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Midnight in Trafalgar Square during the five year non-stop picket of the South African embassy to free Nelson Mandela

The Tony Blair story

Pincher Martin by William Golding done as a monologue

on the dramatic and personal times of the trenches

the supernatural

an all woman play

a play about the rehearsals of an amateur performance of East, where the cast and director don't really understand the play and start simplifying it. It ends with the triumphant reviews: "really brought out the true meaning...", "made sense of an obscure.." etc

an adaptation of Yukio Mishima´s The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

the Bill Clinton scandal done if he was a Cockney, set in London

a frustrated actor kidnaps a director to prove he can act, and ties him to a chair while he performs at him

drama teachers with the same name as camp hair dresser rebel against people who hate physical theatre

getting older/losing sexual prowess

behind the scene look at the real Catholic church, drunk vicars, the use of prostitutes and all the usual stereotypes!!!

a short play about greed with men eating and gorging themselves to death in an orgy of gourmet food, a competition if you like!

an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet

Portray how the media alters the minds of different people in society through the way they produce it, e.g. news production, how it is constructed to produce a biased message

An adaptation of Dante's Inferno

the tale of Berkoff´s childhood

solitude and hope at the century end or century beginning

Cockneys on Mars

an adaptation of Electra

I do like the idea of the Tony Blair and Bill Clinton stories

schizophrenia

How Women Work: it might throw so light on the subject, he's easier to understand than any woman

sex, drugs, prostitution, pimps, murder, burglary

Berkoff joins the Yiddish theatre

another history/ myth like Messiah

Prisoner in Rio the way he would have done it

the Kray twins each in separate prisons

Catholic church stuff, students of today, Royal Family satire

teaching could be portrayed very expressionistically

a new version of East with Ann Widdecombe as dad, William Hague as mum, Keith Vaz and Peter Mandelson as Les and Mike and Cherie Blair as Sylv

a deeper exploration of actor's lives. Steven Berkoff is the master of physical theatre

witchcraft, circus

prisoners!!

cocaine junkies

the life of Laura Desmond

racism not viewed nearly enough

I'm not really sure. Sounds vague but I would like to see a production which was classic, old school Berkoff, as I wasn't even born when his work was at it's prime

Spurt of Blood by Artaud

counselling/psychotherapy in the modern world - that's what I am studying at the moment and all the videos we get to see are SO ancient. I would like to see Berkoff T shirts diaries etc as it would solve my Christmas present dilemma each year. And I would like to be able to order say, a life size cardboard Berkoff from any play/film (what's that...do I hear a groan from Steven? sorry I know it's plebish) Oh yes, I'd like to be able to buy all his plays - how about it! As you can tell, he is my hero. He should have been a counsellor/therapist but I suppose in a way, he is

physical manifestations of disability

H. R. Giger - a physical interpretation!

racism, vulgar, class, different peoples attitude toward each other, rivalry, love, hatred, wealth, fashion, actors lives, etc

he should do a play on the devil like he did in The Messiah. It was an amazing scene to watch

he's very good at talking of real life events. Possibly A Dolls House by Ibsen

why teenagers rebel

One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest adaptation

an adaptation of Wuthering Heights

Messiah featuring Bin Laden....

teaching physical theatre to people brought up on naturalism

definitely the gap between naturalism and physical theatre. An interpretation of H.R Giger would be awesome

a stage version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Oh go on steve!

I Cyclops, Homer's Odyssey and Gladiator

robots with more feelings than humans

the after-effects of the Decedent 1980's

anything he feels is right to portray

homosexuality

himself

something to do with space. A really surreal piece about aliens! But in true Berkoff style! Not like what's been done before!

amnesia

Safety Last, Das Klown

something which involves current issues. Berkoff is the best at grabbing the audiences attention. We did The Trial for our GCSE Drama practical and we really liked it
something geeky!
I don't believe we should influence Berkoff´s artistic choice
His Life, maybe?
a tale of a student who believes that his life is normal until one day he realises when he dreams it is his real life
The Duchess of Malfi (I'm having a bugger of a time trying to "Berkovise" it myself !)
Berkoff Down Under, his experiences in Australia
anything that is distinctly berkoffian in every way possible
cloned humans - something using A LOT of physicality!
a comedy
paedophilia? A monologue inside the brain of a paedophile
his "relationship" with Nicholas de Jongh
Alice in Wonderland - repression, normalistic ideals being shattered subconsciously
anything about rock n roll
King Arthur and his knights
a day in the life of a scouser
the fire Brigade strikes. Loads of chances for physical work
I think he should touch on the allegorical tale of the 'Life of Pi' by Yann Martel. Would be another very good adaptation
man mental involved with prostitute... a really sick and twisted domestic violence family......
the Life and Times of Iggy Pop
love, jealousy, revenge, death, irony, girls gettin exploited, domestic violence women and men!
Tony Blair vs Gordon Brown (very grotesque)
more of the Thatcher years or possibly the 'winter of discontent'
a play about African warlords
a day in the life of a drama student
George Bush junior
I think you should do something about animals, the movement of an animal can be so expressive and is a lot delicate than a humans. just an idea. I like your work keep it up!
Buddha; he did an expose on Christ and if he did that, then he can certainly do an Albert Goldman on eastern religions, beginning alphabetically with our friend Buddha
inside the Prison Service
child to OAP [Old Age pensioner, an elderly person] with one actor, one ordinary (or maybe extraordinary) life, from beginning to end with all the highs and the lows

gangster paradise
definitely Alice in Wonderland that would be amazing
beauty
behind the scene look at the real Catholic church, drunk vicars, the use of prostitutes and all the usual stereotypes!!! or maybe cloned humans - something using A LOT of physicality! That looks pretty good but so does all of it. I think maybe a really dark play involving maybe drugs would be good - Berkoff could really show great scenes of hallucination etc with his style
I'd quite like to see a contemporary play written by Berkoff. Something meaty like Sarah Kane's Crave. I'm directing a play using Berkoff and Artaud as my two technicians. I love the theatre of cruelty, attacking the senses. How can I create a feeling for the audience that makes them shiver at the spine, without actually being near them, and making them feel uncomfortable with just the presence of the actor?
a stage adaptation of Kill Bill
a play about the futile life of a fly- so clique-so bekoffian
Myra Hindley or Fred West- a chance to explore the subconscious depravity
the life of Aleister Crowley
anything Greek!
cloning, gene modification or DNA manipulation
I agree- Blair v Brown! That would be cool!! Obviously would have to be very stylised to make it even funnier!
he should stick with films/plays that have unhumanating experiences
oppression of Gender in Society
terrorism
a musical
the celebrity-obsessed culture
a comedy yet typically berkovian satirical look at Britain's mentality to follow everything America does
getting into the mind of little girls
Neverland - the true story, or something to do with Yorkshire (I'd love to see his take on that)
God/Religion/Terrorism
the 'Pepsi' generation: Britney, Christina, Beyonce, Paris et al
a sort of biopic. Inside the mind of Antonin Artaud -
Chaos Theory
something by Catherine Cookson
revisit Poe. Or maybe H P Lovecraft
the far right movement in modern engand. BNP influenced insight into the ignorance and sheer stupidity of this sad minority.