Nicky Allpress
Director Writer DramaturgeI'm a director with a passion for telling stories, new, old, classical and contemporary - I love actors and writers so i love my perfect job: combining their skills.
Credits
Casting now - Walworth Farce at the new Southwark Playhouse ElephantCrackers at Polka Theatre (12 wk run)
Restless by Peyvand Sadeghian for Terrifying Women
Annie Bakers ‘Circle Mirror Transformation’ and Alistair McDowell’s ‘Pomona’ for Mountview
Nina Raine’s ‘Rabbit’ for Drama Centre London
Romeo & Juliet for Southwark Playhouse
Staff Director National Theatre My Brilliant Friend (Assisting Melly Still)
Director Moment of Grace, Tristan Bates 2020 (cancelled, now filming for live streaming)
Director PROUD New Wimbledon Theatre Oct 2020 (postponed)
Director Market Boy by David Eldridge, Union Theatre 2019
Director Mercy by Mandi Riggi
Assistant Director to Jessica Swale (Leading Lady Parts) Summerland
Director Glue by Ate de Jong
Director My Fair Lady - Reading Hexagon
Director Blackadder - South Hill Park
Director Tragedy in the Park - site specific
Acting coach for radio, film and television
Training
Guildhall LGSM Teaching and DirectingLocation
ReadingExperience
10+ years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Film - feature
- Film - short
- Theatre / Live perfomance
- TV - drama
What I do
- Devising
- Dialect / Voice Direction
- Directing
- Dramaturgy
- Facilitating
- Outdoor performance
- Physical Theatre / Mime
- Puppetry
- Set Design
- Site Responsive/Immersive
- Sound Design
- Teaching / Coaching
- Theatre making
- 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
