Graig Russell
DirectorGraig Russell is director and designer for theatre. After completing his Performing Arts Degree at Salford University, he lived in Japan for 10 years, designing lighting and directing for small-to-medium sized shows, ranging from Elizabethan drama to original devised pieces. His directing and devising work leans into the boundaries between the performative and non-performative, fiction and nonfiction, and, backed by his work in design, emphasis good aesthetics as key to excellent theatre.
Credits
DIRECTOR, The Good Person of Szechwan, Theatre Bon Bon, 1 Week, 2018DIRECTOR, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Theatre Sunmall, 1 Week, 2016
CO-DIRECTOR/WRITER, Kikaigashima, Theatre World Peace, 1 Week and 1 Week tour, 2015
DIRECTOR, A People Apart (A), Theatre World Peace, 1 Week, 2014
DIRECTOR, 39 Redux, Theatre World Peace, 1 Week, 2014
Training
BA Performing Arts, 1st Class Honours, University of Salford. 2008Voice Workshop Intensive, Kevin Crawford – Roy Hart Theatre. 2007
Voice Workshop Intensive, Ian Magilton – Roy Hart Theatre. 2008
Movement Workshop, Tania Coke – Tarinainanika. 2016
Location
LondonExperience
5-10 years
What I do
- Devising
- Dramaturgy
- Languages
- Lighting Design
- Music - Plays Instruments
- Puppetry
- Sound Design
- Video Design
- Writing
Additional Languages
Japanese
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