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- K Moyse
background: Fine Art - Performance and Video, Masters (MA), The Slade, University College of London.Last logged in 30/8/2010
Philosophy with physics, Bachelors of Arts (BA), Bristol University.
Screenwriting development course, Scene Insiders Gothenberg, Script factory, Gothenberg.
Screenwriting course, Arvon Foundation.
additional skills related to directing: Movement
experienced in: New writing, Devising, Performance Art, Physical work
other skills related to directing: Choreography
other skills: Photography, filmmaker and editor
country: UK
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Last updated on 30/8/2010 - Kane Moore
background: NOWLast logged in 17/4/2010
I am on the directing strand of the MA Advanced Theatre Practice course at the Central School of Speech & Drama.
THEN
I graduated with a 2:1 English Literature and Language Honours degree in 2007 from the University of Oxford.
Since leaving University I have assisted on ANGRY YOUNG MAN, written and directed by Ben Woolf for Trafalgar Studios 2 and SHADOW LANGUAGE, a new play by American playwright Kelly Stuart, directed by Tim Stark, for Theatre 503.
Whilst at University I was heavily involved in directing several sell-out student productions. I always worked on productions that were, in every way, ambitious: from directing six of Beckett’s short plays (comprising of ROUGH FOR THEATRE 2, CATASTROPHE, FOOTFALLS, COME AND GO, A PIECE OF MONOLOGUE, and NOT I), using an ensemble cast of only six, to transforming a small studio space into a 1920s New York telephone exchange for SWITCH TRIPTYCH (which was shortlisted for the 2007 National Student Drama Festival).
I also directed Mark Ravenhill's PRODUCT and radical modern reworkings of Max Frisch's THE FIRERAISERS and Franz Kafka's METAMORPHOSIS for the Oxford Playhouse Studio.
additional skills related to directing: Movement, Dramaturgy, Design
experienced in: New writing, Devising, Physical work
date of birth: 27/2/1985
country: UK
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Last updated on 10/10/2008 - Karis Halsall Halsall
background: The Central School of Speech and Drama, 2009Last logged in 15/7/2010
BA (Hons) Theatre Practice: First Class Degree
National Youth Theatre Member, 2005 to 2010
I have a great amount of experience in working with new writing and the development of text due to my time at the Royal Court as a Young Writer.
The Royal Court Theatre:
Completed the Young Writers Programme, 2008
Completed the ‘Invitation Only’ Writers group, 2009
Completed of the Royal Court Young Writer’s ‘Super Group’, 2009
I also have a vast amount of experience and have worked professionally either as a director, an assistant or a deviser in the following genre's;
Collaborative and Devised theatre. Physical and Visual Theatre: Movement and Dance Theatre, Corporeal Mime, Puppetry and Object manipulation, Clowning / Improvisation and Comedy performance. Site Specific performance.
additional skills related to directing: Movement, Dramaturgy
experienced in: New writing, Devising, Performance Art, Physical work, Puppetry
other skills related to directing: Puppetry and Object manipulation direction, Running workshops
other skills: Playwriting, Performance poetry, Inter-disciplinary performance
country: UK
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Last updated on 28/5/2010 - Karoline Bjune
background: TRAINING:Last logged in 27/7/2010
2007-2008: Master of Arts: Performance Practices and Research
Central School of Speech and Drama, London
- Advanced study of contemporary performance, with a specification in directing devised, physical theatre.
Mark: Distinction
2002-2005: Bachelor of Honours: Directing
Rose Bruford College, Kent
- Undergraduate degree in directing.
Mark: 2.1
2000-2001: Theatre Studies
University of Bergen, Norway
- Courses in dramaturgy, theatre history, dramatic literature and directing.
Mark: 2.1
1999-2000: Drama and Theatre intensive course
Hallingdal Folkhighschool, Norway
Diploma
I have solid experience teaching and leading workshops to adults, children and young people from diverse ethnic and social backgrounds.
My previous experience includes taking on various roles within productions; project manager, stage manager, marketing and PR as well as designing flyers and posters.
I have developed a keen interest in, and a good eye for, performance photography.
additional skills related to directing: Movement, Dramaturgy
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising, Performance Art, Physical work
other skills related to directing: Leading workshops and teaching. Work with children and young people. Site-specific work. Photography. Marketing.
other skills: Native: Norwegian Fluent: English, Danish, Swedish. Advanced knowledge of Final Cut, Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
country: UK
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Last updated on 29/11/2009 - Kat Joyce
background: I am a Director/Scenographer/Writer who creates work and shapes material with a range of approaches, including scripting and devising.Last logged in 20/8/2010
Recent/ongoing work includes:
Associate Director of physical theatre ensemble Tangled Feet
(www.tangledfeet.com)
Co-Director of HOME (current site-specific show)
Assistant director on GAME?: Edinburgh Festival, National tour, Southwark Playhouse
Writer in Residence at Spread the Word Jan-Aug 2009
Created a new play, One Mile Away, about North Lambeth
For the Royal Court:
Co-director (with Ola Animashawan) of site-specific performances Word on the Street (2007) and Heart in Case (2006)
Assistant Director, Kebab by Gianina Carbunaria (Theatre Upstairs/Dublin International Festival 2007)
Dreamthinkspeak:
Assistant Director, Underground (2005, Brighton Festival, Barbican/BITE Young Genius season)
I am a founding member of Sour Feast, a new writing collective that supports the development of new plays through monthly salons.
I enjoy educational/TIE work and have designed and delivered workshops for, amongst others, the Royal Court, Tangled Feet and the Young Vic.
