Stan's Cafe

stan's cafe is a group of artists from a variety of disciplines, though primarily theatre practitioners, working under the artistic direction of james yarker. the company consists of a core of long term collaborators and a range of associated artists. the line up changes according to the project being worked upon. graeme and james agreed to form the company whilst eating at stan's cafe, just off brick lane in london. we wanted an unusual name, but one that wasn't too aggressive, too posturing, a cheap joke, a bad pun or overly earnest. station house opera had always seemed a good name, mainly because they didn't do opera. so there you go... oh yes and it's pronounced caff. stan's cafe was formed when both graeme and james were pretty rootless. birmingham was chosen as the company's base for a number of reasons. graeme had been brought up here and so knew the city. the place was cheap to live in and easy to tour from. neither of us knew of any companies resembling the one we wanted