Michael Manicardi
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Michael Manicardi (12 August 1952) is a British born actor, writer, musician, theatre maker. He is the founder and artistic director of the Badhuistheater in Amsterdam.
Biography
Manicardi completed his studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1972. He won the prize for Diction and Verse. He toured the British Isles with an Arts Council Grant with his own company "Slapstique". From 1976 he directed and toured performances in the Netherlands. He also played with Dutch theater groups ,Carrousel and De Nieuw Amsterdam.
Around 1985 his company The Mobiele Bochel (Hunchback) Theater converted the Badhuis Andreas Bonnstraat into the Badhuistheater, a community theater in Amsterdam East.
Actor
He acted in:
- Festival of Fools (Theatre Slapstique, Amsterdam, 1976 – '79)
- “Folter Follies by Ritsaarst ten Cate ” (Mickery theater Amsterdam, 1976)
- “Wolvenbocht” with Renee van het Hof (Theatergroep Carrousel Amsterdam, 1984)
- “De Laatste Dagen van Clover Fields, of A Coon's Carnival” by Tone Brulin (De Nieuw Amsterdam, 1987)
- “De Koopman van Amsterdam” Shakespeare (De Nieuw Amsterdam, toured through the Netherlands and Belgium 1988)
- “Miss Julie” (Chamber Theatre St. Petersburg, 1992) directed Vladimir Koifman
- “A Seagull” (Amsterdam Chamber Theatre, 1992) directed Vladimir Koifman
- “De brave soldaat, Svejk (The good soldier, Svejk)” (Amsterdam Chamber Theatre, 1994) directed Vladimir Koifman
- “Water bij de Wibaut” (Amsterdam, 2010)
- BlackAdder at the Front 2016 Baldrick .
Writer
- “Een recht, twee averecht” (Utrecht, 1980)
- “De Brave Soldaat, Svejk” (Amsterdam, 1994)
- “De Badmeester” (Amsterdam, 2003)
- “Verborgen Buren” (Amsterdam, 2009)
- “Water bij de Wibaut” (Amsterdam, 2010)
- Playgirl of the Western World ( adaption Synge ) 2021
- The Scarperer after Brendan Behan 2021
- Bulgakovs Revenge 2023
Director / Producer
- “Derevo“ (Producer : series of shows and film in Badhuistheater) (1991-92)
- “Leningrad Chamber Theatre“ Spoza festival (1990)
- “Verborgen Buren“ (2009)
- “Water bij de Wibaut” by Michael Manicardi (2010)
- “Juno and the Paycock” by Sean O'Casey (2015)
- “The Plough and the Stars” by Sean O'Casey (2015)
- “The Shadow of a Gunman” by Sean O'Casey (2016)
- “Allo Allo!“ (25 sold out shows) (2016/2017)
- Svejk part 2 with JimiRocco 2016
- “Blackadder part 1“ (2017)
- “Entertaining Mr. Sloane“ by Joe Orton (2018)
- “Blackadder part 2“ (2018)
- Playgirl of the Western World ( adaption Synge ) 2021
- The Scarperer after Brendan Behan 2021
- Bulgakovs Revenge 2023
In addition, he produced many performances in the Badhuistheater and other locations such as the Paard van Troje (pop venue) in The Hague and international festivals.
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