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Ellie Hurt

Director

I am a Liverpool based director who's most recent experience has been as assistant director at several regional theatres. I have extensive experience with young people, community groups and working with actor-musicians, and am particularly interested in female voices and new writing.
She/Her.

Credits

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Hamlet, National Theatre, 4 weeks, 2020
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Treasure Island, Bolton Octagon, 4 weeks, 2019
DIRECTOR, Murder Ballads, 2 weeks, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Twelfth Night, Storyhouse, 4 weeks, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Winter's Tale, National Theatre, 4 weeks, 2019
DIRECTOR, The Collector, Hope Street Theatre, 5 days, 2018
DIRECTOR, Sinbad, national tour, 4 weeks, 2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Much Ado About Nothing, LIPA, 3 days, 2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Fiddler on the Roof, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, 8 weeks, 2017
CO-DIRECTOR, Around the World in Eighty Days, national tour, 4 weeks, 2017
DIRECTOR, Frankenstein, Liverpool Everyman Studio, 3 days, 2016
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Mary Barton, LIPA, 3 days, 2016
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Zorro, national tour, 4 weeks, 2016
DIRECTOR, More Light, Liverpool Everyman Studio, 3 days, 2016

Training

Reach Out Placement, Young Vic Directors Programme
Young Directors Programme, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse
Emerging Artists Programme, Hope St Ltd
Tmesis Theatre Graduate Company

Location

Merseyside

Experience

2-5 years

What I do

  • Devising
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Puppetry
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Street Theatre
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with disabled artists
  • Working with learning disabled adults / children
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs

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