Elena Rigoni
Theatre Director Theatre Producer Movement Director Script Writer Assistant Stage ManagerI am an enthusiastic Italian theatre director and producer based in London, with experience in musicals, plays, and opera. My pronouns are she/her.
I am an alumna of the National Theatre's "How to Be a Producer" course and a member of CambioScena, an emerging Italian theatre collective. I am also a producer and co-funder of CHAIRS, a network for early careers creatives.
I am deeply committed to promoting access and inclusion in the arts, with a particular passion for new writing that challenges societal norms and explores contemporary issues.
Credits
Producer, La Bella Bimba (R&D), London, 2025Assistant Director / Stage Manager, La Boheme, The Shaw Theatre (London), 2024
Assistant Director / Stage Manager, Sanctuary, The Hope Theatre (London), 2024
Assistant Director, Il segreto di Susanna, Opera Holland Park (London), 2024
Director, To My Mother (Scratch Night), The Pleasance
Theatre (London), 2024
Director, Sanctuary (Rehearsed Reading), Seven Dials Playhouse (London), 2024
Director, Street Contempt (Scratch Night), The Bread & Roses Theatre (London), 2024
Assistant Director, Little Fiend Musical (workshop), Amazing Grace (London), 2023
Director Observer, Rigoletto, Opera Holland Park (London), 2023
Director/Writer/Performer, The Journey, Covent Garden Drama Studio (Cambridge), 2022
Director/Writer/Performer, It's Okay Not To Know, Ruskin Gallery (Cambridge), 2022
Director/Writer/Performer, p + c + 11 + f = Musical Formula, Mumford Theatre (Cambridge), 2022
Performer, 9 to 5: The Musical, Mumford Theatre (Cambridge), 2022
Performer, Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, Mumford Theatre (Cambridge), 2021
Training
BA (Hons) Performing Arts, Anglia Ruskin University (1st) 2019 - 2022Marketing Internship (Opera Holland Park, 2024)
How to Be a Producer Course (National Theatre, 2024)
Production Internship (Opera Holland Park, 2024)
Young Producers Course (Hackney Empire, 2023/2024)
Writers’ Room Course (Hackney Empire, 2022)
Stage Combat certificate (unarmed)
Street Dance, Jazz Dance, Contemporary Dance (Centro Danza Venaria and Accademia dello Spettacolo Torino, 2005/2019)
Part of the Management Team of the National Student Drama Festival 2022
"Directing vs Assistant Directing" workshop at NSDF 2022
"Workshopping a show with Barrel Organ" workshop at NSDF 2022
"What is R&D and how to make it work" workshop at NSDF2022
"Creating a character from very little" workshop at NSDF2022
Location
LondonExperience
1-2 years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Opera
- Theatre / Live perfomance
What I do
- Choreography
- Devising
- Directing
- Dramaturgy
- Editing
- Languages
- Movement Direction
- Music - Can Read
- Outdoor performance
- Performance Art
- Performing
- Producing
- Street Theatre
- Theatre making
- Working with young people
- Workshopping & Development
- Writing
Additional Languages
Italian (native language), Spanish (B2 certificate, fluent), German (B1 certificate)
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