Keir Aitken
Director Movement artistsHello, I’m Keir Aitken (he/him), a Glasgow/Edinburgh based director who believes that theatre should celebrate its own theatricality and place audiences at its centre. By offering some autonomy over the outcome or shared experiences of my performances, I attempt to provide the audience with co-authorship. My most recent work is in VR performance, an incredibly exciting medium as it provides me with yet another way to place participants at the centre of my work.
With easily available social platforms such as twitter, we can be part of, and have influence upon, the greatest stories of our time. I believe theatre can be a space to emulate or critique this process, and in my work, I’m always questioning, what does it mean to participate?
Credits
Director, Pith, Zoom Production, Opening Shop, 1 showing (still available), 2020Director, pillowtalk, Social Media Production, Live Witness Theatre, 8 days (still available), 2020
Director, 30 plays in 60 minutes, Glasgow University Union, Live Witness Theatre 2 nights, 2020
Deviser/performer, The Eloquence, Gilmorehill, University of Glasgow, 1 night, 2020
Director, Just This Once, Old Hairdressers / Glasgow, Live Witness Theatre, 2 nights, 2020
Director, 30 plays in 60 minutes, Glasgow University Union, Live Witness Theatre 1 nights, 2019
Deviser/performer, The Diagonal Life Circus & Pageant, Bread and Puppet Theatre / Vermont, USA, 3 weeks, 2019
Director, I think you think I love you, Nixon Theatre / UC, Irvine, 2 nights, 2019
Director, A Shayna Maidel, The little theatre / UC, Irvine, 1 night, 2019
Director, Clara, Cottiers / Glasgow, 1 night, 2018
Performer, Homeless Joe, Glasgow, BBC social, 2018
Training
Advanced Theatre Making, Dr Elizabeth Tomlin, University of Glasgow, 6 months, 2019/2020Directing with Mark Westbrook, Glasgow, 1 day, 2019
Puppetry, circus and devising apprenticeship, Bread and Puppet Theatre, Vermont, USA, 3 weeks, 2019
Advanced Scene Study, Jane Page, UC, Irvine, 10 weeks, 2019
What is an Artistic Director? - personal project, Jane Page, 10 weeks, 2019
Verbatim Theatre Interview Project, Jane Page, UC, Irvine, 10 weeks, 2019
The art of clowning masterclass, Eli Simon, UC, Irvine, 1 day, 2019
Acting for camera, Andrew Borba, UC, Irvine, 10 weeks, 2019
Adapting Literature to the Stage, Juliette Carrillo, UC, Irvine, 10 weeks, 2019
Directing Theatre 2, Juliette Carrillo, UC, Irvine, 10 weeks, 2018
Member of Lyceum Youth Theatre, 2003-2016
Location
Glasgow CityExperience
2-5 years
Art forms / Disciplines
- AR / VR
- Circus
What I do
- Choreography
- Devising
- Dramaturgy
- Music - Can Read
- Music - Plays Instruments
- Physical Theatre / Mime
- Puppetry
- Site Responsive/Immersive
- Verbatim theatre
- 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
- Writing
Additional Languages
No
