Helen Gilbert

Director Writer

Her/She.
Theatre maker based in Devon with particular skills in playwriting, arts training for young people and direction. Currently working as Education Officer for a rural arts organisation and looking to gain skills in Movement Direction and physical theatre.

Credits

PERFORMER/WRITER, Devon's War Girls, ongoing outreach tour, 2020-2021
PERFORMER/DIRECTOR, Salmon, Outdoor venues, 1 week, 2021
WRITER/DIRECTOR, The Magistrate, Radio Drama 2021
DIRECTOR, The Murder of Nicholas Radford, Village Halls tour, 2 weeks, 2020
DIRECTOR, Whitehorse Hill, Outdoor venue, 2 weeks, 2017 and 2019
DIRECTOR, Night, intoBodmin, 1 night, 2019
DIRECTOR, Lady Astor, Theatre Royal Plymouth (The Lab) / Exeter Phoenix, 2 nights, 2019
DIRECTOR, Stapledon, Village Halls tour, 2 weeks, 2018
DIRECTOR, Confessions, Theatre Royal Plymouth (The Lab), 2 nights, 2018
DIRECTOR, Total Swipe Out, Theatre Royal Plymouth (The Lab), 2 nights, 2018
DIRECTOR, The Coast, Village Halls tour, 2 weeks, 2018
DIRECTOR, The Howling, Village Halls tour, 2 weeks, 2017
LEAD DIRECTOR, Musicals / Theatre dept., 4 months, 2012-2016
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Wizard of Oz, Barbican Theatre Plymouth, 3 weeks, 2015
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Remembrance Festival, Plymouth Pavilions, 1 night, 2014
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other, Theatre Royal Plymouth (The Drum), 1 week, 2013

Training

BA/Hons Drama and English Literature - University of St. Mark and St. John.
Cardboard Citizens - Forum Theatre and the role of the Joker
Frantic Assembly - Introductory workshops
Theatre Royal Plymouth - Practitioners Scheme
Barbican Theatre Plymouth - Theatre Young Apprentice

Location

Devon

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Film - short
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Radio/Audio
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Movement Direction
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Prop Making
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with learning disabled adults / children
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

No

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