Training:
BA Hons Drama (1st Class) University of Hull
MA Scenography - St Martins College of Art and Design
4 month working residency at Sala Endanza, Seville
(Training in dramaturgy, Moroccan Halkan Theatre, assisting with practical choreographic research work, directing performances with actors/dancers from Morocco and Bilbao.)
Royal Court Young Writers Programme and Advanced scriptwriting course (script shortlisted for Young Writers Season 2004)
Raindance Diploma in Film Directing
BADC stage combat certificate (intermediate)
World Interplay International New Writing Festival 2005 (Australia)
Dance/movement training (Contemporary/Laban, Flamenco, Street dance)
I am currently undertaking a practice-based PhD in alternative dramaturgy at Royal Holloway.
additional skills related to directing: Read Music, Play an instrument, Movement, Dramaturgy, Design
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising, Performance Art, Physical work, Puppetry, Mask work
other skills related to directing: Scenography / Set design, Working with non-english speakers, working creatively with young people and children with disabilities, conversational Spanish, Stage fighting certificate (intermediate level), basic dance training (contemporary/Laban),
other skills: Technical theatre and set construction skills. Juggling. Digital media (capturing/manipulating sound and images), press and publicity and fundraising experience, setting up and administrating a touring theatre company, organisational/office/PA skills
date of birth: 20/10/1979
country: UK
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Last updated on 23/10/2009 - Katalin Trencsényi
background: Katalin Trencsényi studied Aesthetics and Literature (MA) before completing her training as a Dramaturg (MA) at the Academy of Drama and Film, Budapest. She also did a one-year director's training in Hungary.Last logged in 4/9/2010
Awarded the Eötvös Award and with the help of the Soros Foundation she spent two years professional training in different UK theatres. During her training she has assisted in Kaleidoscope Theatre, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and taken part in several RNT training workshops.
On her return to Hungary she published a book on theatre and people with special needs. Later she worked as an assistant to Tim Carroll at the Bá¡rka Theatre, Budapest.
In 2001 she moved to London, where she is based now. Since then she has been working as a dramaturg as well (National Theatre, Courtyard Theatre, RADA, CSSD).
Her directing career in the UK consists of staged readings of award winning contemporary plays, a children's play with jazz (currently on national tour) and a short devised etude at the Young Vic Studio.
She is also working as a workshop leader for Corali Dance Company and makes theatre with people with special needs.
additional skills related to directing: Read Music, Movement, Dramaturgy
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising, Physical work, Puppetry
other skills related to directing: workshop leading, writing, translating
other skills: languages: Hungarian, French, Russian
country: UK
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Last updated on 9/11/2009 - Kate Golledge
background: Trained at Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. One of the finalists in the 2009 JMK Trust Award for young directors with The Crucible.Last logged in 6/9/2010
Currently Resident Director on Sweet Charity at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine at the Trafalgar Studios.
Directing credits include: Daisy Pulls It Off (LOST Theatre); the new musical Betwixt! (Kings Head and Ambassadors Theatres); a promenade production of Carmen (Opera la Goziniere); Six Women With Brain Death (National Student Theatre Company); Sweethearts (Finborough Theatre); NewsRevue (Canal Café Theatre); Be the Star You Are (Young Vic); the short film Born Yesterday (www.bornyesterday.tillyvison.co.uk); Honk! and A Hollywood Party (Trinity College of Music), That's a Beginning and Princess Ida (ArtsEd).
As assistant director: Educating Rita (Menier Chocolate Factory); The Wizard of Oz (Workshop - Really Useful Group); Sweet Charity (Menier Chocolate Factory) Salomé (Royal Opera House); Daddy Cool (Shaftesbury Theatre); Julius Caesar (Barbican); The Doorway Project (Young Vic); Bridgetower – a Fable of 1807 (English Touring Opera) and Get Carter (Red Shift).
additional skills related to directing: Read Music, Movement, Dramaturgy, Design
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Opera
other skills related to directing: Musical skills - read music, play piano. Choreography. Workshop leader, leading post show discussions.
other skills: French speaker, first aider, full CRB check.
date of birth: 1/4/1981
country: UK
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Last updated on 1/7/2010 - Kate Wasserberg
background: Kate has recently joined Clwyd Theatr Cymru as New Plays Director. This year she has directed The Glass Menagerie (CTC and tour) and A History of Falling Things by James Graham, which played at both CTC and the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.Last logged in 1/6/2010
Previous to this she was Associate Director of the Finborough Theatre, London, where she directed Sons of York and Little Madam, both by James Graham and The Representative, I Wish to Die Singing and The New Morality.
Other directing includes 2007 Schools Festival (Young Vic), Switzerland (Hightide Festival), Doing Lines (Pleasance), Blue Velvet (Gilded Balloon), The Studio (South West tour) and The Firebird (Exeter Phoenix).
As an Assistant Director Kate has worked at the Barbican, the Abbey Theatre Dublin, the Young Vic, Shakespeare’s Globe and the Theatre Royal Bath.
additional skills related to directing: Dramaturgy
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising, Physical work, Puppetry
other skills related to directing: Workshop leading, script development, teaching.
other skills: Company management, producing.
date of birth: 24/7/1980
country: UK
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Last updated on 23/10/2009 - Kate Budgen
background: Associate Director for Pentabus Theatre.Last logged in 21/8/2010
Runner up in the JMK Award 2010.
