Eduardo Barreto

Eduardo is a passionate and dedicated London based creative in the theatre and film industries. He’s been mainly working in the theatre in UK.
He has a Masters in Theatre Directing at RHUL (taught by Katie Mitchell); Masters in Screenwriting at UAL (1st Class Honours), a BA (Hons) in Film Practice (majored in Screenwriting) also at UAL, and studied for a Masters in Screenwriting at the London Film School.
I am interested in thought provoking plays which are still relevant to present day. Love the work of Fassbinber, Cocteau, Pirandello, amongst others. I love modern language and modern dilemmas, and discovering new writing.

Credits

THEATRE DIRECTING
- Ruth, Opera by Philip Hagemann, Pegasus Opera Company
- The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, Opera by P. Hagemann, Pegasus
- Tomorrow Morning, Musical by Laurence Mark Wythe, Lisbon’s Casino, Portugal
- The Human Voice, Jean Cocteau, Trafalgar Studios
- The Sound of Silence, Jean Cocteau, Trafalgar Studios
- Rope, Patrick Hamilton, Riverside Studios
- All for Nothing, Jorge Guimaraes, Menier Chocolate Factory
- The Crime of Father Amaro, Adapted by Luis Domingues, Greenwich Theatre
- Peep Show, Luis Assis, Greenwich Theatre
- Dangerous Liaisons, Christopher Hampton, Teatro da Trindade, PT
- Suddenly Last Summer, Tennessee Williams, Teatro Maria Matos, PT
- Never Nothing from No One, Luisa Costa Gomes, Cockpit Theatre
- Marching, L.A. Green, Tristan Bates Theatre
- Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, John Patrick Shanley Rosemary Branch
- Nerve, Adam Szymkowicz, Baron’s Court Theatre

Workshopped and directed readings of the following plays
- No Surprises, Mikail Chowdhury, Royal Court / Tara Arts
- What You Do To People, Sarah Rutherford, Hampstead Theatre

- 2006 to 2012: Commissioned, nurtured new plays while under a first option contract with the Ambassador Theatre Group, and then with Roger Wingate’s Act Productions
- Eduardo was the director of Requiem Productions, whose patrons were the actors Susannah York and Alan Bates.

FILM DIRECTING
- 2023, COMPULSIVE, a feature length film, Director / Writer USA, UK
- Zoo, Film Commercial, UK Cinemas
- Pastry, Short Film, screened at Cannes Film Festival ’16 and been Official Selection at 34 international film festivals. Bought by Eurochannel
- Two Brothers, short film, screened at Cannes Film Festival, 2014

PASTRY and Eduardo’s very first short - TWO BROTHERS - shot in 2014, are featured in the British Film Council Directory. PASTRY has been Official Selection at twenty-eight film festivals all over the world; and TWO BROTHERS got a generous note from Tessa Ross, former Head of Film at Channel 4 and considered by many ‘The Mother’ of the British Film Industry: “It’s a beautiful, distinctive piece of work and you tell your story in an intriguing and intimate way. I'm sure the team would be interested to see what you make next, and how your filmmaking develops as you explore a bigger world and continue to grow the contexts for your stories “

Training

Film:
M.A. in Theatre Directing, Royal Holloway University of London (taught by Katie Mitchell)
M.A. in Screenwriting, University of the Arts London (1st Class Honours), UAL
M.A. in Screenwriting, London Film School
B.A. (Hons) Film Practice, Major in Screenwriting, UAL
Media Studies: Film and Television, City and Islington College

Photography and Experimental Film, Two-Year BTEC, Antonio Arroio Visual Arts School, Lisbon
Graphic Design, Three-Year BTEC, Instituto Profissional de Formação em Artes Gráficas, Lisbon

Theatre:

Portugal
Drama Course, One Year, Companhia de Teatro “A Barraca” (Stanislavski)
Drama Course, One Year, Companhia de Teatro “Meia Preta” (Specialisation in Commedia Dell’Arte, Improvisation and the Neutral Mask Technique)
Drama Course, One Year, IFICT: Instituto de Formação, Investigação e Criação Teatral (Stanislavski, Improvisation, Physical Theatre, Artaud and The Theatre of Cruelty)

United Kingdom
Drama Course, Two Years, Lee Strasberg Institute (The Method, Stanislavski)
Directing Workshops at the Young Vic Theatre