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Holly Sonabend

Actor Writer Facilitor Pedagogical

Holly Sonabend - she/her
Actor with vast physical training background - Drama Centre MA Acting, Boris Shchukin Institute Moscow, LISPA (now ArtHaus) Berlin, Grotowski Institute (Kokyu and Jubilo theatre company) Wroclaw Poland .
Co-Founder of Gruva Group Theatre Company and 101 Theatre Collective - both emphasising on creating community, challenging and elevating actors, new writing and the practise and development of both.

Credits

AMANDA - Gravy, Baby - Short Film - Nicholas Masters-Waage, 2022
G - Stolen From Our Very Eyes - Short Film - Robyn Welsh, 2020
ROSE/THERAPIST - Drink - Pleasance Theatre - Alex Stringer, 2020
ZOE - Not Like The Other Boys - Short Film - Caroline Albrectsen, 2019
1 - Multi-Roled - Hen & Chickens - Holly Sonabend, Molly Leigh Moy, 2019
ANNA KARENINA - Anna Karenina - Drama Centre - Richard Neale, 2018

Training

KOKYU Training, Grotowski Institute, Wroclaw Poland - 2020/2022
MA Acting - Drama Centre London - 2017-2018
Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, Moscow - 2018
Fourth Monkey - 2014-2016
LISPA - 2013-2014

Location

London

Experience

10+ years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Crafts
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Live art
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - drama
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Devising
  • Facilitating
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Puppetry
  • Theatre making
  • Working with learning disabled adults / children
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Learning Arabic and Italian

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