Haylin Cai

Director Dramaturg/writer Actor Cellist Choreographer

Hi, I am a theatre maker based in the UK/China.
I choose to be a theatre maker because I treasure the connection between people, and I love the adventure of imagination. I value ensemble building and strive to create imaginative theatre work that entertains and challenge the mind of the audience. I am particularly interested in theatre that address our current social issues and our future. I'm very keen to be involved in theatre that talk about environmental issues, technology, and the existential crisis we are facing.
I've devised several solo shows, physical theatre and clowning sketches. I also have mixed movement training background in modern dance, mime, clowning, corporeal mime, puppetry. And I play the cello and currently am exploring composing.

Credits

Director/Actor, Forest in the Office (physical theatre), Shanghai BFC centre, 1 show, 2021

Producer, Rainer, Arcola Theatre, 1 week, 2021

Writer/Director, Imaginarium (online audio interactive show), Toured to Applecart Arts, Malaysia George Town Festival, France, Germany, the US, Inside Out Theatre in Beijing, 2020-2021

Choreographer/Actor, The Silk Road Project (Wuhan) (film), in collaboration with Instabili Vaganti Compagnia Teatrale, online, 2020-2021,

Writer/Actor, Elsewhere, Camden People's Theatre, 1 night, 2019,

Assistant director, The Ridiculous Darkness, Gate Theatre, 3 weeks, 2019
Dramaturg, Assistant Producer, The Beautiful Game, Bread and Roses theatre, 3 days, 2018
Assistant director, Movement Coach, Na, Guolanying Theatre and
Culture Experimental Theatre of Dongwan, 4 days, 2018
Assistant director, Andorra, Corbett Theatre, 2 days, 2017

Training

May 2020-Now Corporeal Mime (Weekly online class led by Tarinanainika)
Feb-May 2021 Lecoq technics (Mime, Neutral Mask, Character work led by Sean Croft)
April 2021 Dark Clown (Peta Lily 4 evening workshop)
Mar 2021 Bare Faced Commedia (Peta Lily 4 evening workshop)
Oct 2019-Now various workshops on directing from Young Vic Directors Program
Dec 2017-Now Clown Basics and Clown Devising London Clown School
Oct 2019 Director’s role in the devising process one week workshop by Told By An Idiot
July 2018 Musical Theatre summer course at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Sep 2016-Nov 2017 MA in theatre directing—East 15 Acting School
Sep 2011-Jun 2016 BA in Psychology—Wuhan University
Oct 2017 Puppetry Ensemble and Me one-week workshop by Complicité
2015-Now Classes by Jon Davison (clowning), Adrian Look (German Tanz Theatre), at the Place, Hoopla (Improvisation), and various others in physical theatre, choreography for dance theatre, animation, and puppetry.

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Dance
  • Film - short
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Music
  • New technologies / digital
  • Radio/Audio
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Languages
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Puppetry
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Working with young people
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Mandarin

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