Malcolm Griffiths, director, writer, Portable Theatre Workshop and Paradise Foundry (1943-2010)
Malcolm was a hugely inspiring individual. In later years he taught theatre design at Nottingham Trent University, where he became Professor, bringing fire, creativity and fierce commitment to building a department of international standing. He had started as a director with Portable Theatre, the new writing company, running it as Portable Theatre Workshop and then Paradise Foundry, commissioning ground-breaking new plays. In later years he was instrumental in building contacts in Eastern Europe and bringing over artists to collaborate and work in Britain. Along with Stephen Lowe, Michelene Wandor paid tribute to him in The Guardian saying ‘’Malcolm Griffiths saw no conflict between formal experimentation and politics’.
You can read the full obituary at: www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/dec/02/malcolm-griffiths-obituary
Paradise Foundry
Photo: Roger Perry, courtesy of Kate Bindloss
Can you identify this show and the performers in it for us? If so – or if you worked with Portable or with Paradise Foundry in the early 70s and can tell us more about the companies, Malcolm, and those days, please contact us.
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