In Development
The Attic
Because A Woman Should Know Her Place
A Tragically Comic Musical
An original two-act musical asking how empowered women really are.
Genre: Satire, Gothic, Feminist, Magical Realism, Black Comedy.
In homage to Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Charlotte Bronte, Virginia Woolf and Gabriel García Márquez.
Charlotte is a writer who decides to take a break from her misogynist boyfriend, Nigel, to focus on her gothic writing. With her writers' muses in tow, she rents a strange old house from a creepy estate agent on the condition that she must not go into the attic. Disconcerted by the constant noise coming from the attic and against her muses’ wishes, Charlotte goes up to investigate. There, she finds an old 1920s flapper, Lulu, whose revelations turn Charlotte’s world upside down.
PRODUCTION DETAILS
Lyricist/Bookwriter: Estee Stimler
Composer: Yuval Havkin
The Winter’s Tale
A feminist adaptation
This production changes Shakespeare's final play from a tragi-comedy into a tragedy. Because of #TimesUp and #MeToo – and since there are no statutes of limitations on transgressions for the patriarchal historical abuse of females, this production will feature repercussions for Leontes and Polixenes. To address these issues, Hermione does die, and Leontes is not exonerated - truly a 'winter's tale'. This version harks back to the source material in Robert Greene's 'Pandosto'. In the spirit of Seneca's proposition that "the process of imitation… shouldn't be quite identical to its predecessors", this play is transformed for the zeitgeist and sees both Polixenes and Leontes abandoned by the young couple and their courts as the young set off into a future untainted by tyranny or class distinctions. It will feature an all-female creative team and cast.
PRODUCTION DETAILS
Writer: Estee Stimler
Theatre TBC, Dates TBC
Strings Attached
[Formerly known as ‘Jewbilical Cord’]
A hilariously madcap, character-driven musical
When Sharon and Michael Fischer finally see their youngest son off to university, they celebrate getting the house back to themselves, only to have their daughter move back home after a bad breakup. The couple ends up scheming with Michael’s Yiddish-speaking parents to get her out. But one by one, their four children seem to keep coming back. They drive Sharon and Michael around the twist while their always-breaking-down house competes for their attention. But, despite all the mayhem, Sharon and Michael discover that they wouldn’t have it any other way.
PRODUCTION DETAILS
Lyricist/Bookwriter: Estee Stimler
Composer: Yuval Havkin
The Long Night Animation
A 90-minute theatrical, feature-length film
When an artistic, charismatic dreamer is sent to the concentration camps, he must learn to survive by his wits, only to realise that his imagination can keep his hope alive.
'The Long Night' animation is based on the true story of Ernst Israel Bornstein, who survived seven concentration camps and several death marches as a teenager in the Second World War.
In this imagining, Ernst is an artist- he draws on every surface imaginable, and his drawings spring to life which allows the viewers access to his memories and fantasies. Unlike typical Holocaust sepia-toned films or animations of this genre, this film is bright and vivid in colour.
PRODUCTION DETAILS
Writer: Estee Stimler
Director: Saul Blinkoff (Disney, DreamWorks)
Animation Studio: Kingbee Animations
Producer: Noemie Lopian
The Other Princess Animation
An original musical fairy tale
When an evil Duke with designs on the throne switches his newborn baby with the newly born Princess Amara, his daughter, Mila, is raised as a child of the King and Queen while Amara grows up hidden in the forest. However, when the Duke tries to force Mila to marry Prince Fabio, Mila grows suspicious and is compelled to investigate. When she finally finds out the Duke’s wicked motives, she has to make decisions that will change the course of her life and the kingdom forever.
PRODUCTION DETAILS
Lyricist/Bookwriter: Estee Stimler
