Bence Kalo

Bence is a freelance theatre director in Cardiff with a strong interest in opera and theatre directing and the translation and adaptation of foreign, especially Eastern European contemporary plays.

He graduated with a degree with Distinction from the MA Directing course at the University of Kent and he is currently finishing his final year at the École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq.

In September 2015 he worked with Ariane Mnouchkine and the actors of Le Théâtre du Soleil in Oxford as a member of the École Nomade.

Credits

Directing credits:

· DIRECTOR, Acis & Galatea, Dorset Opera Festival, 1 night, 2021
· DIRECTOR, Rootlost, Applecart Arts - Voilá Festival, Etcetera Theatre, 3 nights, 2018
· DIRECTOR, Grab Em' By The Pussy, The Space, The Monkey House, York Theatre Royal, 3 weeks, 2018
· DIRECTOR, Grab Em' By The Pussy, Old Red Lion Theatre - Plays Rough London, 1 night, 2018
· DIRECTOR, Ya’akobi & Leidental, The Cameri Theatre – Tel Aviv, Israel, 2 nights, 2016
· DIRECTOR, The Demons & The Damned, Hen & Chickens Theatre – Plays Rough London, 1 night, 2016
· DIRECTOR, The Last Queen of Paradise, Tristan Bates Theatre – Going For Gold Festival, 1 week, 2016
· DIRECTOR, Ya’akobi & Leidental, Etcetera Theatre – Camden Fringe, 1 week, 2016
· DIRECTOR, Jean, Theatre N16 – DRAFT, 1 night, 2016
· DIRECTOR, The Memorandum, The Gulbenkian – Canterbury, 1 night, 2015
· DIRECTOR, Tiramisu, Eötvös10 Community & Cultural Centre – Budapest, 3 nights, 2014

Movement Directing credits

· MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, A Dozen Things I'd Rather Be, Toynbee Studios, 1 night, 2021

Assisting/Shadowing credits:

· ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Così fan tutte, Dorset Opera Festival, 1 week, 2021
· ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Le Nozze di Figaro, Opera Holland Park, 4 weeks, 2021
· SHADOWING DIRECTOR, The Phantom of the Opera, Her Majesty’s Theatre, 3 weeks shadowing, 2019
· ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Nabucco, Dorset Opera Festival, 1 week, 2019
· ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, La bohème, Dorset Opera Festival, 1 week, 2018
· SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Così fan tutte, Opera Holland Park, 3 weeks, 2018
· SHADOWING DIRECTOR, Rigoletto, Royal Opera House, London, 4 weeks shadowing, 2017 - 2018
· ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Desperate Measures, The Marlowe Theatre, 1 week, 2015

Performing:

- ACTOR - Dr Macon, BBC - Keeping Faith, Season 3 Episode 4 &5

Training

2018-2020 Two-year Professional Course, École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, Paris, France
2018-2019 LEM – Laboratory of Movement Study École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, Paris, France
2014-2015 MA Drama and Theatre – Directing, Master of Arts with Distinction; University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom