Aaron Kilercioglu
Writer Director Video Editor Videographer(He/Him) .
Raised in Vienna by Turkish-Canadian parents, I am a writer/director for screen & stage now based in South London. I am especially interested in stories that explore diasporic identity, Middle Eastern politics, and the Climate Crisis - or the intersection of the three.
My most recent play, For a Palestinian, enjoyed a sell-out 3-week run at the Camden People’s Theatre, before transferring to, and selling out, the Bristol Old Vic Theatre.
My previous work has won the Methuen Drama ‘Other’ Prize and the BOLD Playwrights Prize, as well as being shortlisted for the Theatre503 International Playwriting Prize. I've been a member of Old Vic Playwriting, Royal Court Young Agitators, and the London Library Emerging Writers Programme.
My short films have been screened at festivals across the world. I also translate between English, German, and Turkish.
I am represented as a writer/director by Christian Ogunbanjo & Talia Tobias at United Agents.
Credits
WRITING:For A Palestinian | Bristol Old Vic | Camden People's Theatre | 2022
Hey Onbeşli | Lyric Hammersmith - In development | 2022
Boundless Accelerator Artist Commission 2021
BOLD Playwrights Prize 2021 - Winner
Theatre 503 Int. Playwriting Prize 2020 - Shortlist
Methuen Drama 'Other' Prize 2019 - Winner
DIRECTING:
For A Palestinian | Bristol Old Vic | Camden People's Theatre | 2022
CICADA 3301 | Underbelly | 2019
Richard iii | ADC Theatre | 2018
How My Light is Spent | Greenside, Edinburgh | 2018
Brilliant Adventures | Corpus Playroom | 2018
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | ADC Theatre | 2017
ASSISTANT DIRECTING:
The Oresteia | ADC Theatre | 2018
Piranha Heights | ADC Theatre | 2018
Pomona | Corpus Playroom | 2018
Training
Old Vic Theatre | OV Playwriting | 2022Royal Court | Intro To Translation | 2022
Royal Court | Agitator Programme | 2020/21
London Library | Emerging Writer's Programme | 2020/21
NFTS | Screen Writing Summer Course | 2020/21
University of Cambridge | BA Hons. Human, Social, and Political Sciences | 2019
Location
LondonExperience
2-5 years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Film - documentary
- Film - short
- Photography
- Theatre / Live perfomance
- TV - drama
What I do
- Devising
- Directing
- Dramaturgy
- Editing
- Languages
- Teaching / Coaching
- Theatre making
- Video Design
- Working with young people
- Writing
Additional Languages
I also speak German and Turkish fluently.
