Grace Johnstone
Director Facilitator ProducerI'm a young theatre director and facilitator, particularly interested in telling stories about human beings and their relationships with themselves, each other, and the world around them. I am continually fascinated by the form of the musical and the ways it can communicate vital stories to wide-reaching audiences.
(she/her)
Credits
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Macbeth, Primary Shakespeare Company, 2022.PRODUCER, NSDF Lab, 2022.
DIRECTOR, For a Brief Moment, Switch_MCR, R&D, 2021.
COURSE ASSISTANT, National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, August 2021.
DIRECTOR, Lungs, John Thaw Studio Theatre, workshop, 2020.
DIRECTOR, Spring Awakening, The University of Manchester Students' Union, 1 week, 2019 (Winner: Best Director of a Musical, NODA North West District #1).
DIRECTOR, Do Not Disturb, The University of Manchester Students' Union, 1 week, 2019.
DIRECTOR, I Caught Crabs in Walberswick, NIAMOS Radical Art Centre, 1 week, 2018.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Spring Awakening by Anya Reiss, International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 1 week, 2018.
CO-DIRECTOR, Action Man, International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 1 week, 2017.
Training
In November 2021, I took part in NSDF CREATES: Producers, a course teaching emerging creatives more about professional producing.In 2020, I graduated from The University of Manchester with a First Class Honours in Drama. There, I was taught Directing by Gwenda Hughes, previous Artistic Director of the New Vic in Stoke on Trent.
Location
HertfordshireExperience
2-5 years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Theatre / Live perfomance
What I do
- Directing
- Facilitating
- Music - Can Read
- Music - Plays Instruments
- Music - Singing
- Physical Theatre / Mime
- Producing
- Teaching / Coaching
- 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
- Workshopping & Development
