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Maisie Holland

Theatre Director Facilitator Designer Drama Student Community Arts worker

Maisie Holland (she/her)
I’m a director and facilitator most interested in making work with young people and in underrepresented communities. I love making theatre with queer themes and with accessibility at its core. I am in my final year of a Drama and English Lit degree at the University of Manchester

Credits

Director, SOFAR, Hive MCR, 4 weeks, 2023
Producer, Losing The Plot, University of Manchester Musical Theatre, 3 months, 2023
Designer, Capital Letters, University of Manchester Student Union Theatre, 3 months, 2023
Producer, If You Were To Die Tomorrow, Peer Hat, 3 months, 2022
Assistant Director/Stage Manager/Sound Design, Birthday Girl, Fourfold Productions at Edinburgh Fringe, 3 weeks, 2022
Director, I Dream Of Eating Pussy, University of Manchester Student Union Theatre, 4 weeks, 2022
Producer, Franklin, John Thaw Studio Theatre, 3 months, 2022
Assistant Director, Some People Feel The Rain, Royal Exchange Theatre’s Den in Leigh, 3 weeks, 2021
Assistant Director, The Survivor’s Guide To Living, Royal Exchange Theatre, 5 weeks, 2021
Director, Temptations, University of Manchester Student Union Theatre, 3 months, 2020
Assistant Director, A Christmas Carol, McAuley Studio, 3 months, 2019
Production Assistant, James And The Giant Peach, Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts, 3 months, 2019

Facilitation work at:
Royal Exchange Theatre
HMP ThornCross
Faust International Youth Theatre
6 different primary schools across Kent, Manchester, Hong Kong and Germany

Location

Greater Manchester

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Creative Access
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Producing
  • Sound Design
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Working with disabled artists
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with learning disabled adults / children
  • Working with learning disabled artists
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development

Additional Languages

French