Media - Video

Genesis Sixteen is The Sixteen’s new training programme which aims to nurture the next generation of talented young voices and specifically to bridge the gap from student to professional practitioner. This short film gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the intense training the participants received in their first week-long course with Harry Christophers and other key artists from The Sixteen.

On 16 January 2011 the Genesis Foundation celebrated its 10th anniversary of nurturing emerging arts talent with a special evening at London’s Royal Court Theatre.

We are delighted to present this short film which follows the work of the Genesis Foundation at the Young Vic. See the progression of the Genesis Directors Network and follow the first Genesis Fellow, Joe Hill-Gibbins as he begins rehearsals for The Glass Menagerie, which opened last night.

For tickets, please visit the Young Vic website

The Genesis Foundation is supporting two students, Natalie Carter and Hayley Stobo, as they train at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. In this film, Natalie discusses her experience of the Bolshoi and living in Moscow, whilst Hayley tells of her excitement at being accepted this year.

To celebrate the success of the International Playwrights at the Royal Court Theatre, we are pleased to present this documentary which features Elyse Dodgson, head of the theatre’s International department, and many of the participants from the 2010 International Residency. The residency is an intensive four week workshop for emerging writers and directors from all parts of the world, and this is just one element of the International programme.

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.

In 2002, the Genesis Foundation took over the scholarship programme established several years earlier by John Studzinski, the Foundation's chairman, for students at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

To celebrate the launch of the HighTide Genesis Laboratory, we are pleased to present this short documentary which includes rehearsal footage of 4.10 Gone, the first play to be workshopped in the laboratories.

To celebrate Anupama Chandrasekhar's latest play, Disconnect, currently showing at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, we are happy to present a 5 minute excerpt from play.

Chennai-based playwright Anupama Chandrasekhar, an alumnus of the Genesis Foundation supported International Playwrights programme at the Royal Court, discusses her latest play, Disconnect, which will have its world premiere at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs from 17 February until 20 March.

Greta Alfaro is the first beneficiary of the new Genesis Scholarship programme at the Royal College of Art.  A postgraduate photography student from Valencia, Spain, she has been offered a place on the two-year M.A. programme and will receive £10,000 per year from the Genesis Foundation.  Her work deals with the importance and significance of images in contemporary Western society.

This video, entitled In Ictu Oculi, is a recent example of her work.