Ed Theakston

I am a director, performer and theatre-maker trained on the BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre course at East 15 Acting School. My work focusses on new writing, devising and clowning. I have worked on development projects for the RSC and Complicité, directors Kirsty Housley, Melanie Lomoff, Freddie Machin and The Alchemist Theatre Company. I completed China Plate’s producer training programme The Optimists, and am an alum of the Soho Theatre Writers’ Lab. I also worked as Theatre and Access Manager at The Bunker Theatre in London Bridge until its closure for redevelopment in March this year, and am passionate about developing accessible practise within theatre.
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Credits

DIRECTOR, Theatre For Two, Arts Council funded tour, 3 weeks, 2021
DIRECTOR, Mating in Captivity, King's Head Queer Season, 1 week, 2019
CO-DIRECTOR, Bit of Sunshine, Edinburgh Fringe, 1 week, 2019
CO-DIRECTOR, Bit of Sunshine, Catalyst Festival, 1 week, 2019
DIRECTOR, Write Yourself In, Tara Theatre / RCSSD, 1 day, 2019
DIRECTOR, Modern Love, Waterloo East, 1 day, 2019
CO-DIRECTOR & CO-WRITER, The Others, Camden People's Theatre Sprint Festival, 1 night, 2018
CO-DIRECTOR, Bit of Sunshine, Landor_Space, 1 week, 2018
DIRECTOR & CO-WRITER, Murk, WCA / Lyric Hammersmith, 1 week, 2018
DIRECTOR, Shai-Ann (Rehearsed Reading), RIFT, 1 day, 2018
DRAMATURG, Distant to Lost, Lion and Unicorn, 1 day, 2018
DIRECTOR, Attic, King's Head Theatre, 1 week, 2017
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Prison Plays, STYX, 1 week, 2017
DIRECTOR & WRITER, The Waves (R&D), Debut Festival, 1 week, 2017
DEVISER, Pleasure Gardens (Freddie Machin), Camden People's Theatre, 1 day
CO-DIRECTOR, Bit of Sunshine, Theatre503, 2 days, 2016
CO-DIRECTOR, Bit of Sunshine, Edinburgh Fringe, 1 week, 2016
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Winter's Tale, STYX, 1 week, 2016
I have also worked with local community groups in East London, directing week-long runs of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford.

Training

BA (Hons) Acting & Contemporary Theatre, East 15 Acting School
China Plate’s producer training programme, The Optimists
David Glass: Devised Theatre workshops
Commedia dell'Arte and Mask with Didi Hopkins
Sean Garratt (Blind Summit) – two-day puppetry and object manipulation workshop.
Phil Mann (BattleActs!) – three-day workshop in short- and long-form improvisation games and techniques.
Philip Hedley CBE - one-day workshop in rehearsal methods of Joan Littlewood.
Karen Christopher - two-day workshop exploring the methodology of collaborative theatre company Goat Island.