Completed the National Theatre Studio Director Course 2010
Training: MFA Theatre Directing 2005-2007 at Birkbeck College
Directing includes: Write to Rock (Theatre Clywd), Bedbound (Lion and Unicorn Theatre) The Dreamer (Bexhill) Carpet and Floorboards/Happy Birthday Luke/ Second Life (Tara Arts), Daffodil Scissors (Gate Theatre), Stoopud Fucken Animals (Traverse Drill Hall), Mud (Gate Theatre), When In Rome... (Peoples Studio Theatre), Star Quality (Newcastle University), Sunday is the New Saturday (Edinburgh festival), Dido and Aeneas (Newcastle Early Music Festival)
Assistant Directing: Origins (Orla O'Loughlin, Pentabus), Varjak Paw (John Fulljames, The Opera Group), Cloud Nine (Thea Sharrock, Almeida), Ghosts (Anna Mackmin, Gate Theatre), The Chairs (Thea Sharrock, Gate Theatre).
As Associate Director: Tales of the Country (Pentabus Theatre) PIGS (Pentabus Theatre)
I have worked as a workshop facilitator for young people and adults for the Gate, the Royal Court, the Almeida and the Opera Group.
additional skills related to directing: Read Music, Play an instrument
experienced in: New writing, Devising, Opera
other skills related to directing: Workshop leading, youth theatre
date of birth: 13/12/1980
country: UK
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Last updated on 27/7/2010 - Kate McGregor
background: Graduate of 1yr. Directing Course at Drama Studio London 08-09.Last logged in 5/9/2010
First Class BA hons in Drama, Applied Theatre and Education from The Central School of Speech and Drama.
Kate is the Artistic Director of Theatre 6 a company specialising in reviving classic texts and forging new adaptations using visual performance and live music.
She is also Associate Director (Education) at Upstart Theatre currently working on establishing an education programme to accompany a national tour of 'Oh Well Never Mind Bye'. Kate Resident Director at Blossom Tree Productions and directed the award winning 'Never Any Fruit' by Dougie Blaxland.
Recent theatre credits include: The Perfect Party (Camden People's Theatre), Beyond Therapy (Hen and Chickens), Never Any Fruit (Pleasance Theatre & Rondo Theatre, Bath), The Double (White Bear Theatre), Panphobia (Lost Theatre) Zipporah (George Wood Theatre), Shout Across The River (Courtyard Theatre) Private Lives (Questor's Theatre) and Whole Blue Sky (Unicorn Theatre).
www.katemcgregor.co.uk
www.theatre6.co.uk
additional skills related to directing: Read Music, Play an instrument, Dramaturgy, Dialect/Voice
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising, Physical work
other skills related to directing: Trained in applied theatre practices: verbatim theatre, participatory and community drama, international theatre projects.
other skills: Classically trained singer to Grade 8, Grade 7 Piano, BASCC Basic Stage Combat
date of birth: 6/2/1986
country: UK
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Last updated on 18/8/2010 - Kate Sagovsky
background: Training: I completed a postgraduate diploma in Dance Studies at Laban (2008), after graduating from the MA course in Movement Studies at The Central School of Speech and Drama (2007), and completing a degree in English Literature at Balliol College, Oxford (2006). In 2010 I attended the National Theatre Studio Directors Course. I am Artistic Director of Freefall Theatre (www.freefalltheatre.co.uk) and work both as a Director and movement director/choreographer.Last logged in 5/9/2010
Previous work as director includes: HALF MAN/HALF CLAM (Pulse Festival 10, New Wolsey Theatre; Create Festival 09, Arcola), *STILL POINT (Resolution! Festival, The Place), BOROUGH MARKET (Camden People’s Theatre; Pleasance Dome), NOT FOR SALE (Camden People’s Theatre; Pleasance Courtyard), TOWARDS THE VOID (Bonnie Bird Theatre), CHINESE TAKEAWAY (The Accidental Festival at the ICA); LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (OUDS/Thelma Holt Japan Tour 2007: Metropolitan Arts Centre, Tokyo; College Gardens, Westminster Abbey, London; The Dell, Stratford-Upon-Avon, and Merton College Gardens, Oxford), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Queen’s College Gardens), MUGGED (Burton Taylor Theatre, Oxford; Castle Arts Centre, Wellingborough as part of the NT Shell Connections Festival), SOME VOICES (Old Fire Station), THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES (Michael Pilch Theatre), THE COMPARTMENT (Burton Taylor Theatre), TONGUES (Burton Taylor Theatre).
Work as Assistant Director includes MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park; Dir. Timothy Sheader), MATTHEW HERBERT BIG BAND ENSEMBLE (Barbican, Glastonbury; Movement Dir. Struan Leslie)
Previous work as movement director/choreographer includes: THIS MUCH IS TRUE (Theatre503); A KIND OF CHARTING (BAC); 2ND MAY 1997 (THE BUSH/NABOKOV); THE UNSPEAKABLE (Tristan Bates); CHAUNTECLEER AND PERTELOTTE (Hen and Chickens; Old Red Lion; Brighton Fringe; Edinburgh Fringe); SEMI-MONDE (Embassy Theatre); THE WEDDING PART (Embassy Theatre); LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (Greenwich Theatre); THREE SISTERS (Oxford Playhouse); CYRANO (Oxford Playhouse); TROJAN WOMEN (Oxford Playhouse).
