Nell Hardy

Actor Writer Facilitator Director Producer

I am an ex-homeless actor, writer and theatre facilitator living, laughing and loving with complex trauma. My work walks a fine line between the poetic and the everyday to present timeless humanity responding to contemporary experiences in an uncompromising but hopeful way. With my company Response Ability Theatre (R.A.T.), I aim to tell dangerous stories in safe spaces to uplift the downtrodden, and to unite audiences from different walks of life in empathy, humanity, humour, need, motivation and ambition for a better future.
I also have extensive experience in working with at-risk young people, neurodiverse groups, community groups and a specialized facilitative practice with trauma survivors and social and mental health service providers.
I also love working with classical stories and texts in ways that remind our modern world of aspects of humanity we engage with less often now than we did before, or when there are opportunities to highlight modern thought where we do not expect to find it.

Credits

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/FACILITATOR, LAUNCH: Youth Scratch, Jacksons Lane, ongoing since 2019
DIRECTOR, Penny's From Huddersfield, Queen's Theatre/Theatre Royal Haymarket, Rehearsed Reading, 2018
DIRECTOR/COMPOSER, The Free 9, National Theatre: Dorfman/artsdepot/Jacksons Lane, 2018
DIRECTOR, Extremism, Soho Theatre/Jacksons Lane, 2017
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Fear in the Dark, Abney Park, 3 weeks, 2016
DIRECTOR, Citizenship, artsdepot/Jacksons Lane, 2016
DIRECTOR/COMPOSER/PERFORMER, Paces, Music Video, 2016

Training

BA (Hons) Acting: Acting strand, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
National Youth Theatre membership course

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

What I do

  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Languages
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Music Composition
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Working with disabled artists
  • 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

Advanced German, some French.

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