Kerry Tuhill

Director Producer Drama Facilitator Co-Creator Creative Writer and Deviser

I have worked in community/participatory arts for many years and directing has always been a part of the work. I have collaborated with actors to create short pieces of performance for education and community projects; I have also devised and directed plays with groups of all ages/abilities and in many settings. Youth theatre work has led to my involvement in National Theatre Connections since 2015, which is when I worked with a given text again and started to think about directing as a distinct role rather than just one in a series of jobs that I do. My interest is now in experimenting with text, live and recorded work in different forms and ways of involving an audience and creating connections, especially in the current situation.
Preferred pronoun: she/her.

Credits

For National Theatre Connections:
Director, Take Away, Story Makers, Octagon, 2 nights, 2016
Director, The Monstrum, Story Makers, Octagon, 1 night, 2017
Director, Sweetness of a Sting, Story Makers, HOME, 1 night, 2018
Director, Flesh, Lowry, 1 night, 2019
Director, Producer, Videographer, The It, 2020 (play cancelled due to pandemic; reworked as a digital piece for 2021 for Lost Theatre, HOME
Producer, Would You Take my Hand? CYA, Community Arts North West, 2020/2021 (digital/online)
Producer, The World is Wonderful, Kámoši, 2021 (audio / digital/ animation/ online)

Training

Recent courses:
NAYT- Raising the Game, 2020
National Theatre- Directors Weekend, 2016-2021
Paper Birds- Distanced Devising, 2020/21
Bryony Kimmings-Luxury Devising Day, 2021
Bryony Kimmings-Autobiographical Devising Week, 2021

Location

Blackburn with Darwen

Experience

10+ years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Editing
  • Facilitating
  • Music - Singing
  • Performing
  • Producing
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with disabled artists
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with learning disabled adults / children
  • Working with learning disabled artists
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Not properly! Tiny bits of French, German, Italian, Spanish, Urdu, Arabic, Kurdish.....I love to learn.

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