Rafaella Marcus
Director Writer DramaturgShe/Her
My work as a director focuses on new writing and bringing to the stage marginalised voices, especially women. In 2018, I directed I Have A Mouth and I Will Scream by Abi Zakarian which won the People’s Choice Award at VAULT Festival. I trained on the Birkbeck Theatre Directing MFA and was the Runner Up of the JMK Award 2020.
I am interested in food, fat acceptance, mythology, magic, and the surprising and unexpected. I have a background in dicking about with the text of Shakespeare plays to create new works. I love the Muppets, Caryl Churchill, comic books, Sarah Kane, and weird early noughties sitcoms.
I am an occasional contributor to The Stage and Exeunt Magazine; other writing credits include Epifania, an interactive audio play as part of Hotel Europe (Green Rooms).
Credits
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, EMILIA, Vaudeville Theatre, 10 weeks, 2019CO-DIRECTOR, FURY, Guildhall, 2 weeks, 2019
DIRECTOR, BURY THE DEAD, Finborough, 4 weeks, 2018
DIRECTOR/CO-CREATOR, ALLEY. PEARLS. GUNSHOT., The Yard, 1 night, 2018
DIRECTOR, SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE, The Bunker, 3 nights, 2018
DIRECTOR, I HAVE A MOUTH AND I WILL SCREAM, VAULT Festival, 1 week, 2018
DIRECTOR, CRAVE (R&D), The Bunker, 2 nights, 2017
DIRECTOR, NOT BOUND WITHIN (R&D), Albany Theatre, 1 week, 2017
DIRECTOR/ADAPTOR, THE WILD PARTY, The Hope Theatre, 3 weeks, 2017
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, THE CAUSE, Jermyn Street, 4 weeks, 2016
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PERICLES, Sam Wanamaker Theatre, 4 months, 2015
DIRECTOR, BLANK PAGES/THE WINDOW, The Hope Theatre, 3 weeks, 2015
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ROMEO AND JULIET/THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre, 6 weeks, 2015
Training
Birkbeck Theatre Directing MFA 2012-2014Location
LondonExperience
5-10 years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Radio/Audio
- Theatre / Live perfomance
- TV - drama
What I do
- Devising
- Directing
- Dramaturgy
- Teaching / Coaching
- Theatre making
- Working with Deaf artists
- Working with disabled artists
- Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
- Working with learning disabled adults / children
- Working with young people
- Writing
Additional Languages
No
