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Martha Geelan

Director

Theatre director interested in plays about people. Experience with musicals, Shakespeare and new writing. Looking to collaborate with movement directors, composers and producers who want to tell stories about and for young voices.

Credits

DIRECTING EXPERIENCE

As Associate/Assistant Director:

2020 IDENTICAL, Theatre Royal Bath/Nottingham Playhouse, Trevor Nunn (postponed C-19)
2020 INDECENT, Menier Chocolate Factory, Rebecca Taichman
2019 IDENTICAL (workshop), Kenny Wax, Trevor Nunn
2019 BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, Menier Chocolate Factory, Trevor Nunn
2018/19 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, West End / Menier Chocolate Factory, Trevor Nunn
2018 - GOD OF CARNAGE, Theatre Royal Bath, Lindsay Posner
2018 -RICHARD III/ROMEO AND JULIET Shakespeare's Rose Theatre, Lindsay Posner
2018 - AGNES COLANDER, Theatre Royal Bath, Trevor Nunn
2017 - THE LIE, Menier Chocolate Factory, Lindsay Posner
2017 - TOP HAT, Kilworth House Theatre, Stephen Mear
2017 - LOVE IN IDLENESS, West End/Menier Chocolate Factory, Trevor Nunn
2016 & 2017 - SHE LOVES ME, Menier Chocolate Factory, Matthew White
2016 - THE TEMPEST, Young Shakespeare Company, UK Tour
2016 - THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, Kilworth House Theatre, Stephen Mear
2016 - WEST SIDE STORY, Kilworth House Theatre, Matthew White
2016 - THE PATRIOTIC TRAITOR, Park Theatre, Jonathan Lynn

As Director:

2020 - ST ANNE COMES HOME, written by Jack Miles, Actors Church
2018- MACBETH, Young Shakespeare Company, UK Tour
2018 - ROMEO AND JULIET, Young Shakespeare Company, UK Tour,
2018 -THE TEMPEST, Young Shakespeare Company, UK & International Tour
2017 - WOLF, Kaffe Keating, The Bunker Theatre
2017 - THE REDUNDANCY PACKAGE, Freddie Van Der Velde, Limehouse Books
2017 - ROMEO AND JULIET, Young Shakespeare Company, UK Tour
2016 - BETWEEN THE SHEETS, Waterloo East, short, also writer
2016 - TWELFTH NIGHT, Young Shakespeare Company, UK Tour
2016 - POTATO SALAD, Waterloo East, short, also writer
2016 - AS YOU MIGHT LIKE IT, Rosemary Branch Theatre,
2016 - OUR NEW GIRL Park Theatre, extract
2016 - WHEN I WAKE, Waterloo East, short
2015 - SPRING AWAKENING: THE MUSICAL, Studio Theatre, Norwich
2014 - LOVE AND MONEY, Studio Theatre Norwich
2014 - THE PSYCHOSOCIAL GATHERING, Edinburgh Fringe
2014 - NORMAN, Labyrinth New Writing Festival, also writer
2014 - THE GREENNESS OF GRASS, Union House, Norwich
2014 - THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, Studio Theatre, Norwich
2013 - THE HOUSE OF BERNADA ALBA, Studio Theatre, Norwich, extract
2013 - THE TEMPEST, Studio Theatre, Norwich
2013 - THE LIBRARIANS, Edinburgh Fringe
2012 - PUNK ROCK, Union House, Norwich

Training

UEA BA Hons Drama (with First Class Scriptwriting Dissertation)

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

What I do

  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Singing
  • Music Composition
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Writing

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