Skip to main content

Francesca Echlin

Director Playwright Dramaturg

Hi I'm Cesca Echlin (she/her). I am a theatre director, writer and dramaturg with experience in theatre as well as as a writer's assistant in television. I am interested in working on and developing new writing as well as classical texts although particularly motivated about making work on the female experience.

Credits

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, I Hate Suzie Too, created by Lucy Prebble and Billie Piper (Bad Wolf Productions), Feb-Nov 2022
CO-DIRECTOR, If We Ended This, Camden People's Theatre, 2 weeks, 2021
DIRECTOR, The Crucible, Michael Pilch Studio, 1 week, 2019
DIRECTOR, Gods Are Fallen And All Safety Gone, Burton Taylor Studio, 1 week, 2019.
DIRECTOR, This Much I Know, Burton Taylor Studio, 1 Week, 2018.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Little Eyolf, Burton Taylor Studio, 1 Week, 2018.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Romeo and Juliet, Keble O'Reilly Theatre, 1 Week, 2018.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, The Space on the Mile, 2 Weeks, 2018.

Training

- Text and Performance (MA) at Birkbeck College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (2020-2021) - achieved a distinction
-Rewriting Justice - a one-day introduction to theatre writing in criminal justice settings (Clean Break).

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Literature
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Opera
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - drama

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Performing
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with young people
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Social