Nicole Redfern

I am an emerging director and theatremaker living and making work in the far South West (Plymouth / Devon).

My expertise is in devised ensemble work, which incorporates sound, physicality and puppetry, and often takes non-conventional approaches to text and narrative. I am interested in making work which comes from the gut: live, physical, honest, political, beautiful. My work has been described as "visual poetry" (thanks!).

I also work as a practitioner on cultural and community projects, specialising in facilitation for hard-to-reach and vulnerable groups.

I make both professional and participatory work, and am particularly interested in projects which blur the line between the two.

I like work which makes me think and feel in new or deeper ways.

My preferred pronoun is she/her.

Credits

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Hatchling, Dir. Mervyn Millar, site specific - Plymouth city centre [Mayflower 400 cultural programme], weekend, delayed - expected 2020 / 2021.

DIRECTOR, The Golden Penguin, Plymouth Cultural Education Partnership, run length TBC, delayed - expected July - Oct 2020.

REHEARSAL DIRECTOR, A-Tissue, A-Tissue, The Lab: Theatre Royal Plymouth, 1 week, 2019.

DIRECTOR, 2021: A Cornish Space Odyssey, The Drum: Theatre Royal Plymouth plus regional tour, 2 weeks, 2019.

DEVISER / PERFORMER, The Parent Show, Exeter Phoenix, 1 day, 2019.

DIRECTOR, Big Small Lost Found Things [youth theatre], The Drum: Theatre Royal Plymouth, 1 night, 2019

DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER, BULLS***, The Lab: Theatre Royal Plymouth, 1 week, 2018

DIRECTOR, Nobody [The Power Plays: Theatre Uncut], The Lab: Theatre Royal Plymouth, 1 night, 2018

CO-DIRECTOR, Whey Down South, various South West venues including The Lab: Theatre Royal Plymouth, Salisbury Arts Centre and Exeter Bike Shed, 3 weeks, 2017 - 2018

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Blue Road, The Drum: Theatre Royal Plymouth, 1 week, 2017

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Beyond The Bend, PlayLab festival: Theatre Royal Plymouth, 1 week, 2017

Training

LONG FORM

Theatre Royal Plymouth - Lab Company graduate 2016 - 2017 (emerging artists development programme).

Theatre Royal Plymouth - Practitioner training scheme (2016 - 2019).

University of Oxford - History and English (BA Joint Hons). Double First Class Honours. (2007 - 2010)

SHORT FORM

Steph Kempson - Devising and Dramaturgy (May 2020)

Young Vic Regional Young Directors Scheme - New Directions - Directors' Residential Weekend Intensive (March / April 2020), featuring workshops on: Story structure (Max Webster);
Directing In the Round (Atri Banerjee, Royal Exchange);
Making Accessible Theatre (Amy Leach, Leeds Playhouse);
Working with Writers (Milli Bhatia, Royal Court)

Cardboard Citizens - Forum Theatre (March 2020)

Rhum and Clay - Physical Theatre and Clown (March 2020)

Clive Mendus / Complicite - Ensemble / Chorus (Nov 2019)

Scary Little Girls / Ramps on the Moon - Interpreting Inclusivity (Feb 2019)

Frantic Assembly - International Summer School Training Programme (July 2018)

Told by An Idiot - The Role of the Director in the Devising Process (October 2017)

Young Vic Reach Out Regional Young Directors Scheme (2017 - 2018). Workshops on: Making Political Theatre; Inclusive Practice [Graeae] ; Socially responsive theatre; Directing text and verse

The Wardrobe Ensemble - Devised theatre + working with sound (Spring 2018)

Still House - Physicality and Movement (Spring 2017)

The Paper Birds - Devising with Movement (Winter 2016)

Bert and Nasi [Eurohouse, Palmyra] - Political energies and Clowning (Autumn 2017)

Verity Standen - Devising with Voice (Spring 2017)

Bucket Club - Devising with Sound (Winter 2016)

Oral History Society- Transcript to Script [adapting verbatim sources for stage] (Winter 2016)

Bea Roberts - Playwriting (Winter 2016)