Amy Reade

I am a young female theatre maker who strives to make politically engaged theatre which is also theatrically groundbreaking.

Amy Reade (she/her).

Credits

DIRECTOR, we breathe because of the sun, EMTA Blackbox, Estonia, 2022.

DIRECTOR, Tit Rampage (Drag Show), Sakala 3, Estonia, 2022.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, (dir. Deborah Warner), The Tempest, Ustinov Studio Bath, 2022

DIRECTOR, TART, Druid Theatre, Galway Theatre Festival, Ireland, 2022.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (dir. Jamie Glover), The Homecoming, Theatre Royal Bath & UK Tour, 2022.

DIRECTOR (co-creator with Choreographer Ruby Portus), Plan Bee, Yorkshire Dance, 2021.

DIRECTOR, Swamp Monster, Swings and Roundabouts online show, 2020.

DIRECTOR, All of us want something to get over, Bread and Roses Theatre, 2020.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, for all the women who thought they were Mad, Hackney Showroom, 2019.

DIRECTOR, R&D with Choreographer Ruby Portus, Sadlers Wells, 2019.

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, PriFest 2019, Kosovo International Film Festival, 2019.

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, The Walk with Amal, Kosovo & North Macedonia, 2019.

FESTIVAL DIRECTOR, ACT II: A Festival of New Plays Written by London Students, Arcola, 2019.

DIRECTOR, Not the End of the World, Cockpit Theatre, 2019.

DIRECTOR, Sense, St Pancras Crypt, 2018.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Pirates of Sale R&D, National Theatre Studios, 2018.

CREATIVE CONSULTANT, (dir. Stephen Daldry & Justin Martin), The Jungle, Young Vic & National Theatre, Playhouse Theatre, Sonia Friedman Productions, St Ann’s Warehouse New York, 2017-2019.

CO-DIRECTOR & WRITER, Walls, Pleasance Theatre & Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2017.

DIRECTOR, 2 short plays for 'Playlist', Royal Court, 2016.

DIRECTOR, Political Devised Work, Satkaarya Trust Chennai India, 2016 & 2018.

R&D PROJECT, Good Chance Theatre, Kurdistan Iraq, 2016.

Established and ran the Good Chance Theatre in the Calais ‘Jungle’ Refugee Camp 2015-2016.

ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE, Good Chance Theatre, founding member and ran the Good Chance Dome in the Calais ‘Jungle’ Refugee Camp, France 2015-16.

Training

MA Contemporary Physical Performance Making (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), 2022-2024
BA English Literature University College London (UCL), 2019
Bristol Old Vic Young Company, 2006-2016