Amara Heyland

I am a director and theatre-maker from the North West. My previous work has spanned new writing, devised work, classic and historic texts, and adaptations. I am particularly interested in text-based and dramaturgical work, new writing and actor-centred processes. I have been a visiting director and facilitator at Rose Bruford College and am currently Resident Assistant Director at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. I am training on the MFA Theatre Directing programme at Birkbeck 2022-24.

Credits

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Sweat, Royal Exchange Theatre, 4 weeks, 2024
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Shed: Exploded View, Royal Exchange Theatre, 4 weeks, 2024
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Brief Encounter, Royal Exchange Theatre, 6 weeks, 2023-34
DIRECTOR, Corpselight, The Other Palace, 1 night, 2023
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Great Expectations, Royal Exchange Theatre, 4 weeks, 2023
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Truth and Reconciliation, Rose Bruford College, 3 nights, 2022
DIRECTOR, Blackthorn, Bread and Roses Theatre, 3 nights, 2022
DIRECTOR, Blackthorn, Drayton Arms Theatre, 1 night, 2022
DIRECTOR, Blackthorn, Etcetera Theatre, 2 nights, 2022
DIRECTOR, Paper Boats, Town and Gown Theatre, 3 nights, 2021
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, The Jazz Section, The Water Rats @ Camden Fringe, 3 nights, 2021 and The Union Theatre, Southwark, 4 nights, 2021
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Soulton Hall, 2 nights, 2020
DIRECTOR, The Dazzle, Corpus Playroom, 1 week, 2020
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Julius Caesar, Corpus Playroom, 1 week, 2020
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Mary Stuart, Cambridge Round Church, 3 nights, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Deep Blue Sea, ADC Theatre, 1 week, 2019
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, The Plague, Corpus Playroom, 1 week, 2019
DIRECTOR, Yerma, Corpus Playroom, 1 week, 2019
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Training

MFA Theatre Directing, Birkbeck 2022-24
Narrative Directing Masterclass, National Film and Television School, 2021
BA Hons, English, University of Cambridge 2020
Building Blocks to Devising, Frantic Assembly, 2019
Directing Masterclass, National Theatre, 2020