Anna Berentzen

Director

She/Her. I am a director and theatre maker from Manchester. I initially trained and worked as an actor before joining the Royal Exchange on their Young Directors course. In 2020, I co-founded Hawkseed Theatre which aims to support, develop, and celebrate new writing that raises the voices of those often under or mis-represented on stage. I'm particularly excited about theatre which has creative access at its very heart. I believe very much in working with a language that is useful and tangible to all the artists in the room. Music and voice is a huge part of my practice and I am always very keen to collaborate, particularly across art forms. My work is intrinsically human, hopeful, and magical. I'm partially deaf and am currently studying British Sign Language Level 3.

Credits

Director, A Very Odd Birthday Party, Hawkseed Theatre / The Met / Interplay / Rotherham Civic Theatre / Liverpool Royal Court / Kings head Theatre, 2 weeks, 2022
Director, Astronauts, Royal Exchange Theatre/Beswick, 4 days, 2022
Director, The Survivors' Guide to Living, Royal Exchange Theatre, 4 days, 2021
Director, A Very Odd Birthday Party R&D, Hawkseed Theatre/The Met, 5 days, 2021
Director, Billy Buckle and the Stolen Mandolin R&D, Hawkseed Theatre/The Met, 5 days, 2021
Director/Facilitator, ROOT Online R&Ds, Hawkseed Theatre, 10 days, 2021
Director, Hers to measure in Minutes and Miles R&D, North Wall Theatre, 3 days, 2021
Co-Director, All I Want for Christmas, Royal Exchange Online, 2020
Director, Page to Stage, Royal Exchange Theatre, One-off event, 2020
Assistant Director, Bruntwood Prize Ceremony, Royal Exchange Theatre, One-off Event, 2019
Associate Director, Utopia, Royal Exchange Theatre / The Den, 1 week, 2019
Associate Director, The Tempest, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1 week, 2018
Co-Director, See Me After, HOME Theatre, 3 days, 2018
Assistant Director, We Were Told There Was Dancing, Royal Exchange Theatre / Immersive Secret Location, 1 week, 2017
Co-Director, Table for Six, Royal Exchange Theatre, 3 days, 2017
Assistant Director, Festival Time, Liverpool Playhouse, 3 days, 2016

Training

Headlong Origins 2022 - 2023
Royal Exchange Theatre Young Directors - 2016 - 2017
LIPA, Acting BA(hons) 1st class, 2013 - 2016
LIPA, Performance/Acting Foundation Certificate, 2012-2016

Location

Greater Manchester

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Music
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Music - Singing
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • 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

Additional Languages

Currently learning Level 3 British Sign Language

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