Rachel Warr
Director Dramaturg Puppetry Director Writer CollaboratorI am theatre director and dramaturg specialising in puppetry and new writing. I have directed productions for small, mid and large scale venues. My productions have been presented at venues that include: The Barbican Centre, Victoria & Albert Museum, Little Angel Theatre, as well at venues in Czech Republic, Singapore, France, Germany, Romania and Canada.
My work has been nominated for a Total Theatre Award and won a Royal Society Television Art and Craft Award.
I am currently a Performer in Residence for the Centre for Performance Science, a Research Fellow at the Victoria & Albert Museum and Artistic Director of Dotted Line Theatre.
Preferred pronoun: Her/she.
Credits
Selection of recent work:DIRECTOR/WRITER, Las Meninas/Fountain, Castelier Festival, Current
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, Dotted Line Theatre, 2012-current
TUTOR/CO-ORDINATOR, Writing for Puppetry, 2013-current
ARTISTIC CONSULTANT, I Piano, Tour, 2019/2020
WORKSHOP LEADER, Clod Ensemble Reboot, 2019
WORKSHOP LEADER, Izmir Puppet Days Festival Turkey, 2019
WORKSHOP LEADER, Puck Theatre Romania, 2019
DIRECTOR, Tricks with Strings, Victoria & Albert Museum, 2018 / 2019
DIRECTOR/WRITER, Stories on a String, UK Tour, 2018
DIRECTOR/WORKSHOP LEADER, SEN projects, hand of, 2018 / 2017
COLLABORATOR, Theatre de la Pire Espece Canada 2017
ART DIRECTOR / DESIGNER / PUPPETEER, Film Fear TV trails, 2016
MENTOR/CO-DIRECTOR, The Invention of Shoes, Mela Festival, 2016
ASSOCIATE ARTIST, Mercury Theatre Colchester, 2016
Training
Associate Artist, Little Angel Theatre: Rod puppets Peter O' RourkeMarionettes Ronnie Le Drew, Carving course John Roberts.
Training in dance (classical, contemporary, historic), mask & movement.
Location
LondonExperience
10+ years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Comedy
- Dance
- Literature
- Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
- Music
- Opera
- Theatre / Live perfomance
- TV - drama
- Visual arts
What I do
- Choreography
- Devising
- Directing
- Dramaturgy
- Editing
- Movement Direction
- Music - Can Read
- Outdoor performance
- Performing
- Physical Theatre / Mime
- Prop Making
- Puppetry
- Set Design
- Site Responsive/Immersive
- Teaching / Coaching
- Theatre making
- Working with disabled artists
- Working with young people
- Working with young people with special educational needs
- Workshopping & Development
- Writing
Social
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