Border Crossings

Border Crossings creates new intercultural, multi-media theatre in response to the contemporary globalized world. The company works across the borders between cultures and art forms, and between nations and peoples. Since 1995, Border Crossings productions have toured the UK, Brazil, Egypt, France, Hungary, India, Mauritius, Mexico, the Seychelles and Zimbabwe. Bullie's House

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Patron: Peter Sellars Peter Sellars is one of the leading theatre, opera, and television directors in the world today, having directed more than one hundred productions, large and small, across the world. A graduate of Harvard University, he also studied in Japan, China, and India. At twenty-six he was made Director of the American National Theater at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He was Artistic Director of the 1990 and 1993 Los Angeles Festivals, and he is currently a Professor of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA. Mr. Sellars has collaborated with The Wooster Group and was featured in Jean-Luc Godard's film of King Lear. He has also directed a rock video for Herbie Hancock, radio and a feature film, The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez, which is silent in colour. Peter has directed many contemporary operas: particularly the work of John Adams, including Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer, El Niņo , Dr. Atomic and The Flowering Tree. Other projects include a 25-year survey exhibition of the work of American artist Bill Viola, Peony Pavilion composed by Tan Dun and featuring renowned Kun Opera performer Hua Wenyi, and Agents and Assets, a symposium about the 'war on drugs' presented in collaboration with John Malpede and the Los Angeles Poverty Department. He is a recipient of the MacArthur Prize Fellowship and was awarded the Erasmus Prize at the Dutch Royal Palace for contributions to European culture.

Artistic Director: Michael Walling Michael Walling founded Border Crossings in 1995. He studied History at Oxford University, and subsequently trained at Trinity College, Dublin. He has directed numerous productions across four continents, winning awards for Two Gentlemen of Verona in the US and Paul & Virginie in Mauritius. He has directed the bulk of Border Crossings' productions, and is responsible for the overall direction of the company. Productions elsewhere include: Die Zauberflote (Spain), Attempts on Her Life, Victory, Hard Times, The Art of Success, Macbeth (Mauritius), The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, The Tempest (India), Cosi fan Tutte, Romeo and Juliet (USA), The Great God Brown, Play with Cocaine, Beardsley, Spokesong, Sir Thomas More. Michael also teaches regularly at Rose Bruford College, and Central School of Speech and Drama. For Rose Bruford's Distance Learning courses, he has written Modules on The Social Stage, Shakespeare, The Designer, Elements of the Performance, Post-Colonial and Black Theatres and Ways of Talking about Theatre / Opera. His many publications include pieces in Suspect (Toronto, Alphabet City 2005) and Peripheral Centres / Central Peripheries (Saarbrucken, 2006). Michael directed the ENO's acclaimed workshop productions of Wagner's Ring at the Coliseum and Barbican. He was Associate Director to Peter Sellars on Nixon in China, and to Phyllida Lloyd on The Handmaid's Tale (Canada). During summer 2008, he will direct A Midsummer Night's Dream for Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, USA. Click here for Michael Walling's blog.

Board of Directors - Oliver Fryer - a founder member of Border Crossings, Oliver is an entertainment lawyer, currently working with Jetix. Deborah Regal - a banker by trade, Deborah is currently Vice President, FXMarketSpace. Owen Valentine Pringle - a marketing professional, Owen is Director of Internet & E-Communications, Amnesty International. Peter Scott - a founder member and Chartered Accountant: Peter was formerly Finance director of Birmingham Repertory Theatre, and now teaches drama.

Literary Advisor Dr. Roshni Mooneeram - originally from Mauritius, Roshni is a specialist in post-colonial literature, and currently teaches Literature and Linguistics at the University of Nottingham's campus in Ningbo, China.

Registered Office:13, Bankside, Enfield EN2 8BN
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