Filament Theatre is a music theatre company which produces inclusive work combining original vocal music with movement for audiences and participants in London and beyond. The company is led by composer and choir leader, Osnat Schmool and director, Sabina Netherclift.
Combining rich vocal harmonies and a physical approach to performance, we create original, dynamic music theatre. We bring inclusive performances and participation work to a wide audience by working in partnership with other organisations and performing in both theatres and non-traditional public spaces from St Pancras Station to Lewisham Shopping Centre.
We work with artists at all stages of their careers and from many different backgrounds. Since our formation in 2009 we have created 6 original pieces, reached over 14,500 people, and worked on participatory projects with over 3000 people.We are supported by our producer Cara McAleese.
‘Filament deliver works of absolute freshness, assurance and free imagination that genuinely take risks and push back frontiers.’ Bill Bankes Jones, Artistic Director, Tête à Tête Opera Company.
The company is an Associate Artist of Greenwich Theatre.
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Osnat Schmool: Composer
Osnat trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and Goldsmith’s College. She is a composer, lyricist and performer. Writing credits include all of Filament’s work to date, Earth Makes No Sound, Momo, One or the Other, One Small Step, One Dark Night and Drive Ride Walk , Re:Love (Bridewell Theatre), The Thirsty Giraffe and Goldilocks (Little Angel Theatre).
Osnat’s work draws on culturally diverse influences from Latin American and African music and dance to her own Middle Eastern and Jewish roots. Her attitude to both textual development and musical composition is driven by combining experience as a performer with work as a teacher of unaccompanied vocal music. (The Roundhouse, RADA, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, WAC Performing Arts College).
Osnat is director of The Roundhouse Choir (for singers aged 16-25) and has been leading them since they were established in 2009.
Sabina Netherclift: Director
Sabina trained with Jacques Lecoq in Paris. She is a director, movement director and performer. Her directing work includes all Filament’s work to date, One Beach Road (RedCape Theatre) The Labour Exchange (South Street Arts Centre) The Deadly Curse (Opera North Education) Cold Hands Warm Hearts (ENO Baylis) and The Curious Incident in Battersea Park (Royal Opera House/Turtle Key). Work as a movement director includes The Jungle Book (Greenwich Theatre) How High is Up and Under the Bed (Theatre Centre) The Dong with the Luminous Nose, Spangleguts and Everybody’s Theatre (London Bubble) Blood Drive, Re:Love and The Happiness of Fish (Bridewell Theatre Company).
Sabina teaches physical theatre skills at GSA and has run workshops for the Royal Academy of Music (Open Academy), Wigmore Hall, Hayward Gallery, Young Vic Theatre, Turtle Key Arts, Yellow Earth Theatre Company, BAC, Mountview, Arts Ed, BSA and Royal Central.
Filament Theatre is a music theatre company which produces inclusive work combining original vocal music with movement for audiences and participants in London and beyond. The company is led by composer and choir leader, Osnat Schmool and director, Sabina Netherclift.