additional skills related to directing: Read Music, Play an instrument, Movement, Dramaturgy, Design, Dialect/Voice
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising, Performance Art, Opera, Physical work, Puppetry, Mask work
other skills related to directing: Dance (contemporary, jazz, tap, ballet); Stage Combat
date of birth: 17/2/1984
country: UK
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Last updated on 7/6/2010 - Kate Sellers
background: Trained for 4 years by Sam Kogan at The School of the Science of Acting (ASAD)Last logged in 6/9/2010
additional skills related to directing: Dramaturgy, Design
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising, Performance Art
country: UK
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Last updated on 23/11/2009 - Katerina Pushkin
background: • Artistic Director, Cloud Cuckoo LandLast logged in 5/9/2010
• Associate Director, Festival Arts Youth Theatre
• Workshop Leader, MAC
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Training:
• European Union of Theatres Directing Course
• 1st Class Drama Degree (Hull University)
• Springboard Directing Course, Young Vic
• The Optimists, China Plate Theatre
• Courses in mime, clowning, projections and mask
work (with Jane Sutcliffe, Mike Chase, Mick
Barnfather, Forkbeard Fantasy)
Placements:
• Lev Dodin (Maly Drama Theatre, St Petersburg)
• Marcus Romer (Pilot Theatre)
• Anita Durst (Chashama Theatre, NY)
• Jason Lawson (The Sticking Place)
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Cloud Cuckoo Land plunge the audience into the world of the play, using cinematic, multi-sensory and total theatre techniques to place them at the heart of the story:
"Barely a theatrical technique is left untouched as the story rapidly unfolds... Exhilirating, inspiring and altogether uplifting. An intoxicating theatrical cocktail"
National Student Magazine on Bleep 'N' Grind
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For full directing CV please go to:
http://www.uk.stagejobspro.com/search_all.php?uid=61133&name=&keyword=
experienced in: Classics, Devising, Performance Art, Physical work, Puppetry, Mask work
other skills related to directing: Youth & Community Theatre (specialising KS4-6, disadvantaged adults) // Multi-sensory, Multi-media, Site-Specific and Open-Air Theatre (inc. Shakespeare) // Russian Psycho-Physical Acting and Improvisation Techniques
other skills: Conversational Russian // Press & Publicity Experience // Graphic Design (Adobe Photoshop) // Choral Singing // Basic Technical & Digital skills inc: Sound Design (Ableton/Cool Edit), Film Editing (Final Cut), Mig Welding, Technical Drawing
country: UK
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Last updated on 12/4/2010 - Katharina Wieneckebackground: Director « THe Barber of Seville » (G. Rossini)Last logged in 3/9/2010
Jan, May 2009 The Garden Opera Company, London
First performance June 4
Assistant Director « Don Pasquale » (G. Donizetti)
Feb/May 2008 The Garden Opera Company, London
Assistant Director « The Arsonists » (M. Frisch)
Oct-Nov 2007 Directed by R. Gray
The Royal Court Theatre, London
Project Manager « Journeys to Work »
July- August 2007 The Red Room Company,
London
Assistant Director
March/ May 2007 « La Bohème » (G. Puccini)
Directed by M. Lloyd-Evans
Garden Opera Company, London
Directed productions
Oct 2006 « High Fidelity » (by N. Hornby)
Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Germany
!! INVITED TO RUHRFESTSPIELE RECKLINGHAUSEN 2007 !!
July 2006 Sound- and Stage Installation
Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Germany
Sept 2004 Sound Installation
Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Germany
03/2003- 07/2006 Resident Assistant Director
Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, Germany
2001-2003 Freelance Assistant Director
(E.G. Volksbühne Berlin,
Theater Freiburg,
Deutsches Theater Berlin)
1999-2001 "Freie Universität in Berlin", Germany:
Science of Art, Theatre and Music
additional skills related to directing: Read Music, Play an instrument, Dramaturgy, Design
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising, Performance Art, Opera
other skills related to directing: Sound Installations, play adaptions, german literature, basic translation knowledge
date of birth: 21/7/1979
country: UK
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Last updated on 11/3/2009 - Katherine Hayes
background: The Directors Guild of Great Britain- Associate MemberLast logged in 5/9/2010
Directing for Stage, City Lit- Jan-March 2007
Television Scriptwriting, De Montfort University, February, 2007
I also attended the following masterclasses:
Scholarship recipient, Where Have all the Auteurs gone? Master-class with Sally Potter,
ICA, Master-class, Laurie Collyer dir Sherrybaby 2007
Haymarket Theatre Masterclass, Jeremy Irons 2006
additional skills related to directing: Dramaturgy
experienced in: New writing
other skills related to directing: have written several projects
other skills: admin, general marketing for shows
country: UK
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Last updated on 8/11/2009 - Katherine Hare
background: Most recently I have just directed Crazy for You at The London Palladium and I am currently assisting Christian Durham on his production of Great Pretenders at Upstairs at the Gatehouse. I have a very strong background in musical theatre and I have recently formed my own theatre company called MadCow alongside Producer Racky Plews and Musical Director Leigh Thompson. Our first production, The Tender Land, opened to great critical acclaim and succesfully transferred to the Cochrane Theatre after opening at The Arcola. Later this year I will be assisting Phil Willmott on his production of Puss in Boots at the Corn Exchange, Newbury. I trained as a director at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts having previously worked as an actress.Last logged in 31/8/2010
additional skills related to directing: Read Music, Play an instrument, Movement, Design
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising, Opera
other skills related to directing: Musical Theatre, Singing, Musical Direction, Working with Youth Groups, Teaching
date of birth: 15/4/1978
country: UK
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Last updated on 22/10/2009 - Kathrin Yvonne Bigler
background: Kathrin Yvonne Bigler was born and grew up in Berne, Switzerland, where she started to work as a writer/director in performance, dance and theatre. She is co-artistic director of London based performance company Bottlefed (www.bottlefed.org). She has worked as a writer/director in performance, devised theatre, dance and film all over the UK, in New York, Switzerland, Germany, Norway, Iceland, Italy and Belgium.Last logged in 31/8/2010
Bottlefed is an international experimental performance company based in London. It has two main activity strands: Bottlefed ensemble (performance and research) and Bottlefed workshops (education and outreach). Bottlefed’s work is process-based and multi-disciplinary in between the areas of site-specific theatre, dance and performance art with live music.
