Ollie Harrington

Director Writer Engagement Practitioner

I am a director, writer & practitioner from Essex, based in London. I have a special interest in stories about heritage, identity and cross-cultural narratives. I also enjoy working on adaptations and re-examining classics, particularly ancient dramas. In 2016 I co-founded Found In Translation Theatre, an ACE funded company telling today’s stories with inspiration from the past, where I am currently artistic director.

I am currently one of Norwich Theatre's Young Cultural Leaders, a winner of the Cervantes Theatre Direct Your Future program and was selected for the inaugural cohort of Mercury Directors at the Mercury Theatre in 2021.

I am passionate about outreach and served as a Young Changemaker at Queens Theatre, Hornchurch from 2020 - 2022. I also work as an engagement practitioner for the Little Angel Theatre, Mercury Theatre, and Speech Bubbles facilitating programmes including groups for pensioners and projects for young people with SEND.

He/Him

Credits

DIRECTOR, Mother/Land (R&D), Drayton Arms Theatre, 2 days, 2023
DIRECTOR , Bring Back Chainmail, Found In Translation (Tour), 4 weeks, 2022
CO-DIRECTOR, Booming Voices, Eastern Angles (Tour), 7 weeks, 2022
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NHS Yarns, Mercury Theatre, 1 show, 2021
DIRECTOR, Blood Wedding (R&D), Cervantes Theatre, 1 week, 2021
DIRECTOR, Bring Back Chainmail (R&D), Colchester Arts Centre, 2 weeks, 2021
DIRECTOR, Cassandra, Mercury Theatre (Creative Entrepreneurs Scratch), 1 show, 2020
DIRECTOR, I Wanted to Ask (R&D), Blue Elephant Theatre, 1 week, 2020
DIRECTOR, Bring Back Chainmail, Colchester Arts Centre, 1 show, 2020
DIRECTOR, Family Minded, Lakeside Theatre Studio, 2 shows, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Radiant Vermin, Headgate Theatre, 1 week, 2019
DIRECTOR/WRITER, Aristophanes’ Frogs, Iris Project Dionysia Fest, 1 show, 2019
DIRECTOR, Cassandra, Blue Elephant Theatre, 1 week, 2018
DIRECTOR/WRITER, Leave. To Remain, Edinburgh Fringe, 1 week, 2018 / Etcetera Theatre, 1 week, 2018 / Camden Fringe, 3 shows, 2017
DIRECTOR, Aristophanes' Clouds, Greenwood Theatre, 1 week, 2015

Training

Mercury Creatives | Mercury Theatre funded by the ERDF | 2020-22
Staging Intimacy with Young Actors: for Educators | Intimacy For Stage and Screen | 2021
Sensory Theatre & SEND Accessible Creative Practice | Oily Cart | 2021
Advanced Storytelling for Stage with Kenny Emson | Mercury Theatre | 2020
Shadowed dir. Ryan McBryde on Cinderella | Mercury Theatre | 2019
Mercury Creative Entrepreneurs |SECCADS & Mercury Theatre | 2019
MA The Classical World and its Reception | King's College London | 2017 - 2018

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Film - short
  • Streaming
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Creative Access
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Languages
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Puppetry
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • 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 learning disabled artists
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

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