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Liam Blain

Director

I am a Scottish Theatre Director and Creative Learning freelancer.
Currently Directing Please Feel Free to Share at the Tristan Bates and Associate Director on Cinderella at Nottingham Theatre Royal.
I have assistant directed on a number of large scale UK tours and have been working on a number of new plays in London and Edinburgh. I am interested in LGBTQ+ work, musicals, movement based pieces and re imaginings of modern plays.

Credits

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Boeing Boeing, UK Tour, 4 Week Rehearsal Period, 2019
DIRECTOR, Refract, Kings Head Theatre, One Week, 2019
DIRECTOR, A Girl Standing, Theatre503, One Week, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Cinderella, Chelmsford Civic Theatre, 12 Weeks, 2018-19
DIRECTOR, Four Play, Wardrobe Theatre - Bristol, 1 Week, 2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Mill on the Floss, South West UK Tour, 12 Weeks, 2017
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, An Evening of Julian Slade, Redgrave Theatre, One Night Event, 2017.
DIRECTOR, Pornography, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Studio, 4 Shows, 2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Quartet, UK Tour, 3 Months, 2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Wizard of Oz, Redgrave Theatre, 8 Weeks, 2017
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Stafford Gatehouse, 1 Week, 2017
DIRECTOR, The Musicians, Wellington School/Bristol Old Vic Theatre Studio, 1 Week, 2016
DIRECTOR, Status Update, Wellington School/Bath Theatre Royal, 1 Week, 2015
DIRECTOR, Frozen, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 3 Weeks, 2015
DIRECTOR Chatroom, Brighton Sick Festival, 2 Weeks, 2015
DIRECTOR, Chatroom, Scottish Tour (as part of the Scottish Mental Health Film and Theatre Festival), 3 Weeks, 2014
DIRECTOR, Chatroom, Edinburgh Fringe 2014, 2 Weeks, 2014

Training

MA Drama Directing at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
BA Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

What I do

  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Performance Art
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Puppetry
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Working with Deaf non-professional adults / children
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with learning disabled adults / children
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Writing

Additional Languages

No

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