Nikhil Vyas

Director

Nikhil Vyas (he/him) is a theatre director & maker, born in Mumbai and raised in Croydon.

His work spans developing and directing new plays with writers, leading and directing collaborative performance processes with other artists, education and facilitation roles, and dramaturgy.

His work has been awarded and supported by the Untapped Award, MGCFutures’ Creative Bursary Award and Arts Council England’s Developing Your Creative Practice Fund. He is the Artistic Director of Counterfactual.

He is currently a script reader for the Royal Court Theatre. He has delivered workshops and educational projects in collaboration with Birmingham Rep, Rose Theatre Kingston, Boundless Theatre, Zoo Co and Nouveau Riche.

Credits

DIRECTOR/CO-CREATOR, The Mosinee Project, Underbelly Edinburgh, 3 weeks, 2024
DIRECTOR, Dismissed, Soho Theatre, 3 weeks, 2023
DIRECTOR, My Life As A Cowboy, Park Theatre, 1 week, 2022
LEAD ARTIST, Dances For PowerPoint, Siobhan Davies Dance, digital, 2021
LEAD ARTIST/CO-CREATOR, Progress, Camden People's Theatre, 3 Nights, 2019
LEAD ARTIST/CO-CREATOR, Progress, ZOO Venues Edinburgh, 2 weeks, 2019
DIRECTOR, How My Light Is Spent, Wardrobe Theatre, 1 week, 2019

Training

Directors Course, National Theatre Studio (2024)
MA Drama Directing, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (2018-19)
Springboard Directors Training, Young Vic Directors Program (2017)

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Dance
  • Live art
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Movement Direction
  • Performance Art
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Working with Deaf artists
  • Working with Deaf non-professional adults / children
  • Working with disabled artists
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with learning disabled adults / children
  • Working with learning disabled artists
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

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