Giulia Grillo

theatre director theatre maker performer/singer dramaturg film director

My preferred pronouns are she/her.

Get in touch via my website giuliagrillo.co.uk or my email giuliagrillo1997@gmail.com

I’m a director and theatre maker from Italy. I hold an MFA in Theatre Directing at the Lir—National Academy of Dramatic Art. 



I'm a proud mother to three shows: NEAR TO, PULP, and all my little things. When I don't devise, I direct plays!

At the core of my work lies the exploration of identity and the connections between human and nonhuman entities.

I appreciate work that tries to blur the boundaries between fiction/reality and the personal/universal.

I firmly believe in collaborative practice and enjoy using games to create and structure the work.

So far, I’ve collaborated with Andy Smith, Bert and Nasi, Claire O’Reilly, Annabelle Comyn, Louise Lowe.

Credits

DIRECTOR, Mud (Irene Maria Fornes), The Lir, Dublin, 27-30th June 2023
DIRECTOR/WRITER, Moths to a Flame, The Lir, Dublin, 31st March 2023.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, This Solution (by Shaun Dunne), Project Arts Centre, 12th-15th October 2023.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Lobby Hero (Kenneth Lonergan) The Lir, May 25-31 2023.
DIRECTOR/AUTHOR, NEAR TO, Edinburgh Fringe C Venues, August 22-28 2022; SPRINT Festival at Camden People's Theatre - March 2024.
DIRECTOR/AUTHOR, PULP, Edinburgh Festival Fringe Paradise Green August 15-20 2022.
DIRECTOR/PERFORMER, ALL MY LITTLE THINGS, 11th- 18th february 2022.
CO-DIRECTOR, Bloom, a short film by Catherine Wippell (2022).
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Happy as Thomas (Thomas Valerio) Rome Spazio Rossellini (July 26 2020).

Training

The Lir National Academy of Dramatic Art at Trinity College Dublin -- MFA Theatre Directing.
University of Manchester -- BA (Hons, First Class).
Guildhall School of Music and Drama -- Preparatory Acting Course.

Location

Greater Manchester

Experience

1-2 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Dance
  • Film - short
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Languages
  • Music - Singing
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Street Theatre
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Italian, Spanish

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