Maya Ross Russell Peeris

director theatre-maker performer activist

She/Her

Emerging Director with a background in performance and projection design. I want to make work around giving voice to the voiceless. Activism is a key influence in my life in general but especially with my theatre practice. In order to feed my theatre addiction I also work as a freelance stage manager.

Credits

Directing Credits:
CO-DIRECTOR/DESIGNER, Phenomenally Women/Platform Theatre (2020)
DIRECTOR, Out/Platform theatre (2019)
CO-DEVISOR/PERFORMER, Alternative Futures, LVMH Theatre (2019)
CO-DEVISOR/PERFORMER, Polyphany and Exhaustion, Tate Modern (2019)
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Life Evolved/Summerhall (2015)
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, This is the Life/Spiral Club (2015)


Production Credits:
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, The Prince of Egypt/Dominion Theatre (2020)
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, Little Miss Burden/Bunker Theatre (2020)
SCENIC PAINTING, Gabriel/Platform Theatre (2019)
SET DESIGN, GreenBelt Festival/Kettering (2019)
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, The Swell Mob/Colab Factory (2019)
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, Counting Sheep: Staging a Revolution/The Vaults (2019)
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, Shadowtracks/POSK (2018)


Training

BA (Hons) Performance: Design and Practice, Central Saint Martins 2018-ongoing

Writing with Historical Provocation, VIRTUAL (2020)
Theatre for Living-"Theatre of the Oppressed", VIRTUAL (2020)
PQ waltz- "Welcome to Bubny!", PRAGUE (2019)
Trudi Maan- "Slow Travel and Performance", UTRECHT (2019)
Maxim Didenko- "Movement and Devising", DRAMA CENTRE LONDON (2019)
Tangled feet, "Making Political theatre", LONDON ROUNDHOUSE (2017)
RCSSD, Youth Theatre, LONDON (2015-2017)
Questors, Youth Theatre, LONDON (2015-2017)
#CultureMakers program, LONDON WESTWAY TRUST (2016)
CONNECTIONS 500, Tricycle theatre/National Theatre (2015)
MET Film School, Young Filmakers Academy (2015)

Location

London

Experience

1-2 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Circus

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Costume Design
  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Movement Direction
  • Performance Art
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Prop Making
  • Puppetry
  • Set Design
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Sound Design
  • Street Theatre
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Video Design
  • Working with disabled artists
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Writing

Additional Languages

French, Indonesian

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