Keeley Lane

Director

I am a Theatre/ Screen Director, Dramaturg and Creative Facilitator with a passion for storytelling, new writing and creating theatrical experiences that can stretch beyond the traditional stage. In 2024 I received Arts Council funding to develop my creative practice.

I am particularly passionate about making work in the regions and Im interested in local stories with a universal message. My enthusiasm lies with stories with female protagonists or where women have a key role in the story. As Co-Artistic Director for Buglight Theatre I lead the artistic vision of the company to seek new narratives and collaborate with exciting artists to create theatre which is bold in form and which finds ways to engage audiences as active participants. I have experience directing scripted work for screen and also work in factual television as director.

Credits

STAGE

Director- Glow- Lyric, Hammersmith, Cast Theatre, Leeds Playhouse

Director- Writers Club Showcase- Cast Theatre

Assistant Director- Fairy Poppins & The Naughty Winter Ghost- Leeds Playhouse

Co-Director- Jack & The Beanstalk- Cre8 Theatre

Assistant Director- The Machine Stops- Big Telly Theatre NI

Director- Scriptworks- Cast Theatre

Associate Director- The Miami Showband Story- GBL (The Grand Opera House, Belfast, The Gaiety, Dublin & Irish tour)

Director- Delicate Flowers- Single Story Theatre (Studio & community centre tour)

Assistant Director- Marching On Embers- Buglight Theatre – National Tour

Director- Abigails Party- Kings Head Theatre

Director & Dramaturg- Page to Stage – Cast Theatre

Dramaturgy and Director- Script Yorkshire- Developing new writing- Carriageworks Theatre

Director- Play in a day- Script Yorkshire- Seven Arts


AUDIO
Director- The Stars In the Dark Room- Radio play- Chippy Lane Productions

Director- Scriptworks audio plays- Cast Theatre

Directors- What's your story (audio plays) - Right Up Our Street

SCREEN
Director - Round My Way- Static Flow Productions BFI

Director- Comedy Microshorts- Film Hub North

Assistant Director -The Tide-short film


Training

Directing: Springboard, (Jennifer Tang) Young Vic; Core Directing Skills (Katie Mitchell) Young Vic; Masterclass on Verbatim theatre- Leeds Playhouse; Director & Designer Intensive- Leeds Playhouse (Amy Leach); Working with actors, JMK- New Vic Theatre (Heather Carroll)

Other Relevant Training:
Mike Alfreds workshop
MA in Acting- Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts (2017-1018)
BA Hons English- Loughborough University (2006-2009)
The Art Of Comedy- Actors Space (2024)

Location

South Yorkshire

Experience

5-10 years

What I do

  • Devising
  • Dialect / Voice Direction
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • 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
  • Writing

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