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Vision/Vision?
Theatre Sans Accents (TSA) is an innovative theatre company that aims to promote language learning through the arts to children and adults, as well as creating high quality original pieces of theatre by bilingual artists.
Theatre Sans Accents (TSA) is an innovative theatre company that aims to promote language learning through the arts to children and adults, as well as creating high quality original pieces of theatre by bilingual artists.
Mission/Mission?
As an emerging and ambitious theatre company based in Edinburgh, we create exciting and original pieces of theatre beyond cultural and language boundaries on and off stage. We aspire to provide a platform where individuals from all horizons can express themselves through a technical approach.
As an emerging and ambitious theatre company based in Edinburgh, we create exciting and original pieces of theatre beyond cultural and language boundaries on and off stage. We aspire to provide a platform where individuals from all horizons can express themselves through a technical approach.
Buts/Goals?
Our goals are to:
Our goals are to:
- offer a fair and diverse access to the arts
- encourage multi-cultural collaborations
- give a space to emerging artists to express themselves and demystify language learning
Objectifs/Objectives?
Our objectives are to:
Our objectives are to:
- break down language and cultural boundaries
- promote bilingualism
- offer a positive and pleasant experience of language learning
- share artistic practice
- meet and collaborate with other artists with a similar ethos
- create performances that challenge theatrical standards
Qui/Who?
Marion Geoffray,
Director/Founder, theatre practitioner and bilingual actress
Marion is a professionally trained actress who has studied Drama both in France and in the UK. After completing her MA at RADA in 2011, she performed in many stage productions and films in and around London.
She has an extensive background in teaching Drama to both children and adults in various settings (workshops, schools, communities, festivals, private). In 2013 she created bilingual (French/English) workshops in partnership with EDUCA London, devising and directing original end of year shows with her students. Since then, she has collaborated with The Crescent Theatre in Birmingham, Festival d’Avignon, The Fringe, The BBC, Edinburgh Acting School, Drama Studio, Theatre Re, Edinburgh University and many other institutions delivering workshops, producing shows and providing consultancy.
With TSA, Marion has finally found a space and a voice to express herself and share her passion for languages and Theatre. She particularly enjoys exploring the boundaries of language whilst questioning gender, social behaviours and cultural clichés on stage.
Marion Geoffray,
Director/Founder, theatre practitioner and bilingual actress
Marion is a professionally trained actress who has studied Drama both in France and in the UK. After completing her MA at RADA in 2011, she performed in many stage productions and films in and around London.
She has an extensive background in teaching Drama to both children and adults in various settings (workshops, schools, communities, festivals, private). In 2013 she created bilingual (French/English) workshops in partnership with EDUCA London, devising and directing original end of year shows with her students. Since then, she has collaborated with The Crescent Theatre in Birmingham, Festival d’Avignon, The Fringe, The BBC, Edinburgh Acting School, Drama Studio, Theatre Re, Edinburgh University and many other institutions delivering workshops, producing shows and providing consultancy.
With TSA, Marion has finally found a space and a voice to express herself and share her passion for languages and Theatre. She particularly enjoys exploring the boundaries of language whilst questioning gender, social behaviours and cultural clichés on stage.
Christopher Buttigieg
Administrator/Producer
Fuelled by his personal interest in the arts, Christopher recently finished reading for a Masters degree in Arts, Culture and Festival Management at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, securing a Merit classification. His research involved a review of techniques for small organizations to leverage digital technologies and platforms to enhance audience engagement, participation and education, obtained from similarly small art and culture originations in Scotland.
He has worked on numerous art and cultural events in Edinburgh and Malta, including the Edinburgh Official Fringe Festival, the Imaginate Edinburgh International Children’s Festival and the ZiguZajg International Children’s Festival in Malta.
Administrator/Producer
Fuelled by his personal interest in the arts, Christopher recently finished reading for a Masters degree in Arts, Culture and Festival Management at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, securing a Merit classification. His research involved a review of techniques for small organizations to leverage digital technologies and platforms to enhance audience engagement, participation and education, obtained from similarly small art and culture originations in Scotland.
He has worked on numerous art and cultural events in Edinburgh and Malta, including the Edinburgh Official Fringe Festival, the Imaginate Edinburgh International Children’s Festival and the ZiguZajg International Children’s Festival in Malta.