Vanessa-Faye Stanley

Director Dramaturg Movement Director Workshop Leader Actor

I work as a director, movement director, dramaturg and actor to make theatre and film. I studied at Jacques Lecoq, and have a BA in English and a Masters in Shakespeare. I often create in collaboration with other artists, and sometimes with people who might not consider themselves as artists. English and French, with Creole roots, my work is founded on a passion for both new writing and classic texts, dynamic staging and turning the kernels of the imagination into great entertainment.

I would love to connect with other theatre makers.

Credits

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, The Tempest; A Midsummer Night's Dream; As You Like It, The Globe, 4 months, 2020-2021

DIRECTOR CREDITS:

Twelfth Night, UK Tour, 2024
A Midsummer Night's Dream Retold, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, 2023-2024
Love's Labours Lost, Mountview Academy, MA performance, 2021
The Taming of The Shrew, Northampton BA (Hons) performance , 2 wks 2019
Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Oxford Playhouse, brief R&D phase, 2018
The Taming of The Shrew, Cambridge Shakespeare Festival, 4 weeks 2018
Sanguine Night Park Theatre/RADA fest/Cambridge Junction, 4 sharings 2016
The Terrific Electric ,The Barbican, 2 week run & tour 2006-7

Training

Theatre & sound, Complicite, Barbican
Movement & choreography, Frantic Assembly
Shakespeare & Cheek By Jowl; Shakespeare & Thomas Ostermeier; Baribican

Jacques Lecoq theatre school, Theatre Diploma (2 years)
King’s College & The Globe, MA with Merit in Shakespeare Studies 2001
King’s College, BA in English 1997-2000

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Dance
  • Film - short
  • Live art
  • Music
  • Opera
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Languages
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Music Composition
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Puppetry
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • 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

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