Kate Bauer

Director Deviser Costume Designer Facilitator Drag King

Pronouns: she/her

I'm a queer Irish theatre-maker working as a director in London. I'm currently the co-founder for award-winning eco-theatre company Bradán Theatre, and the resident director for award-winning Haus of Bollix, a drag theatre collective. I graduated from King's College London (in collaboration with Shakespeare's Globe) with an MA in Shakespeare Studies. My research was focused on gender-fluid casting in contemporary productions of early modern texts. My interest lies in queering historically heteronormative theatre and my practice is informed by this intersectional feminist practice. I love using comedy and a sense of collaborative fun and wonderment to express difficult topics and regularly include clowning, drag, and physical theatre in my work.

Credits

DIRECTOR, Cooking the Vegan Salmon of Knowledge / FeastFest, 2 Nights, 2023
DIRECTOR, My Lover Was a Salmon in the Climate Apocalypse / VAULT Festival, 1 Week, 2023
DIRECTOR, Definitely Maybe Actually Nevermind / VAULT Festival, 1 Week, 2023
DIRECTOR, Rewritten, Mountview Academy of Arts, 2 Nights, 2021
DIRECTOR, Julius Caesar, The Space, 2 Weeks, 2020
DIRECTOR, Definitely Maybe Actually Nevermind, Tristan Bates Theatre, 3 Nights, 2019
DIRECTOR, Crystal Bollix presents The Bitch Ball, Paradise in the Vaults, 1 Week, 2019
DIRECTOR, SITE Productions: Site-Specific Theatre Company, Bi-Monthly Occurrence, 2019
DIRECTOR, Crystal Bollix presents The Bitch Ball, Tristan Bates Theatre, 3 Nights, 2018
DIRECTOR, David Beckham’s Hair, Pleasance London, 1 Night, 2018
ACTOR, The Jailer’s Daughter, Ye Old Rose & Crown, 1 Week, 2018
DIRECTOR, Dragons Don’t Play Jazz, Smock Alley Theatre Dublin, 1 Week, 2017
COSTUME DESIGNER, Reason in Madness, Draíocht Theatre, 1 Week, 2016
COSTUME DESIGNER, At Swim, Two Boys, Samuel Beckett Theatre, 2 Weeks, 2016
ACTOR, Balsamic Vignettes, The Space Venue, 1 Week, 2016
ACTOR, Information for Foreigners, Samuel Beckett Theatre, 1 Week, 2016

Training

MA Shakespeare Studies, King’s College London/Shakespeare’s Globe, 2017-18

BA Drama and Theatre Studies, Trinity College Dublin, 2012-16

Royal Irish Academy of Music - Speech and Drama Exams: Grades Elementary - Grade Eight

Royal Irish Academy of Music - Piano Exams: Preliminary - Grade Six

Vocal training: Two years of vocal training with Niamh Corry School

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Crafts
  • Dance
  • Fashion
  • Music
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Costume Design
  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Puppetry
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Street Theatre
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with disabled artists
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with learning disabled adults / children
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Conversational German and Irish

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