Neta Gracewell

Director Performer Producer Multidisciplinary artist Teacher / facilitator

Heya, I'm Neta.

I'm a theatre director, performer and multidisciplinary artist interested in creating work which interrogates different ways of telling a story, putting the audience engagement with the work at the centre of the process.

I have a wide range of interests and skills, spanning from devising, through text-based performances all the way to performance art, site-specific installations and movement.

My practice is feminist and usually centers around migration, empathy and autobiographical stories.

Part of Migrants in Theatre and MENA ARTS UK movement, interested in theatre in translation, genuine cultural exchange and increasing representation in the arts.

I have vast experience of working with children and teenagers, managing projects and leading large teams in and outside of the creative industry.

Making art, and especially theatre, is a collaborative process. Even if I'm the director in the room.

Empathy is key.

Credits

DIRECTOR, Second Hand Problems, Pleasance Theatre, 2023.

DIRECTOR, DRAMATURG, Bad Sex, The Glitch, A Pinch of Fault Festival, 2023.

DIRECTOR, Borders הגדר ألسياج, VAULT Festival, 1 week, 2023. Drayton Arms, 2022. Shout Festival, 2021. Nominated: VAULT Festival Origins Award, Off Fest Award 2023.

DIRECTOR, Identity School of Acting, Showcase, 2022.

DIRECTOR, Saturnalia, Tower Theatre, 1 week, 2022.

CO CREATOR, PERFORMER, You Are Here: Detouring The City, Fringe Arts Bath, 2022.

2nd AD, Torn, Short film, 2022.

PRODUCER, HOST, Cards on the Table, networking event. Theatre Deli, The Cockpit, The Glitch, Young Vic Creators Program, 2022-2023.

FACILITATOR, Emerging Artist Toolkit Workshop, Theatre Deli, 2022.

FACILITATOR, Producing Translated Theatre in the UK: Who? What? How? Workshop, Theatre Deli, 2022-2023.

DIRECTOR, Walking Home, Cake Theatre Podcast, 2021.

CO CREATOR, PERFORMER, So Close, Various outdoors locations, Tel Aviv, London, 2021.

CO CREATOR, PERFORMER, @iContact: Mirror Talk, Camden People’s Theatre, London, UK, 1 week, 2020. Urban Revival FeiTeng Youth Festival, Xi An, China, 1 week, 2020. Zimax Hotel Art Salon, Xi An, China, 1 week, 2020.

ASSITANT DIRECTOR, DRAMATURG, PERFORMER, Doomscrolling, Brink Festival, 1 week, 2020.

DIRECTOR, SCENOGRAPHER, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Bilhaa Theatre, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1 week, 2019.

PRODUCER, Vacation Bilhaa Theatre, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1 week, 2019.

ASSITANT DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, Take the Wall Down, Kibbutzim College Theatre, 1 week, 2019.

WRITER, PERFORMER, Let Us Be Here Next Year - Political Cabaret, Teatronetto Festival of Monodramas / Arab-Hebrew Theatre, Jaffa, 1 week, 2018








Training

Education and Training:

MA Advanced Theatre Practice, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (2019-2020)

B.Ed Theatre Directing and Drama Teaching, Kibbutzim College, Tel Aviv (2016-1019)

Acting Course, Nissan Native Studio (2014)

Workshops:
* Voice Acting - Jennifer Bradley
• My First Theatre Translation with William Gregory, Foreign Affairs Theatre (2020)
• Translation as Adaptation workshop with Almiro Andrade, Foreign Affairs Theatre (2020)
• Writing and Story Structure workshops with Roey Maliach Reshef (2020)
• Dance Improvisation with Jessica Lerner (Siobhan Davies Studios, 2020)
• Sketch Sprint workshop with Sean Casey (Deli Theatre, 2020)
• Realizing and Pitching Your Project with Rikki Beadle Blair (Old Vic Theatre, 2020)
• Shakespeare masterclass with Tina Parker (Tel Aviv, 2019)
• Contact Improvisation Underscore (Tel Aviv, 2019)

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Dance
  • Film - short
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Languages
  • Music - Singing
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with learning disabled adults / children
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Hebrew - native, Arabic - basic

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