Alice Eklund
Director Dramaturg Creative PractitionerHello! I’m a Cardiff based Director, Dramaturg and Creative Practitioner, originally from the Cynon Valley. After studying Film and Television Studies at Aberystwyth University, I now work in the theatre industry and have worked predominantly on women-led new writing for plays and musicals. As a Welsh speaker, I’m also interested in developing new bilingual pieces, that push the norm and boundaries of Welsh medium theatre. I’m also a queer, disabled artist and I’m looking to work more with other disabled artists in order to achieve more representation and access for artists who need it.
Any art should be like the perfect packet of salt and vinegar crisps; packs a punch and can be intense, but also has a sense of comfort. Maybe I just really like crisps.
Over the last few years I have worked with a number of companies such as National Theatre Wales, Wales Millennium Centre, Goodspeed, Sherman Theatre, Theatre Uncut, August012 and The Other Room. I also work as a resident director with The Unknown Theatre Company in Cardiff, working on musical theatre and plays with young people and community theatre artists. I was recently the Literary Associate for the Sherman Theatre.
In 2020, I founded BolSHE; a creative collective led by women, for women. The company is currently working with Associate Artist Tori Lyons on her debut play, ‘It’s An Epidemic, I’m Afraid’, and Gwenan Bain on a storytelling project which received funding from Theatr Clwyd through their Micro Bursary scheme.
Credits
Director, Anthem/Wales Millennium Centre, 2 weeks 2022Director, Bratiaith & See For Yourself/Sherman Theatre, Online
Director, Winnings, Compacts UK, Online
Director, A Walk/Chippy Lane Podcast, Online
Co-Director, Seaside/KickItDown Productions, Online
Director, Y Rhyfelwraig & ZIP/Sherman Theatre, Online
Director, Ashes to Ashes: Funk to Funky/ Chippy Lane Podcast
Director, Constellations /Savoy Theatre, Theatr Clwyd, Harrogate Theatre.
Awards: Best Director, Best Individual Performance, Best Comedy Performance and Festival Winners: Welsh Champions
Director, Pursuit Writers R&D/ The Other Room
Director, in the beetle black dark & See Me /The Other Room, 2019
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Asst. Director, Canu’r Pwnc, August012 Sept-Nov 2020
Asst. Director, Wanted Petula R&D, August012 Aug 2020
Asst Director, The Violence Series Tour, Arad Goch, Pontio, Theatre503 Jan-Feb 2020
Asst. Director, A Night At The Clink, The Clink Restaurant, Aug-Sept 2019
Asst. Director, Hela, The Other Room Oct-Nov 2019
5* London Pub Theatres
4* The Stage & Buzz Magazine
Asst Director, Shreds, Venue 13 (Edinburgh Fringe) Jul-Aug 2019
Asst Director, The Awkward Years, The Other Room Aug-Sept 2018
Location
CardiffExperience
5-10 years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Comedy
- Film - documentary
- Film - short
- Graphic / product design
- Literature
- Live art
- Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
- Music
- New technologies / digital
- Photography
- Radio/Audio
- Theatre / Live perfomance
What I do
- Creative Access
- Curating
- Devising
- Directing
- Dramaturgy
- Facilitating
- Languages
- Music - Can learn by ear
- Music - Can Read
- Music - Singing
- Outdoor performance
- Performance Art
- Producing
- Prop Making
- Site Responsive/Immersive
- Teaching / Coaching
- Theatre making
- Verbatim theatre
- Video Design
- Working with disabled artists
- Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
- Working with learning disabled adults / children
- Working with young people
- Working with young people with special educational needs
- Working within a Community / with community participants
- Workshopping & Development
- Writing
Additional Languages
Welsh
