Hannah Sands
Theatre maker
Director
Creative Facilitator
Youth Worker
Previous resident assistant director at the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre. Eager to stage theatre that excites, moves and changes its audiences: be it classical text or new writing; comedy or drama. Drawn to stories about people, connection and identity; as well as projects working with young people and communities. Productions have encompassed a variety of different mediums (video, physical theatre, dance etc.) from working collaboratively with other artists.
Credits
THEATRE MAKER, Vinegar Tom R&D and Rehearsed Reading, Online Events 2021
DIRECTOR, Some People Feel the Rain, Royal Exchange Theatre - the Den, 3 performances
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Bloody Elle, Royal Exchange Theatre, 4 weeks, 2021
DIRECTOR, Red Brick Render, Royal Exchange Theatre, 4 online episodes, 2020
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Bloody Elle, Queen's Theatre Hornchurch, R&D, 2020
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Connect Fest, Royal Exchange Theatre, 5 online episodes, 2020
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Wuthering Heights, Royal Exchange Theatre, 5 weeks, 2020
PRODUCER, Snow White, Leicester Square Theatre, 3 nights, 2020
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Gypsy, Royal Exchange Theatre, 9 weeks, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Macbeth, Royal Exchange Theatre, 5 weeks, 2019
DIRECTOR, Dick Whittington, Leicester Square Theatre, 4 nights, 2019
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Spiders, Tristan Bates Theatre, 4 nights, 2018
DIRECTOR, Obsession, the Katzpace Studio, 5 nights, 2018
DIRECTOR, Obsession, Stockwell Playhouse, 1 night, 2018
DIRECTOR, GIRLS LIKE THAT, Sevenoaks School, 3 nights, 2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, After the Ball, 3 weeks, 2018
DIRECTOR, No Matter Where I Go (reading), Arcola Theatre, 1 night, 2018
DIRECTOR, Aladdin, Arts Theatre, 3 nights, 2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Dear Brutus, 4 weeks, 2018
DIRECTOR, Human Animals, theSpace Triplex, 2 weeks 2017
DIRECTOR, Foxfinder, Judith E Wilson Studio, 3 nights, 2016
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, As You Like It, UK and USA tour, 2016
DIRECTOR, Girls Like That, ADC Theatre, 4 nights, 2015
Training
2018-2020 MFA Theatre Directing Birkbeck University
2012 Acting Intake Course The National Youth Theatre