Past performances have been shortlisted for the Total Theatre Award for ‘Best Original Work by an Ensemble’ and at the Lost Theatre Festival for ‘Best Direction’
As a workshop facilitator Kathrin has run workshops and performance projects for children, young people and adults in diverse communities and contexts such as schools, universities, theatres and prisons.
A full CV and detailed performance credits can be found on www.bottlefed.org
Scholarships and Training
2009: European Scholarship for ENPARTS Campus, ‘The Electric Body’, La Biennale di Venezia
2008: Goethe Institute Scholarship for the International Forum as part of ‘Berliner Theatertreffen’, Berlin
07/08: INSTED International directors training and network as part of ITS Festival, Amsterdam
00-03: BA (1st Hons) Degree in Performing Arts (Community Arts Drama), Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
additional skills related to directing: Read Music, Movement, Dramaturgy
experienced in: New writing, Devising, Performance Art, Physical work, Mask work
other skills related to directing: Performing (Physical theatre), Workshop Facilitation (Drama, Writing, Improvisation), Writing (for Stage and Screen)
other skills: Swiss German, German, French, English and Spanish
date of birth: 27/3/1980
country: UK
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Last updated on 23/11/2009 - Kati Rynne
background: I am a director and choreographer.Last logged in 14/6/2010
I have shadowed various directors (Trestle Theatre Company, York Theatre Royal Company), have directed in collaboration with dramaturgs and have performed leading roles at the Edinburgh fringe and London fringe venues. Recently I acted in 'Road' (Bridewell Theatre) and 'The Hired Man' (Wilton's Music Hall) and did production work for 'Festen' (Bridewell Theatre). I performed my writings at the Poetry Cafe, Covent Garden.
I have a background in text (Starred First Class degree in English, script consultant, reviewer), physical theatre (choreography awards, mime studies) and work with young people (Secondary Schools English teacher).
additional skills related to directing: Read Music, Play an instrument, Movement, Dramaturgy
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising, Performance Art, Physical work, Mask work
other skills related to directing: Languages: French and German
other skills: http://katirynne.wordpress.com/
country: UK
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Last updated on 3/4/2010 - Katie McAleese
background: Currently: directing MISCONCEPTION by Bill Dare for the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh 2010.Last logged in 4/9/2010
Theatre includes Dream of the Dog (Finborough and Trafalgar Studios), The Pope’s Wedding (Young Vic), The Importance of Being Earnest (Derby Playhouse), The Wall (The Junction), The Revenger’s Tragedy (Theatre Underground). As Associate Director, La Cage Aux Folles (Playhouse Theatre) and Animal Farm (Derby Playhouse). As Assistant Director, The End of the Rainbow (Royal and Derngate), Rookery Nook (Menier Chocolate Factory), Memory and Macbeth (Clwyd Theatr Cymru), Into the Woods (Derby Playhouse), The Old Country and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (English Touring Theatre), Otherwise Engaged (Criterion).
Other directing credits include numerous rehearsed readings and student prodctions of The Trial, The Maids, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Love of the Nightingale and Equus. Katie also received Arts Council funding to develop a piece about Palestinian farmers in the Occupied West Bank, and travelled there in 2005 to conduct interviews as part of her research.
Katie also works in drama/script development for theatre, film and TV, and was Head of Development for Alchemy TV.
She is currently developing screenplays with writers Julian Fellowes (for Deep Indigo/ITV), Kurti and Doyle (for ProSeiben/Alchemy TV) and Simon Vaughan (for Ealing Studios) and works regularly with screenwriter Paula Milne.
Training includes:
- Cheek By Jowl Summer School for directors and designers
- Young Vic voice workshops
- 2 weeks workshop with Katie Mitchell at the National Theatre Studio
- National Theatre Studio directors programme
- Birkbeck MFA in Theatre Directing, including three month attachment to Drama Centre London and work with new writers at the National Theatre Studio.
Katie was educated at Cambridge University, where she received a BA in English Literature (Double First) and an MPhil in American Literature (Distinction).
additional skills related to directing: Dramaturgy
experienced in: New writing, Classics
other skills related to directing: Verse skills. Experience adapting from classic texts.
other skills: Writing, dramaturgy, script development.
country: UK
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Last updated on 27/7/2010 - Katie Henry
background: I completed an MA in Directing at St Mary's College in 2006, for which I directed 'Iron' by Rona Munro at BAC. I am currently at the Orange Tree Theatre as their Literary, Education and Community Director, for which I have directed A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet/The Tempest and Twelfth Night. Prior to this I was Trainee Director and was assistant director on seven productions- assisting directors including Sam Walters, Kate Saxon and Ellie Jones. I directed Arlene Hutton's Last Train to Nibroc for my showcase at the Orange Tree last June. I have also directed rehearsed readings of new play The Lifted Veil by Cathy Tempelsman for the George Eliot Conference, and Alice in Wonderland by Clive Francis and Charlie Miller at the Orange Tree Theatre. In June 2009 I took part in the National Theatre's Director's Course.Last logged in 25/8/2010
additional skills related to directing: Dramaturgy, Design
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising
other skills: Youth Theatre
date of birth: 26/6/1981
country: UK
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Last updated on 19/11/2009 - Katie Lewis
background: MFA Theatre Directing, Birkbeck, 2010Last logged in 18/8/2010
Resident assistant director, Library Theatre Manchester
Read Philosophy at Sussex University
Upcoming projects include directing 'Eight' at The Lowry Studio and a reading of 'Kitty Gulliver' for Ransom Theatre Company in Belfast
Directing credits include
Mr Happiness by David Mamet, Library Theatre
Staged reading 'HIndu Hindle' by Punam Ranchurn and Joyce Brannagh. Re:Play Festival, Library Theatre
'The Jewish Wife and other shorts' Library Theatre.
