Of Potters' Demons

OfPotters’Demons was founded by the writer, teacher, and theatre maker Anton Bonnici in 2016, with the initial intention of being a Paris based, international, collaborative production lab. Bringing together a number of artists and performers, throughout 2017 & 2018, in collaboration with the co-director Louise Denyer, Of Potters’ Demons produced and staged a number of performances in Paris, Moscow and London – Some Stupid Bitch Killed Ana Peaceful June 2017 Paris, Listen, I’m Dying February 2018 Moscow & September 2018 Paris, Criminals! August 2018 London & October 2018 Paris (in co-production with Magus Theatre).

These experiences, which are being categorized as CYCLE#2017-2018, all pointed towards a further need for experimentation with a liberated approach focusing more on progress presentations rather than the staging of finished productions. This is what motivated the shift from Performance Production Lab to Text, Image & Performance Lab.

Thus, OfPotters’Demons as Text, Image & Performance Lab, intends to develop a continuous process of research and creativity in the making of texts, images and performances without any specific production end goals. Building on the concepts already explored in previous theatrical productions yet moving forwards onto a variety of other media including photography and film, the next phase for the OfPotters’Demons process will see a new cycle of experimental research and creativity, bringing together a number of international artists and collaborators for the creation of emotionally demanding, aesthetically complex, and politically relevant works of literature, art and performance across media and genres.

If you wish to get involved with OfPotters’Demons just get in touch via email. Any form of collaboration, in any medium, is welcome.

antonbonnici@ofpottersdemons.com

Writing for the Stage

The Writing for the Stage creative writing workshops series is a space for playwrights to come together and experiment with writing scripts for theatrical production. Whether it’s the opening moments of a show, or building tension across scenes and dialogues, or reaching a satisfying climax, these sessions are meant to put specific writing challenges under the microscope without limiting the creativity and ambitions of the writers involved. The only requirement to join is pen and paper and an sense of enthusiasm for the written word.

Text Theatre Sessions

Text Theatre is an experimental theatre making methodology being developed at ofpotters’demons. The workshop sessions all focus on creative exploration of texts by a group of people that are both audience and artists at play in this experience. You should totally join a session if you’re interested in finding out more.

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All OfPotters’Demons workshops are free of charge. Please follow ofpotters’demons on Facebook to find out when and where the next workshops are happening.

YET SO AS BY FIRE – A Passion Play in 2 ACTS by Anton Bonnici – Victoria Sultana, a devout religious woman, has died on a Friday after having suffered from the Holy Wounds of Jesus Christ. Her family and closest friends are on television talking about their last hours with Victoria in memory of her service and devotion to the Church. But is their testimony truly what happened that day? And is there any place left in today’s world for Holy Women? 

QUASAR BLUES – A Re-Enactment in 2 ACTS by Anton Bonnici – Over a decade ago, Terry Williams and Jennifer Cole, two deranged lovers, put on an experimental show in a local theatre and ended the performance by shooting dead a few members of the audience before killing themselves in a horrific double suicide. Today, two young performers want to take Terry William’s original texts and re-stage Quasar Blues, but what do the survivors of the original play have to say about it? And who would ever risk go seeing this ominous performance?

PORNOTOPIA – A Rite of Passage in 1 ACT by Anton Bonnici – Ana Peaceful, a feminist, porn actress and producer has been shot dead in her studio. The shocking news turns the lives of employees, lovers, and devoted friends completely upside down in a blink, but what does everyone have to say about Ana Peaceful now that she’s gone? And what are these voices left behind, blindly roaming the void in search for a peaceful way out?  

PUBLICATIONS COMING SOON in 2019

ANTON BONNICI – A writer, teacher, and theatre maker, Bonnici has been a keen student of the literary and performing arts since his formative years. He’s been involved in the Anglo theatre Paris scene since 2016 and has written three 2 act plays, two of which – Quasar Blues (2016) & Pornotopia (under the previous work in progress titles of Some Stupid Bitch Killed Ana Peaceful (2017) & Listen, I’m Dying (2018)) have been staged in Paris. He is currently developing new material in a variety of different media as part of the next process cycle for OfPotters’Demons.  

The collaborative process with different artists has always been a key element of all OfPotters’Demons projects. Here are some names of artists that have already collaborated with OfPotters’Demons and will surely feature in future works: 

Louise Denyer – Paris based Actress, director, producer and performance coach. – http://www.louisedenyer.com/

Charles Gosme – Paris based musician, music teacher and music producer –  https://charlesgosme.com/

Nikita Belih – Moscow based theatre and dance choreographer – https://vk.com/video26356814_456239052

The Opiate Magazine – A New York based international literary magazine – http://www.theopiatemagazine.com

Zoe Fan – A Singapore based photographer – Instagram @zoeandzo : http://www.zofanproductions.com

Marina Lvova – A Moscow based photogpraher – Instagram @marin.lv