Lara Cosmetatos

Director Actor Classical(ish) Singer

I am a freshly graduated aspiring playwright and director. Though I've mainly directed mostly comedic new writing (all in the context of student theatre), I can't wait to throw myself at Classical theatre on the one hand, and at wildly experimental new writing on the other! My approach (though in early stages of...existing at all) is characterised by twin values: on the one hand, that an actor's sense of safety and wellbeing on set is conducive to their best work; on the other, that a character's story is most powerfully told when they are allowed to bloom, in an actor's hands, into a nuanced individual in their own right.

Credits

DIRECTOR, 'Christmas Stockings' by Paul Stone at XPOSED new writing night, 13/02/2022, Southwark Playhouse
DIRECTOR, 'True Crime' by Sam Went for Quintuple L Productions, podcast to be recorded Jan-Feb 2022

DIRECTOR, 'The Parnassus Players', ADC Theatre, 2 nights, 2021
DIRECTOR, 'Almost Romeo & Juliet', ADC Theatre, originally 4 nights but adapted into a film on what was meant to be our first night due to Lockdown! 2020
DIRECTOR, 'An Essay on Cat and Dog', Pembroke New Cellars, 2 nights, 2019
DIRECTOR & SET/COSTUME DESIGNER 'Pearly Gates: A Kafkaesque Romcom in Heaven', ADC Theatre, 4 nights, 2019
DIRECTOR, 'Market Magic', ADC Theatre, 4 nights, 2019
ACTOR (The Woman, soprano), 'The Last Hotel', 3 nights, 2019
ACTOR (Caroline, mezzo-soprano), 'Rust: The Musical', 2 weeks, EdFringe 2019
ACTOR (Alice), 'Mosquitoes', ADC Theatre, 5 nights, 2018
SET DESIGNER, Grave Concern, ADC Theatre, 4 nights, 2019
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CHILDREN'S CHORUS, 'Hansel und Gretel', Opera Holland Park, 2 weeks, 2009
CHILDREN'S CHORUS (acting only), 'The Magic Flute', ENO, 1 month, 2009
CHILDREN'S CHORUS, 'Boris Godunov', ENO, 9 performances, 2008
CHILDREN'S CHORUS, 'Cavelleria Rusticana & Pagliacci', ENO, 10 performances, 2008

Training

Eloping from my degree with student theatre is the only reason I found out how much I love all this!

Royal College of Music Junior Department, 2013-2017
- voice, French Horn and composition.

The thing I've learned the most from is busking; I do unamplified & unaccompanied singing, so I essentially need to collaborate with the buildings to be heard, and fit the kind of songs I sing each time both to the location and the people in it. It's taught me loads of practical skills, both as a performer and a person - from drawing people in to finding my own style - and I could not be happier for finding it.

Location

London

Experience

1-2 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Literature
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Music
  • Opera
  • Radio/Audio
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Costume Design
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Languages
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Music Composition
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Set Design
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Theatre making
  • Working with disabled artists
  • Working with young people
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Russian (on account of being half)

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