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Edoardo Berto

Director

I am an Italian theatre director based in Edinburgh, just finished my MFA Directing at the Edinburgh Napier University, under the mentorship of Mark Thomson. I also obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Communication, Media and Advertising at IULM University of Milan, with a final dissertation about Bertolt Brecht. From 2014 to 2019 I attended the acting school "Grock- Scuola di Teatro" in Milan, working on different school productions. I enjoy different types of theater, right now I am very fond of the work of the German Director Thomas Ostermeier and the British Director Jamie Lloyd.

Credits

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Changeling by T. Middleton and W. Rowley, Southwark Playhouse, 4 weeks, 2023

DIRECTOR, Julius Caesar Must Die adapted from W. Shakespeare, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 5 nights, 2023

DIRECTOR, Brief Candle by David R. Ford, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 12 nights, 2023

DIRECTOR, Prometheus Bound (Io's Version) by Kira Mason, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 11 nights, 2022

DIRECTOR, The Wasteman Cometh by Sarah Isaac, Festival of Fleeting Words, 2021

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Our Town by Thornton Wilder/Grock- Scuola di Teatro, 1 night, 2020

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, #LABOPERA (based on The Threepenny Opera)/ Teatro Franco Parenti in Milan, 1 night, 2019

ACTOR, Right you are (if you think so) by Luigi Pirandello/Teatro Leonardo in Milan, Grock-Scuola di Teatro, 4 nights, 2019

ACTOR, Macbeth by William Shakespeare/ Teatro Leonardo in Milan, Grock-Scuola di Teatro, 2 nights, 2018

ACTOR, The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter/ Teatro Leonardo in Milan, Grock-Scuola di Teatro, 1 night, 2018

Training

MFA Directing at Edinburgh Napier University.

BA Communication, Media and Advertising at IULM University of Milan in November 2019.

I attended the acting school “Grock- Scuola di Teatro” in Milan from 2014 to 2019, working on different school productions.

I attended a short course in Directing Theatre at Paolo Grassi School of Dramatic Arts in the academic year 2019/2020.

I attended Directing Theatre Summer School 2020 at Paolo Grassi School of Dramatic Arts.

I attended a workshop in Directing Theatre taught by Serena Sinigaglia in November 2020.

I attended a Masterclass in Directing taught by Oscar Toeman with the National Youth Theatre in January/February 2021.

I am attending the 2021 Summer Term of the Director's Cut Company, doing different workshops and projects.

Location

City of Edinburgh

Experience

1-2 years

What I do

  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Working with young people

Additional Languages

Italian

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