Alex Kampfner

Director

Alex Kampfner is an English/German multilingual (English/French/Spanish) theatre director.

​She was shortlisted for the Genesis Future Directors Award and longlisted for the JMK Award in 2023. She is the Artistic Director of 65% Theatre, an international female-led theatre company.

She recently assisted, James Macdonald on the award winning play BOYS ON THE VERGE OF TEARS at the Soho Theatre. In May she will assist Chelsea Walker on VISIT FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN at the Hampstead Theatre.


Her directing credits include ABOUT MONEY (Summerhall, Fringe 2022 &Theatre503 2021), WOMEN WITH WIDE EYES (Theatre Deli Sheffield/Migration Matters Festival 2021) & CELINE (Rich Mix/Voila Europe Festival 2020).

​She has worked internationally, directing pieces in Colombia, Chile, France as well as throughout the UK.

​A facilitator, she has led workshops in prisons, women’s refuges and with young people.

Credits

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Visit From An Unknown Woman, 2 months, Hampstead Theatre, 2024
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Boys On The Verge of Tears, 2 months, Soho Theatre, 2024
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Disruption, 2 months, Park Theatre, 2023
DIRECTOR, About Money, 6 weeks, Summerhall (Edinburgh Fringe), 2022
DIRECTOR, About Money, 3 weeks & two performances, Theatre503, 2021
CO-DIRECTOR, Mujeres Con Ojos Grandes, Two performances, Theatre Deli Sheffield (Migration Matters Festival), 2021
DIRECTOR, Celine, Voila Europe/Rich Mix, 2020
DIRECTOR, Guerrillera (devised), Bush Theatre Studio, 2 performances, 2020
CO-DIRECTOR, Icarus (devised), HMP Brixton, 2 performances, 2020 (cut short due to COVID-19)
DIRECTOR, Más Allá de Un Sueño, El Buen Pastor Prison selected as part of III National Penitentiary Theatre Festival supported by Acción Interna, 2 performances, 2018
DIRECTOR, Romeo and Juliet in a translation by Pablo Neruda, El Buen Pastor Prison supported by Acción Interna, 1 performance, 2017

Training

Katie Mitchell, Core Directing Skills 2022
Springboard Young Vic, 2020
Directing Studio, Shakespeare's Globe, 2019
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, BA Acting, 2013-2016
Member of the National Youth Theatre

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Film - documentary
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Radio/Audio
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - drama

What I do

  • Devising
  • Dialect / Voice Direction
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Languages
  • 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 learning disabled artists
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

French and Spanish

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