Strands

This page gathers together various aspects of The Chekhov Collective’s research exploring Michael Chekhov’s technique in the context of directing theatre on a broad continuum that includes play texts, adaptations, devised and physical theatre and site-specific performance.

This page gathers together various aspects of The Chekhov Collective’s research exploring Michael Chekhov’s technique in the context of dance, movement, and dance-theatre crossovers. This work has developed out of partnerships and exchanges among a number of artists and scholars in the field, who are referred to below and/or in associated publications.

This page gathers together various aspects of The Chekhov Collective’s research exploring Michael Chekhov’s technique in the context of applied theatre, therapeutic and community contexts.

Michael Chekhov Technique is best known as a series of tools and principles for actors. However, Chekhov firmly believed that all actors were artists in their own right who should be given agency to function as performance-makers in a holistic sense. He did not believe actors were merely the interpreters of the author and/or director’s text or vision.

This page gathers together various aspects of The Chekhov Collective’s research exploring Michael Chekhov’s technique in the context of writing, self-directing and performing feminist solo performance and comedy. This work has developed out of Sian Clarke’s practice and research since 2013.