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Genesis supports Central Saint Martins Product Design Degree Show Monday, 8 June 2009 : News Item : Genesis (Home)

For the first time, the Genesis Foundation is supporting the graduation show of the BA Product Design course at Central Saint Martins. You can see the exhibition at Central St Martins College of Art and Design in Southampton Row in London.

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Bald Soprano Will Not Sing in London Tête à Tête Monday, 20 April 2009 : News Item : Tete a Tete, Jean-Philippe Calvin

The Genesis Foundation was to have supported a London production in November 2009 of the new opera that it commissioned from Jean-Philippe Calvin based on the iconic French play by Eugene Ionesco, La Cantatrice Chauve. The production was being developed by the company Tête à Tête.

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THE BALD SOPRANO DOESN’T SING Tête à Tête 20 April 2009 : Press Release : Tete a Tete, Jean-Philippe Calvin

Genesis Foundation Responds to Tête a Tête
Genesis reluctantly withdrew from Tête à Tête production due to contractual issues.

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The Bald Soprano Doesn’t Sing Here Any More Monday, 18 April 2009 : General : Tete a Tete

Due to various contractual complications, the Genesis Foundation has decided reluctantly that it must withdraw its support from Tête à Tête’s proposed November production at the Riverside Studios in London of the Genesis-commissioned opera The Bald Soprano (La Cantatrice Chauve) by Jean-Philippe Calvin. A French production of La Cantatrice is still being performed in Paris from 30 April to 3 May 2009.

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Tête à Tête Opera Tête à Tête Opera Monday, 1 January 2009 : Tete a Tete

Tête à Tête was founded in 1997 and has made a particular name for producing and promoting new, small-scale operatic works.  The Genesis Foundation's collaboration with Tête à Tête was launched in 2007 with support for the company's Blind Date Tour, which presented six short operas by six different composers in the course of one evening.  Subsequently, the Foundation committed to two further years of funding.

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That Face That Face Wednesday, 5 March 2008 : News Item : International Playwrights

Polly Stenham’s multi-award winning debut play That Face will transfer to the Duke of York’s Theatre in May.  Stenham wrote the play when she was only 19 and was subsequently named Most Promising Playwright by the Evening Standard Awards and the Critics’ Circle Awards.

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GENESIS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS Tête à Tête’s BLIND DATE TOUR GENESIS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS Tête à Tête’s BLIND DATE TOUR Friday, 23 November 2007 : Press Release : Tete a Tete

The Genesis Foundation is supporting the music theatre company Tête à Tête in its work during 2007/08 with options to extend its involvement. The main purpose is to work with Tête à Tête on audience development in the field of innovative, contemporary opera.

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Genesis Foundation Supports Blind Date Genesis Foundation Supports Blind Date Tuesday, 6 November 2007 : News Item : Tete a Tete

As part of a new collaboration with the opera company Tête à Tête, Genesis is supporting as a major sponsorship its current project, Blind Date, which plays at the Riverside Studios in London on 12,13, 15 and 16 November at 7.45 pm.

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Major New International Season at the Royal Court includes Genesis discoveries Tuesday, 27 September 2007 : News Item : International Playwrights

The International Season at the Royal Court Theatre in London which runs from 21 September - 15 December 2007 has five plays in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs that have come through the Genesis International playwrights programme.

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Exclusive Preview of new Genesis Composer: Music for John Studzinski Exclusive Preview of new Genesis Composer: Music for John Studzinski Wednesday, 25 July 2007 : News Item : OperaGenesis, Jean-Philippe Calvin

Jean-Philippe Calvin is a young French composer who is working with the Genesis Foundation to develop an opera based on Eugene Ionesco's absurdist play La Cantatrice Chauve.

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Genesis Foundation: Changing Lives Wednesday, 25 July 2007 : News Item : About Genesis (Home)

See a short film about the work and achievements of the Genesis Foundation so far.

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Rough Cuts at the Royal Court Thursday, 5 July 2007 : News Item : International Playwrights

Rough Cuts is a new season of diverse and experimental work-in-progress, presented informally in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs over two weeks.

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Genesis Composer at Gaudemus Festival Saturday, 30 June 2007 : News Item : Jean-Philippe Calvin

Jean-Philippe Calvin, the French composer who is developing a new opera for Genesis, based on Ionesco's legendary play La Cantatrice Chauve, is about to have a piece performed at the International Gaudemus Festival.

