Tiia-Mari Mäkinen

Director Movement director Choreographer Actor Community Artist

Tiia-Mari Mäkinen is a London-based theatre professional with a wide experience of movement & mask theatre and inclusive theatre & drama education.
Tiia is an Associate Artistic Director of an international theatre company, Hippana Theatre.

During the recent years Tiia has been working as a director, movement director, assistant director, team leader, producer and pedagogue at various places around the world.
She worked at Chickenshed Theatre from 2015-2019 as a member of Artistic Staff.

My pronouns are she/her.

Credits

MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, Kane and Mable, Hippana Theatre, 2020
DIRECTOR, Midsummer Night's Dream, New Theatre Network, Performance Infinity / Theatre School of Shanghai, China, 2 weeks, 2019
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, Devised Work with Themes: Alcholism / Physical Abuse, Co-production between Theatre Crossroads Fin & National Theatre of Karelia Russia, 1 week, 2019
CO-DIRECTOR, SHINE, Hippana Theatre / Edinburgh Fringe, Jacksons Lane, AITM Fest, Chickenshed Theatre, 5 weeks, 2019
DIRECTOR, The Proposal, Teatteri Fiasko / Pakkahuone Joensuu Finland, 1 week, 2019
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER, Mr Stink by David Walliams, Chickenshed Theatre 2018 / National UK tour 2019 /, UK, 9 weeks, 2018-2019
DIRECTOR, My Exploding Universe, Chickenshed Theatre, 3 weeks, 2019
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, Christmas Tales, Chickenshed Theatre, 6 weeks, 2018
DIRECTOR, Two Fridas, Chickenshed Theatre & Handprint Theatre / V&A Museum London, 2 weeks, 2018
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, Servant of Two Masters, Teatteri Fiasko / Pakkahuone Joensuu Finland, 2018
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Alabama God-Damn, Hippana Theatre / Edinburgh Fringe Festial, Pleasance Dome, 4 weeks, 2018
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, Chickenshed Theatre, 4 weeks, 2018
DIRECTOR, Love in a Bin, Chickenshed Theatre, 3 weeks, 2018
CO-DIRECTOR, Christmas Tales, Chickenshed Theatre / Chickenshed T, Old Vic, Tabernacle, Royal Albert Hall, Wilton's Music Hall, 6 weeks, 2017
DIRECTOR, "Tales from Pink Floyd", Chickenshed Theatre / V&A Museum, 2 weeks, 2017
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, Trumpets and Raspberries, Chickenshed Theatre, 4 weeks, 2017
DIRECTOR, The Miser, Hippana Theatre / tours in Germany, Finland, Itally, Belgium and UK, 2015-2018
DIRECTOR, Monsieur Charlo, Hippana Theatre / Variéte Hablingbo Sweden, 5 weeks, 2015
DIRECTOR, Oblivion, Hippana Theatre / Metropolia Theatre Helsinki Finland, 2 weeks, 2015

Training

Tiia graduated from the Helsinki Metropolia University as a Bachelor of Arts, from Antonio Fava’s Scuola Internazionale dell’Attore Comico as a Commedia dell’Arte expert and she completed her studies at École Internationale de Théâtre Lassaâd in Brussels, specializing in Lecoq pedagogy under the guidance of Saïdi Lassaad and Norman Taylor.
She has trained at workshops led by Royal Shakespeare Company, Odin Teatret & Eugenio Barba, Frantic Assembly and Embodied Poetics & Amy Russell.

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Dance
  • Film - documentary
  • Film - short
  • Gaming and interactivity
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Costume Design
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Facilitating
  • Languages
  • Movement Direction
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Prop Making
  • Puppetry
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with disabled artists
  • 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
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Finnish (native), English, French, Spanish, a bit of Italian and Swedish

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