Helen Morley

I am a theatre director and participatory artist based between Bristol and London. I believe art is a vehicle of social change and this drives the work I make.

As a theatre director I enjoy work that is formally innovative, playful, politically urgent and where the live presence of the audience feels necessary. I am interested in how live art events can build community and encourage productive dialogue. I have presented work at The Yard Theatre, The Bunker Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe, VAULT Festival, MAC Birmingham and BBC Sounds.

As a participatory artist I am interested in how theatre can be used as a tool in policymaking and community consultation, within both arts and non-arts organisations. I was previously Young Director and then Creative Arts Programme Lead at Prime Theatre and have extensive experience designing participatory projects for and with young people, particularly vulnerable young adults.

Credits

Theatre
DIRECTOR, Some People Talk About Violence, The Wardrobe Theatre, 3 performances
DIRECTOR, Options, Tobacco Factory Theatre, 1 WIP performance
DIRECTOR, When This is Over, Prime Theatre, 1 night, 2022
DIRECTOR, i will still be whole (when you rip me in half), The Bunker Theatre, 2 weeks, 2019
DIRETOR, GROWTH, Hatch Festival, 1 night, 2019.
DIRECTOR As it Happened (Contemporaneous Notes), Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 3 weeks, 2018
DIRECTOR, GWEILO, The Yard Theatre (First Drafts), 1 night, 2017.
DIRECTOR, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? Warwick Arts Centre, 1 night, 2017.
DIRECTOR, Hear All About it, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2 weeks 2017.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Little Deaths, Dir Claire O'Reilly, 4 Weeks, Summerhall, 2024
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, A Very Expensive Poison, Dir Aaron Parsons, 1 week, Circomedia, 2024
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Green Game, Dir Emma Barr, Prime Theatre. 2 weeks, 2018.

Installation/Multi-Media
DIRECTOR/CREATOR, The Heat Shop, Artsite, 2 days durational.
DIRECTOR/CREATOR, The Heat Shop, Artsite, 2 days durational.

Audio
DIRECTOR/FACILITATOR, Swindon Stories, BBC Wiltshire & BBC Sounds, 18 episodes, February 202
DIRECTOR/CREATOR, COP26 Young Reporter, BBC Wiltshire & Points West, 3 episodes, November 2021
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Lockdown Street, Pitlochry Theatre & Prime Theatre, July 2020

Film
DIRECTOR, Mine Own True Self, Prime Theatre & STEAM Museum, 2022
DIRECTOR, The Heat Shop Films, Artsite, November 2021
FACILITATOR & PRODUCER, This is When..., Prime Theatre & Swindon Borough Council, 2022

Training

Drama Directing MA - Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Directing Weekend Course with Clod Ensemble led by Katie Mitchell
Legislative Theatre Course led by Katy Rubin
JMK South West Mentee Director
RYTDS Introduction to Directing
Project on Peacebuilding - Exploring the use of theatre as a peace-building tool in post-conflict Bosnia.
English and Theatre Studies BA (Hons) University of Warwick

Other
Safeguarding Children and/or Vulnerable Adults Level 3
Paediatric First Aid Level 3
First Aid at Work
Mental Health First Aid