Tash Hyman

I am:
A director and dramaturg in live performance.
A 2019 finalist for the JMK Award at The Orange Tree Theatre.
Based in NE London.
Develop new work with artists - writers, dramaturgs and makers.
An Associate of The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain.
Resident director with The European Theatre Convention in 2018.
Graduated in 2017 from the MFA Theatre Directing at Birkbeck including placements at Leeds Playhouse and RADA.
Blogs at www.natashahyman.wixsite.com/whatif
@natashachyman
hymantash@gmail.com
She/her pronouns

Credits

AS DIRECTOR:
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(Upcoming) OMELETTE, a new play by Anna Spearpoint, Vault Festival 2020

(Upcoming) IN MY LUNGS THE OCEAN SWELLS, a new play by Natasha Kaeda, Vault Festival, 2020

(Current) BECOMING ELECTRA: A QUEER MITZVA, a drag show by Isla van Tricht, performed by Guy Woolf, 2019 UK Tour

CONFESSION, The Crypt Gallery St Pancras, Shoreditch Town Hall Dare Festival, 2018/9

YOKES NIGHT by Scott Lyons, Gerry's Theatre Royal Stratford East, 2018

AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:
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HENRY V, Tobbaco Factory and UK Tour, Shakespeare at Tobacco Factory, dir. Elizabeth Freestone, 2018
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TIGER UND LOWE, Badisches Staatstheater, co-pro with Royal District Theatre, Tbilisi, dir. Data Tavadze, 2018
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DRY POWDER, Hampstead Theatre, dir. Anna Ledwich, 2017/8
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THE CLAIM, Sheffield Theatres, dir. Mark Maughan, 2017
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THE GRADUATE, Leeds Playhouse and UK Tour, Simon Friend Productions, dir. Lucy Bailey, 2017
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PYGMALION, Leeds Playhouse, co-pro with Nuffield Theatre Southampton and Headlong, dir. Sam Pritchard, 2017
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THE WITCHES, Leeds Playhouse, co-pro with Leicester Curve, dir. Nikolai Foster/ Julia Thomas, 2016
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SLEUTH, Nottingham Playhouse and Leeds Playhouse, dir. Giles Croft, 2016
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AFTER MISS JULIE, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, dir. Lindsay Posner, 2015
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DRAMATURGY:
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ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT, adaptation directed by Eva Sampson, National Youth Theatre Epic Stages, Rose Bruford College, 2018
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5 ENCOUNTERS ON A SITE CALLED CRAIGSLIST, created and performed by Sam Ward, YESYESNONO, 2017
Winner of Total Theatre Awards Best Emerging Artist/Company
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Script reader for Hampstead Theatre, Leeds Playhouse, Papatango, Origin Films, Element Pictures, Red Planet/ITV Prize
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Blog where I interview artists about their practice www.natashahyman.wixsite.com/whatif

FACILITATION:

As an Associate of the National Youth Theatre:
Course Director, Junior Course, ages 14-17, 2019
Ensemble Auditioner, 2019
Associate Director/Dramaturg, Epic Stages, ages 18-25, 2018
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The Old Vic, Schools Club, Lead Facilitator 2017-8
National Citizens Service: The Challenge, Workshop Facilitator
Leeds Playhouse, Young Company and Schools Workshops Facilitator
Leeds University, Visiting Workshop on Text and Improvisation
Shakespeare Schools Club, Director, 2018

OTHER
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Culture Declares Emergency Assembly, Facilitator and Press Co-ordinator, 2019
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Assessment Panelist for the MFA Theatre Directing, Birkbeck College, University of London
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SKILLS
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Reads music (piano, trumpet, singing)

Full clean driving license

Training

Clore Leadership training, 2018
MFA Theatre Directing Birkbeck College, University of London, 2015-7 with placements at RADA and Leeds Playhouse, 2017
BA English, Bristol University, 2012-5
RADA Youth Company, 2011
National Youth Theatre, 2007

RESIDENCIES:

Asylum Intermission: Nurturing a Jewish Performance Community, 2019
Arvon Foundation: Writing as if the world matters, led by Lucy Neal and Charlotte Du Cann, 2019
European Theatre Convention Resident Director, placed at Badisches Staatheater Karlsruhe, attended conference in Oslo, 2018
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