Anayis Der Hakopian

Visual Storyteller Creative Producer Artistic Director Playwright Animator

Anayis is a British Armenian/Iranian Visual Storyteller and Creative Producer who crafts a variety of peculiar moving worlds and folkish words in Animation, Performance and Arts Engagement, building poetic visions mapped from a tapestry of self and cultural mythos.

Artistic Director of Cunning Moss Productions (est. 2024)
Lead Programmer of Read.Write.Scratch. (RWS)

Credits

2024 | Playwright and Director, "A Kiss? He'd Ask / A Kiss x I Took", @ Questors Theatre's New Writers Night, (November 18th)

2024 | Playwright and Director, “The Time Keeper & The Immortal”, @ Questors Theatre’s New Writing Festival, (July 22nd)

2024 | Playwright and Director, “We.Are.Ending.Things.” @ Questors Theatre’s New Writers Night, (March 18th)

2024 | Assistant Producer, “Olive Jar” Dir. Elias Matar @ Grand Junction, (April 25 - 27th)

2024 | Director, “Do Not Cross”, Overnight Plays at Questors Theatre’s Judi Dench Playhouse, (April 1st)

2023 | Collective Writer, “Chaos Nox”, Dir. Rebekah Murrell @ Lyric Hammersmith’s Studio, (Oct 5th)

2021 | Programme Lead “Our Mythos” Cross Media Publication @ The Royal College of Art / Across RCA Week (Publication Launch July).

2020 | Director and Animator, “Delphine” No Dogs Collection @ Flintlock Theatre, (Collection Tour, Dec 2019 - Sep 2020).

2020 | Curator, MDX Drive In x Roof Top Film Club @ Alexandra Palace, (June - Sep)

Training

Education:

- PhD, Creative Arts PaR, SDCA Loughborough, Sep 2023 - 2026
- MA, Narrative Animation, Royal College of Art, Sep 2020 - July 2022
- BA, Animation, Middlesex University, Sep 2017 - July 2020

Training:

- Young Producers, SOL English Heritage, April 2024-2025
- Young Producers, Shubbak Festival, March 2024 - 2025
- Foreign Affairs, Political Theatre Workshop, 4 Day Intensive, Nov 2024
- Hackney Empires', Writer's Room, Oct - Dec 2024
- Young Associates, Lyric Hammersmith, Nov 2023-2024
- Course Leadership Training, Brilliant Club Programme, Sep 2024
- Wellbeing Collective, National Youth Theatre, May - Nov 2024
- Creative Leadership, Roundhouse, May - July 2024
- Take the Lead Facilitation, Hackney Empire, May 2024
- Young Curator, Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, Jan - Mar 2024
- Young Producers, National Theatre, Jan - Feb 2024
- Writers Room, Lyric Hammersmith, Sep - Oct 2023
- Young Producers, Almedia Theatre, May - Sep 2023

Boards:

- YAB Wac Arts, Camden, Oct 2024 - 2026
- YAB Roundhouse, Camden, July 2024 - 2025
- YAB Chichester Festival Theatre (CFT), Sep 2023 - 2025
- YLA Lyric Hammersmith, Nov 2023 - 2024

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

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

What I do

  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Movement Direction
  • Producing
  • Puppetry
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Video Design
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Armenian

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