Camila Ymay González

I'm a Chilean London-based Theatre Director and Translator with over 10 years’ experience working in Chile and the UK. Co-Founder of the UK-based theatre company 11:18 (2010-2013). Currently a member of the Out of the Wings Collective which focuses on the translation and promotion of drama from the Spanish-speaking world in the UK. My work has been presented in recognised international festivals such as SPILL, Greenwich+Docklands International Festival and Festival Internacional Santiago a Mil (Chile). As a theatre translator, I have translate into Spanish the work of world-recognised British playwrights such as Caryl Churchill and Chris Thorpe. Currently I am working as Assistant Director to Al Smith’s Rare Earth Mettle at the Royal Court Theatre.

Credits

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Rare Earth Mettle, The Royal Court, Nov 2021.
DIRECTOR/TRANSLATOR, You Shall Love (rehearsed reading), Omnibus Theatre, 1 night, 2021.
DIRECTOR, Freddie, Tristan Bates, 4 nights, 2020.
DIRECTOR, Complemento (rehearsed reading), Omnibus Theatre, 1 night, 2019.
DIRECTOR, Bloody Palms, Theatre 503, 2 nights, 2019.
DIRECTOR/TRANSLATOR, Escaped Alone (Rehearsed reading), Sidarte (Chile), 2 nights, 2018.
DIRECTOR, False Alarm, Cervantes Theatre (rehearsed reading), 1 night, 2018.
DIRECTOR, Ready or Not, Cervantes Theatre (rehearsed reading) 1 night, 2017.
DIRECTOR, Malice: a theatre piece performed by kids…for adults, Espacio Diana (Chile), 1 week, 2017.
DIRECTOR, Dancing Alone Every Night, Anatomy Museum KCL (rehearsed reading), 1 night, 2016.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Manual Oracle, Anatomy Museum / The Yard Theatre, 2013.
CO-DIRECTOR, The Farmer and the Fisherman (11:18 Collective), Derry-Londonderry City of Culture. 2013.
CO-DIRECTOR, Portal (11:18 Collective), SPILL Festival of Performance, 3 days, 2012.
CO-DIRECTOR, Mean Between Times (11:18 Collective), Greenwich+Dockland International Festival, 1 Week, 2012.
CO-DIRECTOR, This Now or Neverland (11:18 Collective), George Wood Theatre, one week, 2011.
DIRECTOR, The Nose (based on Nicolai’s Gogol short story), Sidarte Theatre (Chile), 4 weeks, 2010.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Pana , Teatro UC (Chile), 6 weeks, 2009.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Titus, Matucana 100 Theatre (Chile), 4 weeks, 2009.
DIRECTOR, An Argentine Moment, Santiago a Mil International Festival, 4 weeks, 2009.

Training

2010 – 2011. 1st Class MA in Performance Making, Goldsmiths, University of London.

2003 – 2007. 1st Class Licenciatura en Drama, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.