Elsie Yager

Director Writer Adaptor Dramaturg Multi-disciplinary artist

Initially trained as a performer, with experience as a devised theatre maker in Australia, I have spent several years developing my writing and directing practice. I relocated to the UK at the end of 2020 in order to undertake my Masters Theatre Directing at University of London and was awarded the inaugural Alison Hodge Directing Prize for Excellence in Theatre Making.

I am interested in work that plays with form and queers texts to include expressionistic and symbolic gestures that fracture naturalistic storytelling. I am a proudly working class theatre maker and am interested in work that reflects this sensibility and politics.

My preferred pronouns are she/her.

Credits

Devisor/Performer, The Gaslight Project, PACT (Sydney), 2 weeks, 2019
Writer/Director, Swanmaidens, PACT (Sydney), 3 weeks, 2018
Devisor/Performer, Wyrd: Season of the Witch, PACT (Sydney), 2 weeks, 2018
Writer/Devisor, Cartography, Forum Theatre (Sydney), 1 week, 2015

Training

Masters Theatre Directing, Royal Holloway University of London, 2020-2021

Advanced Diploma Performance (Acting), Actors Centre Australia, 2014-2016

Bachelor of Arts (Politics/Performance Studies), University of New South Wales, 2010-2013

Suzuki Method of Actor Training, Member of Ninefold Ensemble, 2017-2020

Meisner Acting Method, (Scott Williams and Kate Skinner), 2016-2020


Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Literature
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • New technologies / digital
  • Opera
  • Other
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Music - Singing
  • Performance Art
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with young people
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

German (A2 Level)

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