Rebecca Goh

Theatre Director Dramaturg Writer Movement Director Facilitator

Rebecca [they / them] is an interdisciplinary theatre director, dramaturg, writer, researcher, and facilitator. They are currently the artistic director of 'from (a)basement theatre collective', with a BA in Drama and Philosophy and an MA in Theatre Directing from East 15 Acting School. They have trained and worked internationally, with artists and organisations in Poland, Germany, Singapore, India, the Czech Republic, and the UK. Their practice spans site-specific multimedia storytelling, crosscultural collaborations (including projects with hip-hop dancers, spoken word poets, anthropologists, creative technologists, and D/deaf and disabled artists), physical theatre, and immersive documentary performance.

Driven by an activist ethos that centres communal co-creation and celebration, their work currently experiments with scientific paradigms, ecoscenography, and the rediscovery of forgotten narratives. As a queer, neurodivergent, working-class creative of mixed Southeast-Asian heritage, they strive to facilitate accessible spaces for empathy and interaction alike.

They have a passion for new writing and devising work that ventures into the unexpected and the unconventional. Their work has been described as "experimental theatre at its best", with cleverly created subtleties and brave staging choices. Get in touch!

“⭐⭐⭐⭐ — Rebecca Goh will definitely be a name that I'll look out for in the future. Firstly the testimonies [they have] collated are sensitive and emotionally raw... Where [they have] excelled themselves, however, is in their direction.”

https://linktr.ee/rebeccagoh

Credits

Highlights:

DIRECTOR, The Optic Trilogy, The Caryl Churchill Theatre, 2018
DIRECTOR, 00:00, London-based run, 2019
DIRECTOR, Talking Heads, Arcola Theatre, 2019
DIRECTOR, Chateau Marmont, Camden People's Theatre, 2019
DIRECTOR, Angel, The Water Rats, 2019
DIRECTOR, parthenogenesis:, The Substation Theatre, 2020/21
DIRECTOR, Creating Apart, Exit Pursued by Panda, 2021
DIRECTOR, homotopy, Dance Nucleus, 2021/22
DIRECTOR, fire/fight, Omnibus Theatre, 2022
DIRECTOR, Golden Blood, Arcola Theatre, 2023
DIRECTOR, Blame Game (R&D), Young Vic, 2023

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Letters from The Front, Nottingham Lakeside Arts, 2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Teeth Have A Memory, Moksha Theatre, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Nuclear Family, Checkpoint Theatre, 2020
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Penumbra, Chronic Insanity, 2022
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Invincibles, James Grieve / Queen's Theatre Hornchurch, 2023

Training

BA Drama and Philosophy - First Class Honours (2019, Royal Holloway University of London)
MA Theatre Directing (2023, East 15 Acting School)

Divadlo Archa - International Summer Theatre Intensive (2017, Prague)
Andrew Pritchard - Young Pleasance Easter Workshop (2018, London)
National Theatre- Video Projection and Theatre Workshop (2018)
Haringey Shed Theatre - Youth Theatre / Training Course (2018, London)
Staniewski’s Centre for Theatre Practices (2018, Poland)
TENDER Organisation - OCN Level 2 Award in Peer Mentoring and Facilitation (2019, London)
Single Homeless Project - Assistant Drama Workshop Facilitator Attachment (2019, London)
Animikii Theatre - Artist Residency (2019, Manchester)
IUGTE - Meyerhold's Biomechanics / Directing Lab (2019, Berlin)
Creating in Public Space - FAI-AR (2020, Marseille, France)
Jaaga x BeFantastic - International TechArt Fellowship (2021, India, USA, Germany, Singapore, Switzerland)
Creative Lab - Kakilang Arts (2022, London)

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • AR / VR
  • Dance
  • Gaming and interactivity
  • Literature
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • New technologies / digital
  • Other
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Access consultancy (including BSL, audio-description and neurodiversity)
  • Choreography
  • Creative Access
  • Curating
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Languages
  • Movement Direction
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Street Theatre
  • 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
  • Writing

Additional Languages

German (professional), Singaporean Mandarin (elementary)

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