Kayleigh Hawkins

Director

I am a director and theatre-maker living in Manchester. I direct reinterpretations of classics and collaborate on new writing and devised work. I facilitate democratic rehearsal processes and workshops with a focus on co-creation. I am interested in theatrical work which retains it's entertainment status whilst expanding our expectations of form, quality and ultimately ourselves. I am particularly interested right now in large scale work which merges professional and community performance and the use of digital technology to layer an audiences experience. Her / She.

Credits

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Rich Kids a History of Shopping Malls in Tehran, Traverse / HOME, 6 weeks, 2019

DIRECTOR - Best Girl, Pleasance Courtyard - Edinburgh, 4 weeks, 2019

DIRECTOR - Hamlet, Hope Mill Theatre, 2 weeks, 2019

DIRECTOR - Purge, Lowry Studio / Oldham Coliseum, 1 week, 2019

DIRECTOR - The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, Hope Mill Theatre, 1 week, 2018

DIRECTOR - Voices From The Moon, Hidden Door Festival, 1 week, 2018

DIRECTOR - The Blazing World (R&D sharing), Royal Exchange Theatre, 1 day, 2018

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - What I Felt Whilst Under You, Hope Mill Theatre, 1 week, 2017

ASSOCIATE ARTIST - Underground, HOME, 1 week, 2017

DIRECTOR - Watertight (R&D sharing), The Dukes - Lancaster, 1 day, 2017

DIRECTOR - The Loves of Others, 53two, 1 week, 2017

DIRECTOR - Home-Fires (scratch), Royal Exchange Theatre Studio, 1 day, 2017

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Bardolph’s Box, Unity Theatre (and touring), 4 weeks, 2016

PRACTITIONER - SEND Festival / Young Company, Royal Exchange Theatre, 2018 - ongoing

VISITING DIRECTOR - ALRA North, Script-in-hand Performance & Audition Technique 2019

ARTIST MENTOR - Barbican Box, Tamasha / The Barbican / HOME, 2018

READER - Bruntwood Prize For Playwrighting, Royal Exchange Theatre, 2017

Training

Young Vic: Reach Out - Snapshot placement; Advanced Shakespeare workshop - Giles Taylor; Staging a Novel workshop - Jeff James
Royal Exchange: Observing Director - The Night Watch 2016
HOME: Directors Course - German Theatre Practice - Lily Sykes
Cardboard Citizens: Shadowing Facilitator - Manchester Residencies

Location

Greater Manchester

Experience

2-5 years

What I do

  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Singing
  • Prop Making
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Working with Deaf non-professional adults / children
  • Working with Deaf artists
  • 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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