Catherine Leen

Director Writer

I am an Irish creative currently working in both Liverpool and London. My work is multidisciplinary, spanning film, oral histories, theatre and new writing.
She/Her

Credits

Writer & director of documentary ‘Betrayal’: awarded second place at the Liverpool International Film Festival [2018]. Selected for the Manchester Lift-Off Global Network On-line Festival [2019]. Shown at the Liverpool International Slavery Museum [2019] and the New Art Exchange, Nottingham [2019].

‘Remember, Imagine [2019] in collaboration with filmmaker Tim Brunsden shown at Tate Liverpool.

Assistant Producer for ArtsGroupie on their 2022 production of ‘Kitty’ at Shakespeare North

Assistant Director ‘I Hate Charlie Pickles’, Liverpool Fringe Festival [2023]

Director ‘And so I Say’ – monologue scratch event at HOME Manchester [2023]

Assistant Director ‘Bright Sparks’ – ACE funded R&D at Unity Theatre, Liverpool [2024]

Assistant Director ‘Mothers’ (working title) R&D workshop at Liverpool Playhouse [2024]

Director ‘Umbrella’ – 24 Hour Play Fest, Liverpool

Location

Merseyside

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Film - documentary
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Producing
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

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