Useful Links
Wintercroft.com is where you can order templates to make your own Commedia dell’Arte Mask Set or Neutral Mask, from cardboard. Print at home, easy to make.
Strangeface are wonderful mask makers who make many of the masks we use. Great value and robust for teaching purposes.
Bee Daws Puppetry. Bee Daws is fabulous puppeteer and puppet maker who frequently runs workshops on puppetry for us. Bee works freelance and can be booked for performances or workshops via her Facebook page (follow the link above).
Commedia Zannizine is a quarterly online journal of detailed articles about Commedia. With contributors from across the globe, including many of the foremost proponents of Commedia, it is a treasure trove covering the history, artistry and performance of the form past and present.
The Actors’ Workshop - provides cutting-edge training for young actors and professional development for working actors: part-time foundation courses, masterclasses and teen classes. Now offering an online foundation course in addition to their highly reputed, Bristol-based foundation course that every year succeeds in getting more than 80% of their students places at top drama schools.
The Actors’ Institute - based in Swindon, offering a part-time foundation acting course and masterclasses for young actors.
Mike Chase is the awesome human who first got Cheryl inspired by masks. A teacher, director, performer and mask-maker extraordinaire.
Micke Klingvall’s Blog on Commedia – artistic director and founder of Kompani Komedi, Swedish theater group dedicated to Commedia dell’Arte and Vulgar Comedy.
Antonio Fava’s school website – fantastic resource by the maestro Antonio Fava: history, characters, buy masks, buy his books, train with him
Faction of Fools Washington DC based company, true to the original form with a very informed history page
La Commedia dell’Arte – useful for historical research, characters, scenarios and lazzi
Roberto Delpiano’s useful history of Commedia
History of the Harlequinade - a collection of notes and illustrations compiled by Robert Lenkiewicz
Commedia dell’Arte Day – official website for the 25th February events worldwide
North Western University library collection of Antonio Fava’s masks with useful history, photos and video links
It’s Behind You – a history of Pantomime and the Harlequinade
V&A Museum’s page on the history of Pantomime. Also has a great article tracing the evolution of Pulchinella into Mr Punch the puppet
Mask Makers’ web – directory of more resources
Steven Berkoff’s website - official website where Berkoff’s play texts and DVDs can be purchased.
Iain Fisher’s Berkoff site - great resource for essays on Berkoff, extracts and more.