Tabitha Benton-Evans
Director Designer Drag KingI am a non-binary director, designer and drag king, interested in innovative and accessible opera and music theatre that prioritises connection and dialogue with an audience. My work blends immersive site-specific theatre and alternative forms of storytelling with a radical queer perspective on the established theatre and opera canon.
Tabitha (Tabs) Benton-Evans
they/them
Credits
DIRECTOR AND SM, Gaṅgā, Royal Academy of Dance and the National Opera Studio (Wandsworth Arts Fringe), 2 nights, 2023ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Cautionary Tales: NOS at Opera North (Dir: Olivia Fuchs), Opera North and Wilton’s Music Hall, 4 nights, 2023
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Magic Flute (Dir: Daisy Evans), Welsh National Opera, 12 weeks, 2023
DIRECTOR, DESIGNER AND DSM, The Burning Question, The Cockpit (Tête-à-Tête: The Opera Festival), 1 night, 2022
DIRECTOR, A Dinner Engagement, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 2 days, 2022
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Le Nozze di Figaro (Dir: Harry Fehr), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 1 week, 2022
DIRECTOR, LIBRETTIST AND PERFORMER, Interrupted, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 3 days, 2022
DIRECTOR, PG2 Opera Scenes, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 2 days, 2022
TRANSLATOR AND RESEARCH ASSISTANT, La Voix humaine, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and University of St Andrews, 1 day, 2022
DIRECTOR AND PERFORMER, The Gondoliers, The Byre Theatre, Filmed as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2021
DIRECTOR, The Pirates of Penzance, Paradise in Augustines, 1 week, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019
Training
MA Opera Directing at Royal Welsh College of Music and DramaLocation
CardiffExperience
2-5 years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Literature
- Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
- Music
- Opera
- Theatre / Live perfomance
- Visual arts
What I do
- Creative Access
- Devising
- Directing
- Languages
- Music - Can learn by ear
- Music - Can Read
- Music - Plays Instruments
- Music - Singing
- Music Composition
- Performance Art
- Performing
- Set Design
- Site Responsive/Immersive
- Street Theatre
- Theatre making
- Working with disabled artists
- Workshopping & Development
- Writing
Additional Languages
French
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