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Erik Anderson Scott

Playwright Dramaturg Director Assistant Director Researcher

He/Him. I am a queer playwright, dramaturg, director and Applied Theatre facilitator currently based in London, England. With a BA(Hons) in Writing for Performance from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, I have been a playwriting practitioner at Oldham Theatre Workshop, an Applied Theatre instructor for Lifting Hands International, and a dramaturg, assistant lecturer, and playwright in residence at Brigham Young University, where I researched the history of drag and queer performance in cultural Mormonism. I have additionally dramaturged for new writing projects, facilitated/directed for IRCO; Immigrant and Refugee Community Organisation in Portland Oregon, and have written and co-directed for the Straight8 super 8 film competition.

Credits

CO-DIRECTOR, SCREENWRITER, Analogue, Straight8 Film Competition, 2023

DIRECTOR, PLAYWRIGHT, Religion, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, new writing night, 2019

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Black Swan Theatre, 3 weeks, 2018

DIRECTOR, PLAYWRIGHT, Psalms of Soho, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, new writing night, 2018

Training

BA (Hons) Drama, Applied Theatre and Education: Writing for Performance, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. (2017-2020)

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Photography
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - documentary
  • TV - drama

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Editing
  • Facilitating
  • Languages
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Street Theatre
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with learning disabled adults / children
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Swedish (fluent)