Elayce Ismail

Elayce works in the UK and internationally as a freelance director, dramaturg and writer across theatre, opera and film. She is also Artistic Associate at Music Theatre Wales, and was recently Head of New Work (maternity cover) at the Donmar Warehouse.

Credits

RECENT THEATRE:
Director, GHOST STORIES BY CANDLELIGHT, Shakespeare's Globe & HighTide tour, 2023
Co-Director, CALVINO NIGHTS, Minack Theatre, 2022
Director, SHEDDING A SKIN, Soho Theatre 2022 (revival)
Director, LOVE AND OTHER ACTS OF VIOLENCE, Donmar Warehouse, 2021
Director, SHEDDING A SKIN, Soho Theatre, 2021
Director, IF NOT NOW, WHEN?, National Theatre, 2019
Director, NANJING, Royal Exchange Manchester/Birmingham Rep, 2019
Director, UNDER MILK WOOD, Northern Stage, 2018
Director, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS & tour, Northern Stage, 2018
Director, NANJING, Shakespeare's Globe, 2018
Director, GIRLS, Soho Theatre/HighTide Festival/British Council Edinburgh Showcase & tour, 2016 & 2017

RECENT OPERA/MUSIC:
Librettist, THE GLASS EYE, Oxford International Song Festival, 2023
Director, 4:48 PSYCHOSIS, Ensemble intercontemporain/Philharmonie de Paris, 2021
Revival Director, 4:48 PSYCHOSIS, Opéra national du Rhin, 2019
Associate Director, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier, 2019
Director, THEY WHISPER DON'T GAZE AT THE STARS..., ENO, 2019
Associate Director, DIE WALKÜRE, Royal Festival Hall, 2019
Assistant Director, 4:48 PSYCHOSIS, Lyric Hammersmith/Royal Opera House, 2018

RECENT FILM:
Creator/writer, OUR DARK SIDE AND THE MOON, ROH, 2021
Director, NANJING, Theatertreffen Stückemarkt, 2021
Creator/writer, AMAZON, MTW & London Sinfonietta, 2020
Director, SIMONE, Young Vic, 2018

RECENT DRAMATURGY:
Dramaturg, OUT OF TIME (street art opera), MTW 2024
Dramaturg, RAHMAT-MERCY-TRUGAREDD (street art opera), MTW 2024
Dramaturg, INTERBEING (digital opera), MTW 2024
Dramaturg, GRIEF (digital opera), MTW 2024
Dramaturg, UNTOLD (live opera), Muziektheater Transparant Belgium, 2023
Dramaturg, THE MOUNTAINS WE CLIMB (theatre), GSMD, 2023
Dramaturg, THE HOUSE OF JOLLOF OPERA (live opera), MTW, 2023
Dramaturg, THE JOLLOF HOUSE PARTY OPERA (digital opera), MTW 2021
Dramaturg, PRIDE (A LION'S ROAR) (digital opera), MTW 2021
Dramaturg, SOMEHOW (digital opera), MTW 2021
Dramaturg, MONUMENTS (film), Donmar Warehouse, 2020
Dramaturg, UNSEEN (film), Streetwise Opera, 2020
Dramaturg, OTHELLOMACBETH (theatre), HOME/Lyric Hammersmith, 2018

Training

LISPA postgraduate diploma in Creating Theatre and Performance