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Daniel Orejon

Theatremaker Director Performer Playwright

Hi there, Dan here! (he/him)

I'm a Spanish theatremaker and performer based in Edinburgh. My practice usually revolves around traditional drama, physical theatre, and storytelling (with experience in puppetry, verbatim theatre, and mask); I specialise in new writing, adaptation and translation; and I tend to focus on multilingualism, queerness and mental health, with most theatre I produce being Hispanic-adjacent. Nowadays you'll find me producing my own work through my theatre company, Crested Fools.

Credits

Solo performer / writer / producer (HIM), The Rotting Hart, Edinburgh Horror Festival 2022, 1 week, 2022
Performer / director / producer (STORYTELLER), Becquer's Legends, Edinburgh Fringe 2022 (Paradise at the Vault), 2 weeks, 2022
Director / producer / adaptor-translator, Becquer's Legends, Edinburgh Horror Festival 2021, 1 week, 2021
Director, It's My Turn, Edinburgh International Science Festival (National Museum of Scotland), 1 performance, 2019
Performer (CLAUDIUS/OTHO), Women of the Mourning Fields, Brian Cox Studio Theatre, 1 performance, 2019
Performer (CLAUDIUS/OTHO), Women of the Mourning Fields, Summerhall, 3 performances, 2019
Performer (CLAUDIUS/OTHO), Women of the Mourning Fields, The Lion & Unicorn Theatre, 2 performances, 2019
Performer, Letters to the End of the World, Assembly Roxy, 1 week, 2019
Performer
Director / writer / designer, The Things We Carry, Assembly Roxy, 1 performance, 2018
Performer / adaptor (ROMEO), Shakespeare Catalysts, Edinburgh Fringe 2018, 1 week, 2018
Performer (JOSH), Vent, Edinburgh North Arts, 1 performance, 2018
Performer (JOSH), Vent, The Lemon Tree, 1 performance, 2018
Performer (JOSH), Vent, The Space (Dundee), 2 performance2, 2018
Performer (JOSH), Vent, Tron Theatre, 2 performances, 2018
Performer / director / deviser, Family Storytime's 2018 season (The Gingerbread Man, Elves and the Shoemaker, The Selfish Giant, Captain Brave), 1-2 weeks each, 2018
Assistant director / set designer, Gobland for the Goblins!, Edinburgh Fringe 2017 (Paradise at St Augustines), 3 weeks, 2017
Performer (AUFIDIUS), Coriolanus, Bedlam Theatre, 1 week, 2016

Training

Scottish Youth Theatre's National Ensemble 2017-18
Edinburgh Napier University, BA (Hons) Acting & English, 4 years, 2013 - 2017

Location

City of Edinburgh

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - drama

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Editing
  • Languages
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Puppetry
  • Sound Design
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Spanish (native), Brasilian Portuguese (beginner)

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