Eva Sampson

Director

I am the Co-Artistic of How It Ended theatre company.
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My training is a culmination of time spent on The National Theatre Studio Director's Course, The Jerwood Assistant Director Programme at the Young Vic and The University of Birmingham, where I studied Drama and Theatre Arts.

Credits

Eva is Sky Arts Artistic Associate for 2022.

Theatre includes:
As Director: Wild (How It Ended / Unicorn Theatre); More Than We Can Bear (Almeida Theatre / Clean Break); Maryland; Meet Mo; Ribena; Jack and the Beanstalk (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Heart of Hammersmith (Lyric Hammersmith); The Little Gardener (Kew Gardens); Last Nine Months (Vaults); Sticky (Southwark Playhouse); The Tide (Young Vic); The Scarecrows’ Wedding (Watford Palace Theatre); A Peter Rabbit Tale (Singapore Repertory); Rudolf (Leeds Playhouse); Decades (Brixton House); At the Statue of Venus (Royal Opera House)
As Staff Director at The National Theatre: The Visit; Downstate (co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre)
As Associate / Assistant Director: Four Quartets (West End); Noye’s Fludde (Theatre Royal Stratford East / ENO); Twelfth Night (Young Vic); Father Christmas (Lyric Hammersmith); Unprecedented (Headlong / Century Films / BBC Four)
As Resident Assistant Director: This is My Family; 8 Hotels (Chichester Festival Theatre)
TV/Radio includes: That’s How It Feels: REED TVC Campaign (MYNT / Kingdom Creative); Keep the Home Fires Burning (The Culture Trust Luton)

Training

2016, The National Theatre Studio Director’s Course
2008–2009, East 15 Acting School / University of Essex, MA Acting
2005–2008, University of Birmingham, Drama & Theatre Arts, 2:1 BA

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Dance
  • Film - documentary
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Opera
  • Photography
  • Radio/Audio
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - documentary
  • TV - drama
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Singing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Puppetry
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with Deaf artists
  • Working with Deaf non-professional adults / children
  • 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

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