Avigail Tlalim

My name is Avigail or Avi. Prefer she/her pronouns. I am an emerging director-actor-writer keen to develop my skills and be part of a creative community. I am especially interested in work that looks at gender, power, bodies and trauma, and migration. I believe that theatre can heal and increase the levels of empathy in a room. For this reason, I fall in love with stories that depict the complexity and nuance of situations and relationships, through characters that really have to change and grow.

Credits

Director, SWALLOW by Stef Smith, Corpus Playroom, 1 week, 2016
Director, THE FLICK by Annie Baker, ADC Theatre, 2016
Assistant Director, BRUTE by Pheobe Eclaire-Powell (dir. Hannah Hauer-King) SOHO THEATRE, 8 weeks, 2016
Assistant Director, FURY by Izzy Tennyson (dir. Hannah Hauer-King) SOHO THEATRE, 2 weeks, 2016
Assistant Director THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO by Wolfgang Mozart (dir. Joseph Winters) Fortismere Music Centre, 1 night, 2019
Associate Director, SKYLIGHT by David Hare (dir. Amelia Oakley) Corpus Playroom, 1 week, 2015
Associate Director, PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME! by Brian Friel (dir. Ian Johnstone) Corpus Playroom, 1 week, 2015

Upcoming:

Director, DAPHNE, OR HELLFIRE by Isla Cowan, Assembly Roxy, 2 nights, 2019
Assistant Director, DIDO AND AENEAS by Henry Purcell and Nahum Tate (dir. Joseph Winters) Fortismere Music Centre, 1 night, 2020


Other relevant credits:

Cambridge American Stage Tour, 6 weeks, 2018 - Played Prospero, was choreographer, and lead educational workshops to groups aged 6-21 across the East Coast of America

Played ‘Jodie’ in Three-Part Series, THE TOWN (dir. Colin Teague) co-starring Andrew Scott, Big Talk, Broadcast by ITV

Training

Acting:

Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), Youth Company, 2011-2012
National Youth Theatre, 2010- Present

Dance:

THE PLACE, Centre for Advanced Training, 2008-2011(trained in ballet, contemporary and choreography)
5 rhythms, 2012-Present
Movement Medicine 2015-Present

Writing:

Screenwriting Postgraduate Certificate, BIRKBECK, 2019-Present

Film:

Met Film School Summer School 2012