About this production
Synopsis: As a young cobbler struggles to keep his business open and his marraige afloat in the currents of a fast changing city, he is haunted by the vision of a pair of red shoes through his shop window.
‘The Cobbler’s Shop’ is an original theatre play produced by the firstyear students of the BA in Performing Arts at MCAST’s Institute for the Creative Arts (ICA).
For this production, students used the knowledge and skills acquired in different areas of study. In the TextBased Production unit the students undertook different artistic and management roles, developing their output all the way from the ideation to the presentation stage. Acting students learned how to analyze and interpret a script in order to bring characters to life on stage. In the Media for Performing Arts unit, under the guidance of Kenneth Scicluna, the students planned and shot the window scenes, that formed an integral part of the plot. Furthermore, the students, with the help of second-year peers, benefitted from the guidance of Nadia Haber and Ray Ellul from the Product Design Department, to construct the set for this play.
Front-of-house roles are covered by Advanced Diploma students following the Management for Performing Arts unit with Rochelle Gatt, while Creative Media students Ona Rota and Dylan Charlie Thorley covered video and photographic documentation.
This makes the production a perfect example of the multidisciplinary and collaborative values that our students are exposed to at ICA.
The Cobbl
er'sShop
Cast
Cris, the cobbler - Luke Chappel
Mandy, Cris’ wife - Mariaconcetta
Calafiore
Ms. Josephine, the landlady - Jessica Borg
Tony, Cris’ friend - Chad De Gabriele
Roger, a property developer - Mario
Mirkovikj
Nina, the red shoes lady – Alexia
Marie Bugeja Gauci
Production Team
Assistant Direction & Stage Management –
Mariaconcetta Calafiore
Set & Props – Alessandro Collalto & Mario Mirkovikj
Lights – Mario Mirkovikj & Alexia Marie
Bugeja Gauci
Sound – Malcolm Caruana Dingli & Luke
Chappel
Costume & makeup – Alexia Marie Bugeja
Gauci
Backstage – Chad De Gabriele
Marketing - Luke Chappel & Jessica Borg
Budgeting & Fundraising – Jessica Borg & Chad De Gabriele
Front of House: Francesca Agius, Nadesh
Camilleri, Nicole Magro
Special Thanks
Martina Caruana, Director ICA
Claire Flores, Deputy Director ICA
Nadia Haber, IVC 3D Design
Ray Ellul, lecturer 3D Design
Kenneth Scicluna, Lecturer Creative Media
Rebecca Grech, Lecturer Product Design
Rochelle Gatt- Lecturer
Moritz Zavan Stoeckle- Lecturer Light Design
Danjel Bugeja, IVC Creative Media
Richard Curmi- Apprenticeship Office
Grace Barbara- Quality Assurance
Charles Duncan- Administration
Support Manager
Mr. Quentin Farrugia- Estates Manager
Daniela Blagojevich Communications Director
Second-year students:
Luke
Andre Camilleri
Gianluca Bianco
Malcolm Micallef
Philip Vella- College Deputy Principal
Sponsors
MAC Cosmetics
Mariah Ivie Cutajar
Isabelle Caruana Dingli
Scarpa d’oro
Freddie the Cobbler
Joseph & Mary Jacono