'Unmanned' by Laura Stevens, Miniaturists, Arcola.
rehearsed reading of 'Fractures' by Joel Horwood, Theatre 503
rehearsed reading of 'Feedback' by Joel Horwood, Menier Chocolate Factory
Rehearsed reading of 'Closed Circuit' by Sara Pascoe, Blue Elephant Theatre
'Spoonface Steinberg' Etcetera Theatre and Kings Head Theatre.
'Shelflife' by Luke Norris. Old Red Lion Theatre.
'The Diary of Anne Frank' Landor Theatre
'The Crucible', Gardner Arts Centre
'Oleanna' Gardner Arts Centre
Assistant Directing includes
'Grimm Tales' Manchester Library
'The Good Soul of Szechuan' Manchester Library
'I am Montana' Arcola Theatre
'Taking Care of Baby' Arts Educational Schools
'Thin Toes' Pleasance Theatre
'The Young Ones' Upstairs At The Gatehouse
'Seating Arrangements' The Flea Theater, New York.
'Shakespeare for Breakfast' C Venues, Edinburgh Fringe
'Cinderella' C Venues, Edinburgh Fringe
experienced in: New writing, Devising
country: UK
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Last updated on 8/7/2010 - Katie Posner
background: Katie Posner is an aspiring young director who became Associate Director of Pilot Theatre, following her successful involvement in their shows "Fungus the Bogeyman" and "Lord of the Flies" as both Tour and Staff Director. She has recently directed the British Premier of "The Fever Chart" by Naomi Wallace and is currently directing Richard Hurford's new play as part of Pilot's European project Platform 11 and "Just" by Ali Smith for the Theatre Royal's Youth Theatre.Last logged in 8/4/2010
She is also currently working very closely with the writer Lee Mattinson of Live Theatre, having very recently directed one of his new scripts at Live Theatre, Newcastle and another for a rehearsed reading at Theatre Royal, York.
I am very proactive and am always seeking new opportunities, building new contacts and creating new work. During my time at Pilot I have visited a number of regional theatres and have made connections with artistic directors in the hope of taking future work there.
I very much enjoy a variety of styles and genres of work and would love the opportunity to expand my repertoire by working as an assistant to directors I admire. I would also love to embark on projects of my own, creating new work and ensuring a successful career.
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising
other skills related to directing: Actress
other skills: Fully trained Drama lecturer
date of birth: 30/4/1979
country: UK
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Last updated on 22/3/2010 - Katy Rudd
background: (June- August 2010) Assistant director, Into the Woods, Regents Park Open air Theatre Royal National Theatre, shadowing Marianne Elliot (women beware women), and Alex Simms (War Horse). Director: Wooden Fingers Theatre Company (2010) Class I (hons) BA Drama, Theatre and Perfromance, The University of Leeds. Casting Assistant: Pippa Ailion Casting •All the Fun of the Fair (Garrick) Dir: David Gilmore •Legally Blonde - (Savoy Theatre) Dir: Jerry Mitchell •Lion King - 2010 cast change (Lyceum Theatre) Dir: Julie Taymor •Wicked – 2010 cast change (Apollo Theatre) Dir: Joe Mantello •The Fairy Queen (Glyndebourne Production re-cast for the tour) Dir: Jonathan Kent •Peter Pan (Kensington Gardens Production recast for the O2) Dir: Ben HarrisonLast logged in 24/8/2010
additional skills related to directing: Read Music, Play an instrument, Dramaturgy, Dialect/Voice
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising, Performance Art, Opera, Puppetry, Mask work
other skills related to directing: Stong backgroung in musical theatre, singing grade 8 classically trained, Clarinet, Piano and Guitar.
other skills: Full clean driving license.
date of birth: 28/7/1987
country: UK
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Last updated on 24/8/2010 - Keiko Sumida
background: I trained at Rose Bruford College, where I specialised physical theatre. I am trained as a musician beforehand and I am working as a professional pianist at restaurants, a rehearsal pianist for singers.Last logged in 6/9/2010
My ambition is to combine my foreign background and musical background by using rich theatrical languages, such as multi media, live music and installation.
Performer for a short film "Eurydice Under Grass". Dir Jamie Franklin. Produced by Little Bird Theatre
Assistant Director for "That Moment" by Dougie Blaxland. Dir Hannah Price at The King's Head Theatre and South West England Tour, produced by Live Wire Theatre.
