Gael Le Cornec

HEADSHOTS BY SIMON ANNAN, 2011

Photo stills of Award winning one woman show "Frida Kahlo: Viva La Vida", Edinburgh Festival 2008 and UK/International Tour 2009-2011. About the life of greatest Latin American painter Frida Kahlo. Written by Humberto Robles, Directed by Luis Benkard, design by Sophie Mosberger. Photos by S. Brancastle & Carol Nocetti. Click on each picture to view it.

UK premiere of the one woman play by Rodrigo de Roure. In Rio de Janeiro,Gilda dreams of becoming a film star, the men are bewitched, the women get furious. An explosive cocktail of food, sex, violence and love that reveals the true soul of the Brazilian favelas. Sell out run at the Arcola Theatre 2009,transfer to the Old Red Lion 2009 and Edinburgh Festival 2011. Directed by Victor Esses, designed by Sophie Mosberger, produced by CASA FESTIVAL. Pre-production pictures by Yuri Pirondi; production pictures by Kitty Katalina Walker & Cassia Tabatini.

Roles I played for Stonecrabs, Theatre company I am an associate artists with. Photo stills of "After Doroteia" at the Oval house, a contemporary adaptation of "Doroteia" by Nelson Rodrigues, directed by Franko Figueredo, photos by Marian Alonso.

Photo stills of some feature & short films I have worked in.

Serie of B&W portraits for Stefana Brancastle.

Written and directed by Aline Jewell. "Theodore & Margarida" the story of a flower who falls in love with a bee. Premiered at The Southwest London Festival in July 2007, Schools touring in 2008 & performed at the Drill Hall in 2009.

Photos taken by Stefana Brancastle, 2008.

A selfpenned performance based on female accounts of the Angolan Civil War. I perform in this piece a variety of roles from 16 until 60 years old. Apr-Sept2006.All photos by Santiago Arribas.

Nudes for Brazilian visual artist Carolina Camara, 2006.

A political play that compares the Brazilian landless movement (MST) and the land situation in Scotland. I play the role of Carla, a young Brazilian anarchist and leader of the landless movement who gets involved with a Scottish tourist. Produced by Birds of Paradise, directed By Morven McGregor, written by Ian Stephen, performed at The Arches in the Glasgow West End and toured throughout Scotland. April-July 2005.

Based on the novel 'A morte e a morte de Quincas Berro D'Agua' by acclaimed Brazilian writer Jorge Amado, this was an ensemble piece directed by Nitza Tenenblat for the Southerland House in Egham, UK. I play the role of 'Baiana', a young Brazilian woman who sells sweets on the streets during the day and her love in the night. Photos by Nitza Tenenblat and Fabiana Modesto (B&W),2003.

Collaborations with other artists: Yuri Pirondi, Laurence Dugas-Fermont.