Mariam Tell

Young Producer Emerging Director Writer Journalist

I'm a British, Jordanian, Canadian student currently based in London. I have spent the majority of my life living abroad, having grown up in the Middle East (Amman, Jordan and Beirut, Lebanon) and completing high school in Toronto, Canada.
I am currently on a gap year before entering into the dual BA program in History with Trinity College and Columbia. I have substantial amateur experience in playwriting, directing, stage management, and production, all in the setting of a school or local community. I have some experience in professional theatre productions with Toronto-based theatre companies.
I am looking for opportunities to learn and experiment in playwriting, theatre production directing. More specifically, I am interested in the field of experience design through immersive sensory experiences informed by the set, sound, and lighting of plays that reflect our everyday modern lives.

Credits

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, As You Like It, Canadian Stage x Shadowland Theatre (Shakespeare in High Park), 6 weeks, 2022.

ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER, Shadowland Theatre x Birds Canada, Toronto Island Bird Parade, 2 weeks, 2022.

DIRECTOR, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Branksome Hall Spring Arts Festival (school production), 1 week, 2022.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Little Women, Branksome Hall Winter Theatre Production, 2 weeks, 2021.

CO-WRITER, Verbatim Play "it gets better", Project : Humanity Toronto, 6 weeks, 2021.

ENSEMBLE MEMBER, Mundane Mysteries, Outside the March x Branksome Hall (school partnership with theatre company), 2 weeks, 2021.

Training

HOW TO BE A PRODUCER - participated in the 18-21 course by National Theatre Young People's Programme, facilitated by Tobi Kyeremateng with panelists in film, TV, cabaret, audio, and theatre. Learned to produce an event from inception to execution, and presented a fully developed event pitch to members of the National Theatre Young People's team. Presentation included all aspects of production: budgeting, fundraising, marketing, audience development, and legal.

PUPPETRY - received training and guidance for the exploration of the Indonesian shadow puppetry form of "wayang kulit" through 2 virtual workshops with Alex Montagnese, Toronto-based puppeteer, and Sam Jay Gold, a New York-based puppet artist who received training in Indonesia through the Watson Fellowship.

VERBATIM THEATRE - Received formalised training in verbatim theatre and playwriting from Project : Humanity, a Toronto-based verbatim theatre company.

Location

London

Experience

1-2 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Literature
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Facilitating
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performing
  • Producing
  • Prop Making
  • Puppetry
  • Set Design
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Sound Design
  • Street Theatre
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with young people
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

French (fluent), and Arabic (fluent). English is my native language.

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