Eilidh Evans

she / her

Early career writer/director of Scottish descent, born and raised in Birmingham. My work currently engages in traditional storytelling / folk lore practices, adapting and reintroducing cultural stories using movement and horror. Particularly interested in the visual artistry of theatre, and creating work from and for community.

Recently, I wrote and directed a dark re-imagining of Hansel & Gretel (The Backstage Theatre, 2024). I am currently working on Memento Mori, a site-specific showing that brings experiences of grief and traditions around death to Highgate Cemetery (Oct, 2024).

Credits

Upcoming: Site-Specific Facilitator, Memento Mori, Highgate Cemetery, 2 days, 2024

Writer / Director, Hansel and Gretel: a nightmare, The Backstage Theatre, 1 night, 2024
Director, Three More Sleepless Nights, Mountview Studios, 1 night, 2024
Writer / Director, LADY BIRDS, Short Film, 2023
Co-Director, Ceramic Flowers, Short Film, 2022
Director, Stockholm, Playbox Theatre, R&D, 2022
Director, Life Raft, Playbox Theatre, R&D, 2022

1st Assistant Director, Cloudfall, Short Film, 2024
Assistant Director, Global Majority, Norden Farm and Attenborough Arts Centre, 2 nights, 2024
Assistant Director, Six Characters in Search of An Author, The Mack, 2 weeks, 2024
Assistant Director, The IT & The Accordion Shop, The Backstage Theatre, 2 weeks, 2023
Assistant Choreographer, Peace & Love, Playbox Theatre, 1 night, 2020

Co-Facilitator and Workshop Director, The Creative Collective, Community Workshops, 2022-2023
Workshop and Studio Director, Playbox Theatre, 2018-2023

Actor - Ila, Manchester is My Room, Short Film, 2022
Actor - XX, Bundle of Joy?, SU Theatre, 3 nights, 2021
Actor - Lily, Lost in Treble Clef, Short Film, 2020
Actor - Pam, Medea, Playbox Theatre, 1 week, 2019
Actor - Ariel, My Magic Island, Stratford Literary Festival, 2 days, 2019
Actor - Mariana, Measure for Measure, Playbox Theatre, 1 week, 2019
Actor - The Snow Queen, Playbox Theatre, 2 weeks, 2018
Actor - Helena, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Santa Monica Playhouse, 1 week, 2018
Actor - Titania, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Playbox Theatre, 1 week, 2018
Actor - The Wicked Witch of the West, The Wizard of Oz, Playbox Theatre, 2 weeks, 2017
Actor - Lavatch, All's Well That Ends Well, Playbox Theatre, 1 week, 2017
Actor - Fantine, Les Miserables, The Core Theatre, 1 week, 2017

Training

MA in Theatre Directing, Mountview, 2023-24
BA (Hons) in Social Sciences, Politics and Sociology, University of Manchester, 2020-2023
National Youth Theatre, Training Course, 2019
Ustinov Theatre School in partnership with Playbox Theatre, 2016-2018