Kate Stamoulis
Theatre Director Playwright ProducerKate Stamoulis (She/Her)
Kate is an Edinburgh-based Director and Theatre Maker, interested in creating new and inventive work and fostering a sense of collective collaboration. She is interested in devised, ensemble-driven theatre, new writing, and reinventing classics for modern audiences.
Kate is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Hey Thanks! Theatre Collective, a queer and women-led theatre company based in Edinburgh/London. Founded in 2022, the company has been featured as one of Playbill's "Edinburgh's Companies to Watch". Their first production, 'Kitchen Underwear" premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023, and is also programmed as a part of the 2024 Brighton Fringe Festival.
Kate is currently pursuing her MFA in Theatre Directing at Edinburgh Napier University and is due to complete her degree in August 2024.
Credits
DIRECTOR/WRITER/PERFORMERKitchen Underwear
Sprout Studio, Greenside @ Infirmary St
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2 Weeks, 2023
DIRECTOR
Eurydice: by Sarah Ruhl
The StAge
3 Nights, March 2022
DIRECTOR
The Pirates of Penzance
The Byre Theatre
3 Nights, November 2021
DIRECTOR
80 Percent: by Emery Schaffer
Theatre Lime and Salt: Short Play Competition
The Byre Theatre
One night, March 2021
*Winner: Audience Choice*
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
As You Like It
Shakespeare on the Sound
4 Weeks, 2023
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
King John
Shakespeare on the Sound
4 Weeks, 2022
Training
MFA Theatre Directing- Edinburgh Napier University (2022-2024)Directing Apprentice- Shakespeare on the Sound (2021)
Location
City of EdinburghExperience
1-2 years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Theatre / Live perfomance
What I do
- Devising
- Directing
- Facilitating
- Music - Singing
- Performing
- Producing
- Theatre making
- Working with young people
- Working within a Community / with community participants
- Workshopping & Development
- Writing
