Sarah Van Parys

I am a Liverpool/North West based Freelance Theatre Director particularly interested in plays which challenge me as a Director in terms of staging, form and style. I love dystopian themes, psychological thrillers, dark comedy's and plays which tell a forgotten story of a historical event. I am a very visual Director and love experimenting in abstract staging and working with other risk taking and daring creatives.

Credits

There’s a Dead Body in my Baby’s Sandpit, The Hope Street Theatre Liverpool, 4 nights.

Assistant Director, Miracle on 34th Street (The Musical), Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, 4 weeks, 2019.

Director, Witness for the Prosecution, Hope Street Theatre, 3 nights, 2019.

Director, Boss New Plays (Various short plays), 81 Renshaw Street Theatre, 1-2 nights, 2018-2019.

Director, A Heavenly Way to Die (Script in Hand), Liverpool Playhouse (New Writers Showcase), 2019

Director, The Nether, Hope Street Theatre, 4 Nights, 2018.

Assistant Director, Genesis Inc, The Hampstead Theatre London, 4 Weeks, 2018.

Director, Kitty, The Liverpool Irish Festival and Liverpool Light Night, The Blackburne House and The Liverpool Medical Institute, 2018.

Director, Taking Care of Baby, The Casa Theatre, 3 Nights, 2017.

Director, Committed, The Blade Factory & The Lantern Theatre, 8 Nights, 2016-2017

Assistant Director, The Odyssey: Missing Presumed Dead, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and English Touring Theatre (RTYDS 3 Month Placement), UK Tour - Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Richmond Theatre, Brighton Theatre Royal, Exeter Northcott Theatre, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, 2015.

Assistant Director, R&D Week with Michael Wynne, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, 2015.

Assistant Director, Ray & Julie (Installation Piece), Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, 2015.

Director, Chair by Edward Bond, Liverpool Everyman Studio (Director's Course Final Year Piece), 3 Nights, 2015.

New Dawn Fades: A Play about Joy Division and Manchester, UK Tour (Leeds City Varieties, Bury Met, The Dancehouse Manchester, The Forum Chester, MADS Macclesfield), 3 Weeks, 2015.

Forever and Anon, Liverpool Everyman Studio (Director's Course 1st Year Piece), 3 Nights, 2015.

Director, The Road to Skibbereen, Unity Theatre & C Venues Edinburgh, 4 weeks, 2014

Director/Writer, Pipedreams, The Lantern Theatre, 4 Nights, 2014.

Director, The Morning After, The Lantern Theatre, 4 Nights, 2013.

Director, Trolley Shaped Bruise, The Unity Theatre, 4 Nights, 2013.

Director, Liverpool and the Titanic, Theatre in the Rough, Christ Church Waterloo, 2012.

Training

Young Everyman Playhouse Director’s Program 2013-2015

RTYDS 3 Month Placement with the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse.

Young Vic Springboard Directors Program 2019.

RTYDS Workshop with Roy Alexander Weise - May 2018.

Young Vic Workshops: Assistant to Associate, Writer Director Relationship