Shiqi Cao

Works as director, dramaturg, performer and performance designer. With a broad interest in different aspects and genres of theatre and performance art, she always feels the gap between concepts and forms, between life and art, and jumps between them, seeking connections and authenticity.

Shiqi (She/her)

Credits

Director, Ending Interval, a devising physical theatre work, 2023-24
FUSE International 2024 and Theatro Technis(Camden Fringe),

Creator, performer and researcher, Spotted Confession, a One-to-One performance, 2024
Rev6lver Festival, Ugly Duck

Hide and Seek, performer, a costume-led performance
Exhibition: Unearthed, the Crypt Gallery, 10 minutes, 2024

Sound designer, Can You Feel the Fluidity Within?, an installation-led and site-specific work, 2023
Canal Dream Festival

Deviser, SOUP, an immersive verbatim work, 2023
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Director, The Physicists, 2021
Wuhan University and 12th SYN Architects-Penghao•Beijing Nanluoguxiang Performing Arts Festival

Stage Manager, Black Hole, 2022
Wuhan New Youth Theatre Festival and Aranya Theatre Festival(canceled because of lockdown)

Stage Manager, Blackbird, 2022
Wuhan University

Assistant Director and Stage Manager, The Maids, 2020
JiuDing Theatre, Wuhan University Student Theatre Festival (Silver Reward)

Supervisor, The Dumb Waiter, 2019
Wuhan University

Assistant director, Three Sisters, 2019
Wuhan University






Training

Education Background:
Drama and Film-and-Television Literature BA, Wuhan University
Advanced Theatre Practice MFA, RCSSD

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Literature
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Photography
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Street Theatre
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development

Additional Languages

Mandarin

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