Yike Yao

Theatre Director Writer Photographer

I am Yike Yao from China. My pronoun is she/her. I am a director, writer and photographer, who is interested in poetic theatre, sci-fi theatre and always glad to explore novel forms of art. I personally prefer physical, poetic, philosophical theatre with fabulous music and Dionysian spirit, in short, those who are full of power and passion. I will try my best to provide the audience with the unusual experience of facing complexity, which includes presenting different cultures and unfamiliar controversial part of the world.

Credits

Director, Fame, IDrama (China), 6 weeks, 2018
Director, Sunrise, IDrama (China),12 weeks, 2019
Producer, The Face of Chiang Kai, IDrama (China), 8 weeks, 2019
Producer, Butterfly, IDrama (China), 8 weeks, 2019
Director/ Producer, Sunset Boulevard, 8 weeks, 2019
Director/ Producer/ Sound Designer, The Seagull, IDrama (China),12 weeks, 2019
Writer/ Director/ Performer/ Sound operator, Container, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 8 weeks, 2021
Director, I Will Need You, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 6 weeks, 2022
Camera Operator, Drama School Kids (Mockumentary), Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 3 days, 2022

Training

(BA) Contemporary Performance Practice: Writing for Performance, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 2020-2023
Photography Workshop by Aperture Studio, 2019
Mime Workshop by Sean Croft, 2021
Neutral Mask Workshop by Sean Croft, 2021
Object Theatre and Devising Theatre Workshop by Sean Croft, 2021
The Fundamentals of Puppetry by Jennie Rawling, 2021
Method Acting Workshop by Xuan Zheng, 2021
Shakespeare: Enhancing The Timeless In The Contemporary Workshop by Gari Jones, 2021
Neo-hallucinatory Realism: Three Sisters by Shen Yang, 2021

Location

London

Experience

1-2 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Film - documentary
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Gaming and interactivity
  • Literature
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Music
  • New technologies / digital
  • Photography
  • Radio/Audio
  • Streaming
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - documentary
  • TV - drama

What I do

  • Curating
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Languages
  • Mixing
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Puppetry
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Sound Design
  • Street Theatre
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Video Design
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Mandarin

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