Constance Des Marais

Theatremaker Dramaturg Performer Composer

Constance (she/her) is a theatre maker especially interested in epic story (re/)telling and shows that include music and movement.

As an immigrant to Britain as a teen, she is invested in work that centres around migration and immigration, as well as climate activism.

In addition to theatre work she composes shapenote music.

Credits

DIRECTOR, The Measuring Room, Four Feathers Theatre @ Bread and Roses, Clapham, 1 night, 2023
DIRECTOR, Snowflakes in SoCal, Staged Reading, Oxford Climate Society, 1 night, 2023
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR , Tangerines, King's Head Theatre, Queer Interrogation Festival, 1 week, 2023
DRAMATURG, Run To The Nuns, Brighton Fringe, 2023
DRAMATURG, Run To The Nuns, Riverside Studios, 1 week, 2023
DRAMATURG, The First King of Britain, Rose Bruford College, 1 Week, 2022
PUPPET MAKER, four touch, three touch, Voila Festival and tour, various dates, 2024
PUPPET MAKER, The Sprout Squad, Rose Bruford College and Community tour, 1 week, 2022
ENSEMBLE/MUSIC DIRECTOR/DEVISER, While This Leaf Falls, Rose Bruford College at the Vault Theatre, 1 Week, 2022
CADMUS, The Bacchae, Stagespace Theatre Co., online 2 nights, 2020
LOTTIE, Harbor, Tabard Theatre, 1 week, 2019
OLLIE, Pomona, South London Theatre, 1 week, 2019
PUPPETEER, Bread and Puppet Theare Grasshopper Rebellion US and Canada Tour, 2 months, 2018
DEVISER/ENSEMBLE, up your aesthetic Northeastern US Tour, 1 month, 2018
DEVISER/ENSEMBLE, 17 Things, C Venues Edinburgh, 1 week, 2011

Training

Gecko Theatre Summer Intensive, 2023
Rose Bruford College, Masters in Collaborative Theatre Making, 2021-22
Take the Lead at Hackney Empire, 2023
ACT International with Anna-Helena Mclean, 2022
Devising Intensive, Temper Theatre, 2019
Wesleyan University, USA, B.A. in Theatre and French, 2013-2017
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Summer Professional Training Course, 2014
National Theatre Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Centre, 2012

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Film - short
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Music Composition
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Prop Making
  • Puppetry
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Street Theatre
  • Theatre making
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development

Additional Languages

Fluent French (non-native), Conversational American Sign Language

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