Big Box Project

Commissioned by the Youth Service Department of Hertfordshire County Council, the Big Box Project aims to develop drama as a tool in the delivery of the curriculum as part of Youth Service provision in Hertfordshire.

The project’s main objective is to foster and mentor youth workers to create a pool of drama expertise able to work with young people and workers within the Youth Service in Hertfordshire.

 

 

 

The Team

Project Director : Andy Potter

A long-term freelance associate of Box Clever, Andy has previously directed several tours of the Boxed Shakespeares (Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth and Twelfth Night) and the company’s acclaimed anti-bullying piece – Mark and the Marked. His acting credits for the company include creating the roles of the Storyteller/Shylock in The Boxed Merchant of Venice and the Christ-like ‘H’ in A Very Private Passion. From 2000 to 2004, Andy was the Artistic Director of Wildcard Theatre Company where his work included directing his own adaptation of Macbeth, Richard III, Hiawatha, Gawain & The Green Knight and The Book of Genesis. For Wildcard he also created and performed a one-man telling of the Trojan War (Iliad) based on the writings of Christopher Logue and Elizabeth Cook.

Project Manager : Alice Bartlett

Alice began her professional career as a ventriloquist in Las Vegas, before graduating from Manchester University with a drama degree in 1998. Since then she has been resident Assistant Director at West Yorkshire Playhouse and Associate Director at Harrogate Theatre and most recently Basingstoke Haymarket. In the past 6 years she has directed over 50 productions of all shapes and sizes for companies including Basingstoke Haymarket, Bolton Octagon, Bradford Alhambra, Contact Theatre, Harrogate Theatre, Hull Truck and Wakefield Theatre Royal. Alice has also written 2 plays - Such a Curious Dream and Silence of a Dale- and has recently adapted the latter into a film for BBC television.