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Theatre Director Dramaturg Theatre facilitator

I'm a non-binary director and theatre maker based in London (preferred pronouns they/them).

My multidisciplinary practice brings together Theatre of The Oppressed, Applied Theatre, Action Research and community project organising. My work platforms the creative expression of non-professional performers with direct experience of the work’s issues, aiming to challenge injustice. I am passionate about being part of creative processes that can drive transformation: personal, collective and societal.

Whilst I am looking for opportunities to direct, I would be very keen on assistant directing on larger scale production to develop my directing skills.

Credits

Director, Resistance Theatre, Cardboard Citizens, Audio Plays, 2022
Director, Resisting Christmas, Cardboard Citizens, Rich Mix [performance cancelled due to covid] 2021
Co-director, Please Hold, Camden People's Theatre, 2018
Director, If we were only…, Bridport Theatre, 2018
Director, ACT Deptford!, Deptford Wildlife Gardens, 1 week, 2017
Director, Bob’s Bangin’ Burgers, Emmaus, 1 performance
Director, Playwright, Actor, Dates, Disasters Happiness, St. Mungo’s Recovery College, 4 performances, 2016

Associate Director, Hope [dir. Kirsty Housely] , Clean Break, [film] 2023
Assistant Director, Bystanders [dir. Adrian Jackson], Cardboard Citizens, Summerhall, 4 weeks, 2019
Assistant Director, Playwright, Belong [dir. Anne Langford], Clean Break, Lyric Hammersmith and Arcola, 1 week, 2019

Dramaturg, Temporary Autonomous Boiz, Temporary Autonomous Arts Exhibition, 1 performance, 2023
Dramaturg, Szívkiralynö, Slippery Project (Hungary), 3 performances, 2021
Dramaturg, Ironing Out, Blue Elephant Theatre, 2 performances, 2019

Training

Cardboard Citizens, Forum Theatre, 2016, 2018
Cardboard Citizens, Joker Training 2017, 2018
Cardboard Citizens, Rainbow of Desires, 2016
Cardboard Citizens, Trainee Facilitator Programme 2017
Byonny Kimmings, Autobiographical Theatre Workshop 2018
Clean Break, Young People's Development Programme 2019

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Other
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Street Theatre
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • 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

Hungarian (native), Spanish (A2)

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