduate course in art and photography at Central Saint Martin’s School of Art and Design in 2002, she started working as a theatre photographer. She is a former ballerina. Nós do Morro's production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona was performed in the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford, on 27th August, 2006. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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