Assistant to Artistic Directors for Net Curtains theatre company since July 2008
Director and Producer for "What comes out of women?" at King's Head Theatre. Part of King's Head Young Director Showcase
Performer for "Lose your mind" at BAC directed by Station House Opera
Assistant Director, SM for "One, Nineteen" by tom Stimpson. Dir Alan Wilson at New Wolsey Studio. Produced by Net Curtains Theatre Company. Part of Pulse Fringe festival
Supporting Performer for "Smile off your face" by Ontroerend Goed at BAC
Assistant Director for "Betwixt!" by Ian McFarlane at King's Head Theatre. Dir. Kate Goledge
Assistant Director for "British Soil" by Richard Tyrrell at King's Head Theatre. Dir. Julia Burback
Assistant Director for "Darlings, You were wonderful!" by Derek Rama at King's Head Theatre. Dir. Amna Khwaja
additional skills related to directing: Read Music, Play an instrument, Movement
experienced in: New writing, Devising, Performance Art, Opera, Physical work, Mask work
other skills related to directing: Playing piano (ABRSM Grade 8), clarinet, cello. Stage managing experience.
other skills: Speaking Japanese. A degree in aesthetics (History of Japanese and European arts, Iconography)
date of birth: 6/9/1982
country: UK
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Last updated on 25/8/2010 - Kevin Rowntree
background: In 2006 I set up Myriad Productions to explore cross-cultural approaches to the staging of rare and challenging world theatre. I brought together an international ensemble of performers with diverse skills and backgrounds to develop a visual language of performance that would make these plays accessible to contemporary western audiences. My directing experience prior to this has included fringe and university productions and a range of commissioned work in both theatre and non-traditional settings.Last logged in 18/8/2010
My background and training is in text-based, devised and physical performance methodologies underpinned by strong dramaturgical principles. Training in Dramatic Arts at Bretton Hall and Text & Peformance at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts has been combined with practical study of physical theatre with Noam Mieri at the Laban Centre, David Glass and the San Fransisco Mime Troupe.
I am also a Fight Director and a British Academy of Dramatic Combat Instructor with over 10 years of experience in teaching and directing fights for performance (see www.rapiersharp.com for details).
additional skills related to directing: Movement, Dramaturgy, Design, Dialect/Voice
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising, Performance Art, Physical work, Mask work
other skills related to directing: Fight Director / British Academy of Dramatic Combat Instructor
other skills: Commedia dell'Arte, physical storytelling, playing Shakespeare
date of birth: 13/3/1966
country: UK
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Last updated on 31/8/2010 - Keziah Serreau
background: I graduated from RADA's Theatre directing course in July 09. I have recently been assisting Amy Leach at the Theatre Royal Bath and Lyndsey Turner at the Royal Court Theatre. I've just finished finished my production of 'Rhinocéros' by Ionesco at Cumbria University and am currently directing the Roundhouse's new Circus Company.Last logged in 6/9/2010
Before coming to England I directed Theatre, Circus and opera in France and worked with new writting.
I want to work accross countries in Circus and Theatre discovering authors and different approaches to the theatrical space whilst questioning our time.
additional skills related to directing: Read Music, Movement, Dramaturgy, Design
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising, Performance Art, Opera, Physical work, Mask work
other skills related to directing: translating/ adaptation
other skills: trapeze
date of birth: 2/8/1983
country: UK
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Last updated on 26/3/2010 - Kim Moakes
background: I am dedicated to creating strong, intelligent and visually spectacular productions. My challenge is to take audiences on journeys which can stimulate their imaginations and challenge their beliefs.Last logged in 5/9/2010
I am currently Associate Director for Second Skin Theatre and Resident Director for Blossom Tree Productions.
In 2009 I graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts with a postgraduate diploma in Theatre Directing.
For more information please go to www.kimmoakes.com
My credits include"Live and Let Live" (Bike Shed, Exeter), "Cinderfella" (Escape, Kingston), "Shape of Things" (The Cockpit, Marylebone), "I have before me a remarkable document given to me by a young lady from Rwanda" (Karamel Club), "Playing Games" (Mountview Academy), "Immaculate" (Mountview Academy), "The Tragical History of Dr Faustus" (Drama Studio, Sheffield), and as an assistant director "Angela Unbound" (Leicester Square Theatre), "Enduring Freedom" (Oval House Theatre), "Shakespeare Inc" (Rosemary Branch), "Never Any Fruit" (Pleasance). I also have a degree in Psychology from the University of Sheffield and am a world silver medallist in underwater hockey.
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising
other skills related to directing: Production manager
other skills: Full clean driving licence
date of birth: 10/2/1986
country: UK
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Last updated on 15/8/2010 - Kirin Saeed
background: Have trained in Missing Piece 3 with Graeae Theatre Company 2003.Last logged in
additional skills related to directing: Dialect/Voice
experienced in: New writing, Devising
other skills related to directing: Disability knowledge. General theatre knowledge. Marketing. Touring
other skills: Singing
date of birth: 14/1/1969
country: UK
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Last updated on 8/4/2010 - Kirrie Wrattenbackground: Twelve years experience of directing new work on the London fringe and classic plays at the Trinity Theatre & Arts Centre in Tunbridge Wells.Last logged in 30/8/2010
Most recent directing work includes, in 2008, Counterfeit Skin by Jason Charles, and two one woman shows, Essentially Ethel, adapted by Gill Stoker from the memoirs of Ethel Smyth, and Off Her Trolley written and performed by Eleanor Bennet, for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. I won Best Director at the Lion & Unicorn Solo Festival in August 2008. I also directed two plays for the Arundel Festival, Sour Grapes by Jenny Pulling and Undone by Judy Upton.
In 2009 I directed Gaby Goes Global and The Ballad of a Thin Man, both by Judy Upton, and Ellen by Alison Mead for the Henley Fringe Festival.
Currently I am putting together a tour of Ellen for next year and am also directing a community production of The Crucible by Arthur Miller, to be performed in a church.
Ongoing Training, from 2000 - 2009
Member of the Young Vic Genesis Directors Project; workshops attended include Through the Choreographic Lens, led by Kate Flatt, April 03, and Getting to Grips with Dramatic Texts, led by Jenny Worton 02.
Stage Combat (Richard Ryan), Autumn 97-March 01.
