Hope Thain

Director Facilitator Movement Director Dramaturg Intimacy Director

Hope Thain is a theatre director/dramaturg/intimacy director (completing training). She works across the UK.

Hope uses music and movement and key elements in her work and is passionate about exploring narratives of lesser heard voices in their many forms.

Credits

DIRECTOR, The Ballad of Maria Marten, The Station, 4 days, 2024

DIRECTOR, The Roaring Girl, Weston Studio at Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 5 days, 2024

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Anna Karenina, Bristol Old Vic (Main), 17 days, 2024


DIRECTOR, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, 3 days, Jan 2023

SCENE DIRECTOR, Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare’s Globe, 1 days, Dec 2022

DIRECTOR, Haunted House, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, 3 days, October 2022

DIRECTOR, R&D Montague Terrace, Tobacco Factory Theatres, August 2022

SCENE DIRECTOR, A Winter’s Tale, Shakespeare’s Globe, 1 day, March 2022

SCENE DIRECTOR, Twelfth Night, Shakespeare’s Globe, 1 day, Nov 2021

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Gaze, Dir. Tilly Branson, Northern Stage, 5 days, Nov 2021

DIRECTOR, R&D 12 Dancing Princesses, The Taunton Brewhouse Theatre,1 day, September 2021

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Three Seagulls, Dir. Sally Cookson, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 10 Days, July 2021

DIRECTOR, Kyoto, Wardrobe Theatre, May 2021

RESIDENT DIRECTOR, The Secret Cabaret, Hippodrome Theatre Bar, 2018-2020

DIRECTOR, The Greatest Show, The Passenger Shed, 3 days, 2019

DIRECTOR, Baba Yaga, The Alma Tavern, 1 week, Dec 2018

Training

Intimacy Directors and Co-ordinators (Currently in training)
MA Drama Directing Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Location

Bristol

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Film - documentary
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Literature
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Music
  • Opera
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - documentary
  • TV - drama

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Devising
  • Dialect / Voice Direction
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

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