Annemiek van Elst

Stage director from The Netherlands based in London. Working across theatre, opera and musical theatre, new writing, (modern) classics, practical research, working with musicians and singers, ensemble and devised work, professional performers and targeted groups, self-producing, excel-sheet expert (can also sheer a sheep if that comes in useful).
Keen to travel, lover of languages and music, interested in personal stories from all corners of society.
She/her

Credits

DIRECTOR, Bluebeards Castle, Lyrique-en-Mer, 5 weeks 2024
REVIVAL DIRECTOR, Die Zauberflote, Palau de les Arts Valencia, 5 weeks 2024
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Die Zauberflote, Simon McBurney, Dutch National Opera & Ballet, 9 weeks, 2024
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Blume von Hawaii, Opernhaus Magdeburg, 6 weeks 2023
REVIVAL DIRECTOR, Eugen Onegin, Teatro Massimo Palermo, 3 weeks 2023
STAFF DIRECTOR, Animal Farm, Dutch National Opera, 4 weeks, 2023
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Eugen Onegin, Theater Magdeburg, 6 weeks, 2022/23
REVIVAL DIRECTOR, Alice im Wunderland, Opernhaus Zürich, 5 weeks, 2022
DIRECTOR, Eternal Road, Opera Zuid/Grand Theatres de la Ville Luxembourg, 2022
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Candide, Scottish Opera, 6 weeks, 2022
DIRECTOR, Albert Herring, St Pauls Opera, 5 weeks, 2022
STAFF DIRECTOR, Anna Bolena, Dutch National Opera, 6 weeks, 2022
STAFF DIRECTOR, Romeo et Juliette, Opera Zuid, 5 weeks, 2021
DIRECTOR / LIBRETTIST, Nadia, Britten-Pears Arts Residency, 1 week, 2021
DIRECTOR, Helena, Tete-a-tete Festival, 1 week, 2021
DIRECTOR, Gianni Schicchi, St. Paul's Opera, 1 week, 2021
TEACHER, Identity School of Acting, 2021
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Alice im Wunderland, Opernhaus Zürich, 6 weeks, 2020
DIRECTOR, French Scenes, Morley Opera, 1 week, 2020
DIRECTOR, End of an Era, Miniaturist/Arcola Theatre, 2 days, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Zauberflote, Royal Opera House, 4 weeks, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Lucia Di Lammermoor, Lyrique en Mer (FR), 2 weeks 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Jette Parker Summer Show, Royal Opera House, 1 week, 2019
DIRECTOR, NewsRevue, Canal Theatre, 5 weeks, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Cosi Fan Tutte, Teatru Manoel (MLT), 2 weeks, 2019
DRAMATURGE, Anne Meets Jeffery, Battersea Arts Centre + Tour, 4 weeks, 2019
DIRECTOR, Polar Bear and Boy, Greenwich Theatre, 1 week, 2018
DIRECTOR, Nele Needs A Holiday, Big In Belgium, Tour (UK/Belgium), 6 weeks, 2018
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Just These Please, Edinburgh Fringe, 4 weeks, 2018
DIRECTOR, One Barnet Many Voices, Arts Depot, 3 days, 2018
DIRECTOR, Lesbos, Arcola Theatre, 1 day, 2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, 4 terms (French, German, Italian, French), Morley College, 4 weeks, 2018-2019
DIRECTOR, Becoming Mohammed, Pleasance Theatre, 3 weeks, 2017
STAFF DIRECTOR, Eugene Onegin, Opera Up Close, 1 year, 2017-2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Unfinished Business, 3 weeks, 2017
DIRECTOR, The Astonishing Singing Fish, Space Theatre, 1 week, 2017
DIRECTOR, Greenery, Camden Fringe, 1 week, 2017
DIRECTOR, Life On Mars, Lyric Hammersmith, 1 week, 2017
DIRECTOR, Community, Southwark Playhouse, 1 week, 2017
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Landscape, English National Opera, 1 week, 2016
ART DIRECTOR, Genesis, Ghetto Film School New York, 3 weeks, 2016
ART DIRECTOR, Ghost of a Chance, Ghetto Film School LA, 3 weeks 2016
DIRECTOR, No Fixed Abode, Camden People's Theatre + Tour, 3 weeks, 2015-16
DIRECTOR, On My Way Home, Lyric Hammersmith, 1 week, 2016
DIRECTOR, The Ever Expanding Tale, MERGE Festival, 3 weeks, 2016
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Exile Incessant, Boris The Dog Films, 2 weeks, 2015
DIRECTOR, The Fantastical Tale Of The Boy On The Run, Pleasance Theatre, 2 weeks, 2015
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Don Quichote, Lyric Hammersmith, 4 weeks, 2015
DIRECTOR, Then/Toen, MERGE Festival, 3 weeks, 2015
DIRECTOR, Parents, Lyric Hammersmith, 1 week, 2015
WRITER, I'd Either Die at 27 Or Live Forever, Theater de Nwe Vorst (NL), 2013
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Heilig Vuur, Het Zuidelijk Toneel (NL), 4 weeks, 2013
DIRECTOR, De Deeltjesversneller, TAC Eindhoven (NL), 2013
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Terras, Productiehuis Brabant (NL), 4 weeks, 2012
DIRECTOR/WRITER, R.A. Zimmerman Against The Establishment, Theater de Nwe Vorst, 2012
DIRECTOR, 1001 Questions About Love, Het Zuidelijk Toneel (NL), 4 weeks, 2012
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, 1001 Nacht, Het Zuidelijk Toneel (NL), 6 weeks, 2012

Training

MA Advanced Theatre Practice - Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

BA(hons) Theatre Directing - Fontys School of Arts (NL)

Minor Creative Writing - Tilburg University (NL)