SIMONE SPITERI

SIMONE SPITERI was born in 1983 and trained for her Diploma in acting at the Malta Drama Centre between 1996 and 2004. She obtained her B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. in Theatre Studies from the University of Malta. She set up her own theatre company, Dù, in 2004 in which she performs, directs and writes. Her […]

WEEDS (2005)

The Vilest Deeds like Poison Weeds, Bloom Well in Poison Air Oscar WildeA relatively minor poet, Housman’s work is simple, but yet, almost quietly chilling. Taking his nostalgic and often pessimistic poems as a starting point and setting it against the contrastingly extravagant exuberance of his era (mainly stimulated by the Edwardian Golden Age and […]

THE HOLLOW ROOM (2005)

A collaboration with local theatre group Aleateia, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytales, performed at The Meeting Place: A tribute to Hans Christian Andersen, HCA Bicentenary Celebrations, Esbjerg, Denmark and MITP Theatre, Valletta, Malta.Language: EnglishWriter: Simon BartoloDirector: Simon BartoloPerformers: Magdalena van Kuilenburg, Simone Spiteri, Franica Pulis, Victoria Theuma, Loranne Vella, Sephora Gauci, Chris GaleaPhotos by DrooRizz Photography

POLLEN (2004)

If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat. Oscar WildeTime is witness to Man’s eternal struggle for equality, which over the millennia came in various forms and ways. But yet, ironically enough, this struggle was always paralleled by another equally continuous one, to distinguish oneself from another on […]