FLY FLYNN! (2014) (old – temp)

Fly Flynn is a shadow puppet theatre piece which tells the story of Flynn, a young awkward flamingo. While in flight with his family, Flynn loses his balance and falls to the ground without his family realising. Scared and lonely, he must bear the pain in his wing and make his way back to his […]

EVERYWOMAN (2007)

“I pray you all give your audience and hear this matter with reverence by figure a Moral play that of our lives and endings show show transitory we be all day”Everyman (anonymous)Commissioned for Meditation: a Festival of the Sacred Arts, organized by St James Cavalier, EveryWoman uses as a starting point Medieval Morality and Miracle […]

EVA (2005)

EVA entraps the symbolic character of Cleopatra and ensnares her in a sort of limbo, existing in a cloistered cocoon, eternally waiting for a cheating lover, living within a confined space in relation to her servants and most importantly herself. What one discovers is an intricately woven web of the complexity of womanhood who, in […]

FORGET-ME-NOT (2014)

“An imaginative, artistic and tasteful piece which touches the heart, provokes the mind and whispers to the soul.” – Andrè Delicata, Times of Malta What would life be like if humans could tap into every single memory stored in their brains at will? If we could reconnect with every single thing that has happened to […]

TRUTH OR DARE (2009) 

4 strange sisters.  3 eccentric musicians. 7 deadly sins. 1 game.Truth or Dare?We join these outlandish characters as they journey through a labyrinth of quests which will make them face their weaknesses and their fears and which ultimately only the strongest will survive. It is a grotesque game of Truth and Dare sprinkled with an […]

MEDEA (2008)

“The first play I ever saw was Dù Theatre’s rendition of Medea. I think I was about 19 years old then, but even through the drama and the gore of the play, I felt like a child being taken into a whole new world”- Iggy Fenech, Sunday Times of Malta   “Nisħet lilkom u lil […]

LACUNA (2006)

“X’imkien ‘il bogħod ‘il bogħod fejn tinxtamm biss riħa ta` stejjer mitmuma…” Trevor Zahra Four women in an empty space who have nothing in common; who don’t know who they are, where they are, who the other three are… and who they themselves are. Only one thing connects them- they all know how to sing […]

MAGDALENA VAN KUILENBURG

Magdalena Van Kuilenburg, born in 1983, has trained in acting and the performing arts for 8 years at the Malta Drama Centre and holds a B.A. (Hons) in Theatre Studies from the University of Malta. Further training was taken at International Youth Festivals and workshops in Israel, Sicily and Hungary, at Odin Theatre’s Women’s festivals […]

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