Tamsyn Chandler

Theatre Director Actor Film Director Dramaturg Writer

Currently studying for an MSt in English and Creative Writing at the University of Oxford. Recently directed my first short film with the Oxford University Film Making Foundation, as well as directing a series of radio plays (one of which I wrote) and online theatre performances. I am currently based in London and working as a writer and actor. I'm interested in Expressionism, Situationism and the Surreal.


Credits

Director, No Solution (film), OUFF, 2021.
Director and writer, The Arnolfini Portrait (radio play and visual installation), Industry, 2021.
Director, Richard III (online scene), OUDS, 2020.
Librettist for the Oxford University Contemporary Opera Society.
Producer and dramaturge, The Mannequin, shown at theSpace Surgeons's Hall for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The Bunker and The Bread and Roses, 2019.
Director and script editor, Alcmaeon in Corinth, Bush House Auditorium, 2018.
Director and writer, Roquairol, Bush House Auditorium, 2017.

Training

For my MSt, I have taken modules in screenwriting and writing for the stage, 2020-21.
RADA workshops on the Contemporary Text, 2021
National Youth Theatre Shakespeare for Stage and Screen, 2020.
Member of the Oxford Playhouse Youth Theatre, 2020.
Young Vic Directors Network Dramaturgy seminars.
Young Vic Directors Network workshops (e.g. 'Taking Work to the Fringe' and 'Creative Producing').
Module in Writing for Stage and Screen with Ruth Padel.
RADA acting workshops (Shakespeare and Contemporary).
NYT acting for screen course.
NYT performing Shakespeare Course.
National Theatre workshops (devising texts etc).

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Dance
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Literature
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Music
  • Opera
  • Radio/Audio
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Curating
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Languages
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Music Composition
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Producing
  • Writing

Additional Languages

French, German, Russian (basic), Italian (basic), Modern Greek (basic)

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