Maria Cristina Petitti

Director Performer Theatre-maker Producer Stage Manager

I am an all-around theatre-maker, graduated from East15 Acting School, highly skilled in ensemble devising, producing and making. I am Artistic Director and founding member of Hoo Hah House Productions, a feminist and sustainable, award-winning, five-star production company.
I am heavily physical-theatre based and create work as contaminated as I am.
I want to serve the story to my best, no matter what side of the performance I am part of.

Credits

PRODUCER & DIRECTOR, Flumps, Brighton Fringe, 1 week, 2022

CSM, Nelson Rodrigues Festival: Waltz n°6, Brazilian Embassy, 1 day, 2022

PRODUCER & CSM, I'm Just A Little Bit OCD, Southwark Playhouse/ Cockpit Theatre/ Chickenshed, 4 weeks, 2022

PRODUCER & WORKSHOP LEADER, Exploring Expression, Uni Camillus University (Rome, Italy), 3 workshops, 2022

PRODUCER & DIRECTOR, Brave Face, Drayton Arms Theatre/ Omnibus Theatre & Vaults Theatre, 1 month, 2022

CSM, NoMad, Blue Elephant Theatre, 1 day, 2022

PRODUCER & DIRECTOR, Brave Face & Friends, London Hospital Tavern, 1 week, 2021

CSM, NoMad, Arcola Theatre, 1 week, 2021

PROJECT MANAGER, Kilburn Mask Project, Dende Collective, 1 month, 2021

PRODUCER & DIRECTOR, Brave Face, EdFringe202, 1 week, 2021

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, 12, Greenhouse Theatre, 3 months, present 2021

PA & TECHNICAL MANAGER, Union Dance (Artistic Director: Corrine Bougaard) | May - present 2021

COMPANY STAGE MANAGER, Frida Kahlo: Viva La Vida!, The Vaults, Footprint Productions & Tirso Theatre Co | 3 months, 2020

DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER, Jack & the Beanstalk, The Broadway Theatre, London (Polka Dot Pantomimes) | 2 months, 2019

STAGE MANAGER, Friendsfest, Manchester, Bristol, Milton Keynes, London, (Comedy Central – production manager: Alice Morgan) | 3 months, 2019

PRODUCTION MANAGER, Green The Wonderful Capei (METAL) | 1 month, 2019

STAGE MANGER, Cadogan Hall, 70TH DIPLOMATIC ANNIVERSARY (coordinator John Pawson) | 1 month, 2019

PRODUCTION & STAGE MANAGER, Nelson Rodrigues Festival, Brazilian Embassy London, 1 month, 2019


Training

East 15 Acting School – BA honours in World Performance (2016-2019)

Radical Cabaret with dr. Marisa Carnesky - 2021

ISI Indonesian Institute of Arts – Balinese Performance and Music, 3 weeks (2017)

GITIS Russian Academy of Theatre Arts – Acting and Biomechanics, 3 weeks (2018)

International Physical Theatre Lab & IUGTE Conference with the Ostrenkos’ brothers– Biomechanics and Michael Chekhov’s Psychophysical Gesture (2019)

Puppet building – Nick Barnes Design Ltd., 2 weeks (2019)

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Film - short
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Access consultancy (including BSL, audio-description and neurodiversity)
  • Choreography
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Facilitating
  • Languages
  • Movement Direction
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Prop Making
  • Puppetry
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Street Theatre
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with young people
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development

Additional Languages

Italian (Native), Spanish (basic)

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