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Genesis Party 2007 Wednesday, 27 June 2007 : News Item : Genesis Directors

On 12 June 2007 Genesis gave its annual Summer Drinks Party for friends and partners at the Young Vic in London. The building has just won the Royal Institute of British Architects Award for the best new building in London 2007!

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John Studzinski Talks about Genesis Foundation Wednesday, 27 June 2007 : News Item : About Genesis (Home), John Studzinski (Home)

Recently John Studzinski was interviewed for a film about the work of the Genesis Foundation.

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John Studzinski interviewed on Radio 3 about arts philanthropy Friday, 9 March 2007 : News Item : John Studzinski (Home)

Genesis Foundation Chairman and Founder, John Studzinksi, was interviewed by Tom Service on MUSIC MATTERS on Radio 3 at 12:15 pm on 10 March 2007.

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Young Vic Highlights Early Brecht Friday, 9 March 2007 : News Item : Genesis Directors

In April, the Young Vic is turning its two new smaller theatre spaces (the Maria and the Clare) in the rebuilt house over to The Big Brecht Fest: Four short early play by Bertold Brecht.

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Classical Music Discovers OperaGenesis Sunday, 25 February 2007 : News Item : OperaGenesis

In late January, Classical Music Magazine did a cover story about the Genesis Foundation’s recently developed OperaGenesis programme.

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Joint BBC & Royal Court Initiative For New Plays Saturday, 4 November 2006 : News Item : International Playwrights

One of the international events being held by the Royal Court Theatre this autumn is a collaboration with the BBC World Service, called Small Talk: Big Picture, when readings by four international writers will be presented in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs.

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Royal Court Collaborates With The BBC Saturday, 4 November 2006 : News Item : International Playwrights

Small Talk: Big Picture is a unique collaboration between the International Department of the Royal Court theatre and the BBC World Service. Continuing and extending the work of the international department, the Royal Court has commissioned writers from all over the world to write short plays exploring personal experiences in their own societies in relation to public events in the world.

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Young Vic Re-Opens Saturday, 4 November 2006 : News Item : Genesis Directors

The Young Vic Theatre officially re-opened its doors to the public on 11 October with a short run (11 October - 21 October) of Jonathan Dove’s uplifting community opera, Tobias and the Angel.

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OperaGenesis develops an absurdist opera based on a play by Ionesco OperaGenesis develops an absurdist opera based on a play by Ionesco Sunday, 20 August 2006 : News Item : OperaGenesis, Jean-Philippe Calvin

In its new initiative to find original approaches to opera and music theatre for the 21st century and also new audiences for the lyric stage, OperaGenesis has worked with French composer Jean Philippe Calvin to complete a one-act, absurdist piece based on the Eugene Ionesco play, La Cantatrice Chauve or The Bald Soprano.

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Genesis Choral Premiere in London Friday, 23 June 2006 : News Item : Will Todd

Composer Will Todd's Among Angels is being given its first performance in London by Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, the group for which it was conceived and written.

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GENESIS SUMMER DRINKS PARTY GENESIS SUMMER DRINKS PARTY Friday, 23 June 2006 : Press Release : Will Todd

Tuesday 27 June 2006 at 6.00 pm - The Genesis Foundation, founded by John Studzinski to nurture emerging talent in the arts and to encourage new audiences, is hosting its annual summer drinks party at St Yeghiche Church in South Kensington. This Armenian Church was recently restored and made into a concert hall by Bob and Tamar Manoukian through their foundation.

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Genesis Choral Commission to be Performed Again in London Friday, 19 May 2006 : News Item : Will Todd

In July 2005, the Genesis Foundation commissioned composer Will Todd and writer Ben Dunwell to create a new piece. They created a choral work called Among Angels which was given its world premiere on 19 March, 2006, on the occasion of the 50th birthday of Genesis Founder and Chairman, John Studzinski.

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LAMDA Genesis Scholars

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Thursday, 17 June 2010

To celebrate the success of LAMDA Genesis Foundation scholars, we are pleased to present this documentary which features current second and third year students preparing for their end of year performances alongside Peter James, the Principal of LAMDA.

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An Update on LAMDA Genesis Foundation Scholars Thursday, 19 August 2010

Paul Tinto (class of 2010) is currently understudying in the critically acclaimed Black Watch at the Barbican Theatre which will run from 27th November 2010 to 22nd January 2011. Meanwhile, Tom Riley (class of 2005) will soon be appearing in the ITV1 drama A Bouquet of Barbed Wire alongside Trevor Eve and fellow LAMDA alumnus, Hermione Norris.

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