Five Cats Video

Five Cats Video is a new educational video project which publishes lectures and illustrated presentations online. Our first project, Viktor Simov: Stanislavsky's Designer can be found on the Stanislavsky Research Centre website

Film Restoration Projects

Tsar Ivan the Terrible (The Maid of Pskov)   Sharez, 1915.

director: Alexander Ivanov-Gai,  starring: Feodor Chaliapin.

Digital restoration of the original version, translation of inter-titles, collaboration with composer Barry Seaman on creation of a new orchestral score.

A collaboration with the State Museum of Theatre and Music, St Petersburg, Russia.

New version premiered at The Chaliapin Museum, St Petersburg, Russia, April 2001.

Sposa Nella Morte (The Bride of Death)  Tiber Films, 1915.

director: Emilio Ghione,  starring: Lina Cavalieri, Lucien Muratore.

Digital restoration of the original version, translation of inter-titles, collaboration with composer Jamie Mill on creation of a new piano score.

The Life of Richard Wagner    Oskar Messter, 1913.

director: Carl Froelich,    starring: Giuseppe Becce.

Digital restoration of the original version, translation of inter-titles, collaboration with composer Barry Seaman on creation of a new orchestral score.