Daniel Passi

Director

Stage Director & Performer born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Artistic Director of the London based production company Overtone Theatre .

The company’s language focuses on the radical reimagining of literary sources through physically vigorous practices and visually engaging productions.

Main UK direction and adaption credits include Home Burial, based on the poetry of Robert Frost (The Cockpit, Etcetera, Old Red Lion and Teatri Riflessi Festival, Italy) and Siblings (The Space, Aug. 2022), based on the work of Cuban playwright Jose Triana. In 2021 I received a commission by Tsitsit Festival to translate, adapt and direct The Life of the Great Don Quixote (As Written by the Jew Antonio José da Silva). The play, a 21st century re-imagining of the 18th century Portuguese playwright A.J da Silva’s version of the story of Don Quixote was created in collaboration with an international group of London based theatre artists and was shown at the Jewish Museum London.



Main training include Visual Arts at Parque Lage School of Visual Arts (BR), Performing Arts at The Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (BR) and Theatre Directing at the University of Essex (U.K). In 2018 co-founded the Rio de Janeiro based performance collective Terror Barato.


www.danielpassi.com

Lives and works in the U.K

Credits

DIRECTOR, Siblings, The Space (UK), One Week, 2022

DIRECTOR, Turmoil, East 15/ Invited Director for BA World Performance course (UK), double performance

DIRECTOR, The Life of The Great Don Quixote as Written by the Jew Antonio Jose da Silva, Jewish Museum & King Alfred Pheonix Theatre (UK), one weekend, 2021

DIRECTOR, Home Burial, The Cockpit/Etcetera/Old Red Lion/ Riflessi Festival (UK,IT) 2021/22

DIRECTOR, Hamlet Machine, UniRio (BR), Festival Performance, 2019

DIRECTOR, G.A.Z.A, UniRio (BR), one weekend, 2019

DIRECTOR, Cheap Terror, Montagem Gallery (BR), 2 weeks, 2018

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Macunaíma, SESC SP / Carlos Gomes Theatre (BR) 8 Weeks , 2019

Training

MA Theatre Directing - University of Essex (U.K)

BA Performing Arts - Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (BR)

Foundation Programme - Parque Lage School of Visual Arts (BR

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Circus

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Lighting Design
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Performance Art
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Street Theatre
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with disabled artists
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Portuguese

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