Anna Carr

Director

I’m a socially engaged multi-platform Theatre Maker.  I’m currently an Associate Artist at The Point. My work weaves surprising and unexpected art forms together to reflect unspoken aspects of who we are.  My latest collaborative project, ‘Spillage’ explores the relationship between work, stress and play, and was part of Make it SO 2019 at NST.  “A terrifically original play that spirals a simple coffee spillage into a part clown, part poetry, part puppetry stream of consciousness." - Sam Hodges, Director NST .
My work celebrates and excavates the extraordinary from beneath the ordinary, and draws on devised, verbatim and autobiographical approaches, inspired by The Paper Birds, Bryony Kimmings, and This Egg. At the moment I’m developing my first solo autobiographical show, ‘Kindred’ with funding from The Arts Council and Hampshire Archives Trust. I’m on the regional JMK Mentored Directors scheme. I’m also working with Arts at the University of Southampton on their Creative 'Connecting Culture' Consultation, using drama & theatre to find out how young people relate to the new cultural quarter in the city.

Credits

WRITER & PERFORMER, Kindred (w.i.p) NST & Salisbury Arts Centre 2020
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, MAY, Wyldwood Arts, Rural national tour 2018-19
DEVISOR/DIRECTOR, Spillage, NST, Umbrella Fest, Brighton Fringe 2018-19
WRITER, US DRIVERS, British Art Show 8 & John Hansard Gallery 2017
WRITER & DIRECTOR, Stand By Me, Unity FM radio play commission, 2017
DIRECTOR, Into The Woods, Theatre Royal Winchester, 1 week, 2016
DIRECTOR, Remote, Theatre Royal Winchester, 1 week, 2016
DIRECTOR, Even If We Lose Our Lives, The Art House, 1 week, 2015
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Jack & The Beanstalk, Theatre Royal Winchester, 2 months 2015-2016
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Boy at the Edge of the Room, Forest Forge Theatre, Feb-May rural tour, 2013
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Dead on Her Feet, The North Wall Arts Centre/ Arcola Theatre, Aug-November 2012
OBSERVER, Snookered, Tamasha/Bush Theatre Jan- March 2012

Training

EAST 15 ACTING SCHOOL BA HONS DEGREE in WORLD PERFORMANCE (2008-2011)

Location

Hampshire

Experience

2-5 years

What I do

  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Puppetry
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with disabled artists
  • Working with learning disabled adults / children
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Writing

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