I also trained as a director with Mike Alfreds, Katie Mitchell, Tatiana Olear, Elen Bowman and Ian Rickson (Living Pictures Productions).
Education
MA in Arts Management, with distinction in the Long Study, City University, 95
BA (Hons) II 1 in Modern Languages, Sheffield University, 68
experienced in: New writing, Classics
other skills related to directing: Leading new writing workshops with actors and writer
other skills: Photography, Arts Management
date of birth: 17/10/1950
country: UK
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Last updated on 19/11/2009 - Kirsty Housley
background: Currently working on a new project with Newbury Corn Exchange as part of their evolve exchange programme.Last logged in 3/9/2010
Ongoing:
Guest Director, E15 Contemporary Theatre course and CSSD
Programming director, Hoxton Hall (Hoxton Select pilot scheme).
Other directing includes:
Mother Courage - NT Education Department, August 2009
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster -Attachment at the NT Studio '07, workshop at the NT Studio '08
After Haggerty - Finborough Theatre
Kazuko Hohki's Wuthering Heights - Birmingham Rep and BAC.
Joint winner of the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award : Directed "Cue Deadly: A Live Film Project" at Riverside Studios
Artistic director of the Etcetera Theatre, Camden. 2000 - 2003
Productions included Blue Jam, The Chic Nerds, and Henry IV
Work as Assistant Director:
Shunkin - Complicite, Barbican and Setagaya Public Theatre (Dir: Simon McBurney)
A Matter of Life and Death - Kneehigh and the NT (Dir: Emma Rice)
Everything is Illuminated - Associate Director, Hampstead Theatre (Dir: Rachel O'Riordan)
Hoxton Story - The Red Room (Dir: Lisa Goldman)
additional skills related to directing: Read Music, Play an instrument, Movement, Dramaturgy
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising, Performance Art, Physical work, Puppetry
country: UK
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Last updated on 21/5/2010 - Kit Lambert
background: I have experience directing for adults and young people, with a particular interest in new writing. I have run workshops on writing, devising and performance with teenagers, including work with young people with learning disabilities.Last logged in 4/9/2010
I am also a scriptwriter and performer, with a strong understanding of textual analysis and theatrical performance. My work has been performed at The Young Vic, Southwark Playhouse, Wales Millennium Centre and many other venues.
I have participated in dramaturgical and performance workshops with Living Pictures, Paines Plough, Punchdrunk and others.
additional skills related to directing: Dramaturgy
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising
other skills related to directing: Scriptwriting, acting, some stage combat experience, workshop leading, work with young people
other skills: Performance poetry, ats marketing
date of birth: 15/4/1980
country: UK
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Last updated on 27/10/2009 - Kitty Winter
background: I work primarily as a movement director and choreographer, specialising in work for young audiences.Last logged in 28/7/2010
I trained initially in contemporary dance and choreography at Laban and then on the MA Movement Studies programme at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
See more on my work at www.kittywinter.com
additional skills related to directing: Movement, Design
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising, Physical work, Puppetry
other skills related to directing: movement directing, choreography
other skills: Trained contemporary dancer, lighting design
date of birth: 10/7/1981
country: UK
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Last updated on 21/9/2009 - Kurban Kassam
background: Graduated from Nottingham University with a BA Philosophy and studied an MA in London in Greek Philosophy, Aesthetics and Existentialism. I have also just completed an MA at the National Film and Television School.Last logged in 27/1/2010
I began my career at The Nottingham Playhouse on a six month assistant directors placement. This was followed by a similar programme with The King's Head Theatre. I have also worked at The Latchmere's Theatre 503 and The Finborough Theatre.
Last year I produced a national tour of 'The Lesson' by Eugene Ionesco (incl. Edinburgh 07 & Old Red Lion) and am currently producing 'Witchcraft' by Joanna Baillie at The Finborough.
Due to my mixed theatre and film background, I am interested in work which combines the two mediums. One of my favourite plays from last year was Headlong's multi media production of 'Six Characters in Search of an Author'. Anyone who saw it will know what I mean!
additional skills related to directing: Movement, Dramaturgy, Design
experienced in: New writing, Classics, Devising
other skills related to directing: Producing, Dramaturgy, Movement, Film Making
date of birth: 1/6/1982
country: UK
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Last updated on 9/12/2009 - Kwong Loke
background: 1) Joint Artistic Director of StoneCrabs TheatreLast logged in 3/9/2010
1a) Trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1990) - Acting
2) MA in Theatre Studies: dissertation in Greek and classical Asian Theatre
3) Trained in Balinese mask movement in Bali.
4) Acting work includes productions at the Almeida, Bristol Old Vic, Polka Theatre, TV and Radio
5) Co-founder of Yellow Earth Theatre.
Approach to Directing :
I believe very much in using the body as a whole (voice, physicality, movement) to serve the play. It also serves the actor in employing his whole instrument, and provides further layers to text work by looking beyond the words; strong visual context that both underscores and enhances the play is an integral part of my production philosophy. Faithfulness to the text is paramount.
Directed several productions and public playreadings, observed at the English National Opera (Ring Cycle).
Lead workshops in directing, acting and Asian theatre*, and do a certain amount of teaching at adult education colleges and international schools (Europe, Asia)
*Asian Theatre :
Balinese Mask, Noh and Beijing Opera - developed movement exercises from the physical vocabulary of these genres and use them in my teaching and production rehearsals.
additional skills related to directing: Movement, Dialect/Voice
experienced in: New writing, Opera, Physical work, Mask work
other skills: Teaching/workshop; East-Asian Theatre (esp. Balinese Masks)
date of birth: 14/7/1955
country: UK
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