William Edelsten

Performer Musician Director Writer Producer

I have worked as a producer in Audio, TV, Film, Video Games and VR productions.

I have also worked as an actor, musician and composer for Theatre.

Recently I have worked for The Royal Opera House, The Grange Festival and English Touring Opera.

Credits

Associate Director, Dead Equal, Sumerhall, Edinburgh Festival / 1 month, July and August July 2019

Assistant Director, The Marriage of Figaro, The Grange Festival, 1 Month, May and June 2019

Assistant Director, Albert Herring, The Grange Festival, 1 Month, May and June 2017

Staff Director, Xerxes, ETO- Tour, 4 months, August - December 2016

Staff Director, La Calisto, ETO- Tour, 4 months, August - December 2016

Staff Director, Ulysses Homecoming, ETO - Tour, 4 months, August - December 2016

Staff Director, The St John Passion, ETO - Tour, 4 months, August - December 2016

Assistant Director, Die Fledermaus, The Royal College of Music, 3 weeks, November - December 2015

Assistant Director, Carmen, The Royal Opera House,1 month, October 2015

Assistant Director, Macbeth, The Royal Opera House Japan Tour, 3 Weeks,August - September 2015

Assistant Director, La Boheme, The Royal Opera House, April - July 2015, 2 Months

Assistant Director, The Latke That Could'nt Stop Screaming, Tall Stories - Tour, 6 weeks, November - December 2014

Assistant Director, Rigoletto, The Royal Opera House, August - October 2014

Assistant Director, La Boheme, The Royal Opera House, June - July 2014

Assistant Director, Wozzeck, The Royal Opera House, 1 month, October 2013

Assistant Director, Tosca, The Royal Opera House, 2 weeks, July 2013

Assistant Director, La Boheme, The Royal Opera House, 2 months, December 2012 - March 2013

Training

2016 Point Blank Studios: Certificate in Radio Production

2008 Brunel University, BA Hons, Modern Drama
Studies 1st Class

2007 -2010 Member of the National Youth Theatre

Other training and workshops from The Young Vic, The Barbican, BBC, Told by an Idiot, Frantic Assembly.

Location

London

Experience

10+ years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • AR / VR
  • Comedy
  • Dance
  • Film - documentary
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Gaming and interactivity
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Music
  • New technologies / digital
  • Opera
  • Other
  • Radio/Audio
  • Streaming
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - documentary
  • TV - drama

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Curating
  • Devising
  • Dialect / Voice Direction
  • Directing
  • DJ
  • Dramaturgy
  • Editing
  • Facilitating
  • Game design
  • Languages
  • Lighting Design
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Music Composition
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Prop Making
  • Puppetry
  • Set Design
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Sound Design
  • Street Theatre
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Video Design
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with young people
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

German (baisic), Italian (baisic)

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