Susannah Tresilian

My theatre work focuses predominantly on the human stories in the political crisscrossing world we live in, with particular emphasis given to inspiring change. In frequent collaboration with the European Theatre Convention and the Nottingham Playhouse, I have also directed at theatres in Croatia, Norway, France, Italy, Belarus and Cyprus. As Artistic Director of Envision Theatre I specialised in international plays, collaborations and festivals, working between the UK and Italy (where I then lived). I founded Ariadne, working with women who make theatre in war zones, in association with research institute ‘In Place of War’; and have conducted workshops and symposiums across the world. On top of my theatre work, I produce the Books Podcast for The Guardian, speak four languages, and am a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She/her.

Credits

DIRECTOR, Letters I Haven't Written, Snape Maltings and tour, 1 week, 2018
DIRECTOR, Pride and Prejudice by Sara Pascoe, Nottingham Playhouse and York Theatre Royal, 2 months, 2017
DIRECTOR (RADIO), The Music Lesson, by Hannah Silva (starring Fiona Shaw), BBC Radio 4 (finalist BBC Audio Awards: Best Drama), 2017
DIRECTOR, Ariadne international festival: Dear Children, Sincerely..., Mercury Theatre Colchester, 1week, 2017
DIRECTOR, Posh by Laura Wade, Nottingham Playhouse and Salisbury Playhouse, 2 months, 2016
DIRECTOR, The Syrian Monologues, Temple Church London and Ariadne (UK and Syria), 1 night, 2016
DIRECTOR, Wilderness by April de Angelis, Hampstead Theatre, 1 night, 2016
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, NEAT 16 festival, Associate Director curating the Studio, Nottingham Playhouse, 1 month, 2016
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, Creativity in the Calais Jungle, documentary podcast, The Guardian recorded in Calais Jungle, 2016
DIRECTOR, Dear Children, Sincerely…, ARIADNE international theatre project (Ireland, UK, Sri Lanka, Rwanda) , 2016
DIRECTOR, Soul Power: the opera, Belarus Free Theatre (creation and residency in Belarus), 1 week, 2015
DIRECTOR, Heroine by April de Angelis, National Theatre, 1 night, 2015

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