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Esalan Gates

Director Writer

Esalan Gates is a playwright and director from Farnham. Esalan worked on a wide range of theatre projects whilst studying at the University of Durham, and recently completed an MA in Theatre Directing at Mountview.
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Credits

DIRECTOR, Roads S Traveled, Omnibus Theatre, 1 day, 2022. DIRECTOR/WRITER, Sharps, Backstage Theatre @ Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, 2 days, 2022. DIRECTOR/DRAMATURG, Violet, Backstage Theatre & Golden Goose Theatre, 2 days, 2022. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Enron, The Mack @ Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, 4 days, 2022. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Press & The Kindness of Strangers, OSO Arts Centre, 3 days, 2022. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Press, Old Red Lion Theatre & Sands Film Studio, 4 days. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, B. A. Actors' SHOWCASE, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, 2022. GYPSY, Studio 18 @ Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, 1 day, 2021. DIRECTOR/WRITER, The Lovers, Assembly Rooms Theatre, 1 day, 2021. DIRECTOR, Macbeth, Assembly Rooms Theatre, 4 days, 2021. DIRECTOR, Twelfth Night, Dowrick Suite @ Trevelyan College, 3 days, 2020. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Number Theory, Assembly Rooms Theatre, 3 days, 2020. DIRECTOR, Regeneration, Bede Chapel, 3 days, 2019. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Northanger Abbey, Durham Castle, 2 days, 2019. ACTOR/WRITER, Going Underground, theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2 weeks, 2016.

Training

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. M. A. Theatre Directing. (2022).

Location

Surrey

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Literature
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Producing
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Theatre making
  • Working with young people
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

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