Sara Joyce

Sara Joyce

Director with Old Vic 12. Associate Director PanPan Theatre Company


Location:
London
Career stage:
Early

Freelance

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About

Lover of new writing and new ideas. And glitter. Macabre interest in stories where the protaganist dies.

Director with Old Vic 12

Associate Director PanPan Theatre Company 

Currently: Best Life by Tamar Broadbent, SOHO Rep NYC (Previously Edinburgh Underbelly).

Next: Loser Like Larkin by Phebe Crawley, Slick Films

Recently: Our Name Is Not John by Sarah Kosar (reading), Old Vic Theatre,DUST by Milly Thomas, Trafalgar Studios (previously Soho & Edinburgh Underbelly), HUNCH by Kate Kennedy (Edinburgh Assembly) One Hand Tied Behind Us, new writing curated by Maxine Peake, Old Vic TheatreElsa by Isobel Rogers, Vault Festival and Edinburgh Assembly. Split by Tamar Broadbent and Emma Pritchard, Vault Festival, Poo Girl (yes, really) by Milly Thomas for Miniaturists at Arcola Theatre, On Raftery's Hill by Marina Carr (reading) at Bunker Theatre as part of Damsel Develops Dust by Milly Thomas (Edinburgh Underbelly, Stage Award Winner); Elsa by Isobel Rogers (Edinburgh Assembly);  The Scar Test by Hannah Khalil (Soho Theatre). Reader for Soho Theatre Verity Bargate Award.

Previously:  Bush Theatre Emerging Writer's Showcase, Soho Young Playwright's Award showcase, Assistant Director to Claire van Kampen on Nice Fish by Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins; Associate Director, Don Giovanni by Mozart in a new version by Roddy Doyle & Pan Pan Theatre Co, dir. by Gavin Quinn, Gaiety Theatre & Cork Opera House. Crestfall by Mark O'Rowe at Rada Festival, The WIn Bin by Kate Kennedy, Old Red Lion Theatre, Three Short Plays; Act Without Words I, Rough For Theatre II. Catastrophe by Samuel Beckett, Old Red Lion Theatre (Offie-nominated for Best Director)

Resident Director at Almeida Theatre (Associate Director King Charles III by Mike Bartlett, dir. by Rupert Goold, Assistant Director on Medea by Rachel Cusk, dir. by Rupert Goold & Little Eyolf by Henrick Ibsen, adapted and directed by Richard Eyre). Previously Resident Director  at Soho Theatre (The One, I Kiss Your Heart, Night Before Christmas, Death of A Comedian all dir. by Steve Marmion).

Other Directing credits include Fixed Action Pattern by Francis Grin as part of Etch at Peckham Pelican, The Quality of Mercy by Stuart Slade as part of Play at Hackney Showrooms, Night Tella by Sarah Milton, Draft at Theatre N16, Is She One of Us (Reading), Click, Soho Young Playwhrights' Project, The Playboy Variations. The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Cloud 9, Lunch, The Importance of Being Earnest

Studied Drama at Trinity College Dublin and trained at Ecole Jacques Lecoq. Recently shortlisted for the Kevin Spacey Foundation Emerging Artist's Award. Co-founder of (Deutsche Bank) award winning Whispering Beasts Theatre Company. Off West End nominated for Best Director.

 

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Introduction to mental health awareness at work

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Experience

  1. Director

    Night Tella by Sarah Milton · Sep 2015 - Present

  2. Emerging Writer's Showcase

    Bush Theatre · Mar 2017 - Mar 2017

  3. Soho Young Playwright's Award

    Soho Theatre · Jan 2017 - Jan 2017

  4. Dust by Milly Thomas

    Edinburgh Underbelly, Big Belly · Jun 2017 - Sep 2017

  5. Elsa by Isobel Rogers

    Edinburgh Assembly Hall · Jun 2017 - Sep 2017

  6. The Scar Test by Hannah Khalil

    UK Tour and Soho Theatre Upstairs · May 2017 - Jul 2017

  7. Associate Director A Woman of No Importance

    Dir. by Dominc Dromgoolle · Sep 2017 - Dec 2017

  8. Director On Raftery's Hill by Marina Carr (Reading)

    For Damsel Productions · Nov 2017 - Nov 2017

  9. Nice Fish by Louis Jenkins and Mark Rylance

    Sonia Friedman Productions LTD · Oct 2016 - Feb 2017

  10. Director

    Is She One Of Us (Reading) · Feb 2016 - Feb 2016

  11. Director

    Miss M62 by Rachel Finnegan, Old Red Lion Theatre (Reading) · Mar 2016 - Mar 2016

  12. Associate Director

    King Charles III by Mike Bartlett, dir by Rupert Goold · Jan 2016 - May 2016

  13. Don Giovanni by Mozart in a new version by Roddy Doyle

    Pan Pan Theatre Company and Opera Theatre Ireland · Jun 2016 - Sep 2016

  14. Assistant Director

    Little Eyolf by Henrick Ibsen, adapted and directed by Richard Eyre · Nov 2015 - Jan 2016

  15. Assistant Director

    Medea by Rachel Cusk, dir. Rupert Goold, Almeida Theatre · Aug 2015 - Nov 2015

  16. Director and Creator

    The Win Bin, Old Red Lion Theatre · Jul 2015 - Sep 2015

  17. Director

    Act Without Words I; Rough For Theatre II; Catastrophe, Old Red Theatre · Mar 2015 - Apr 2015

  18. Assistant Director

    Death of A Comedian dir. Steve Marmion, Soho Theatre, Abbey Theatre, Lyric Theatre · Jan 2015 - May 2015

  19. Script Reader

    Verity Bargate Award · Aug 2015 - Sep 2015

  20. Actors' Drop-In Class Tutor

    The Actors Centre · Feb 2014 - Jun 2015

  21. Associate Director

    I Kiss Your Heart dir. Steve Marmion, Crazy Coqs · Aug 2014 - Sep 2014

  22. Drama Facilitator and Tutor

    Smile Days; Verona, Italy · Jul 2014 - Aug 2014

  23. Director

    Soho Young Playwright's Showcase · Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

  24. Director

    The Playboy Variations, Whispering Beasts Theatre Co · Mar 2014 - Apr 2014

  25. Director

    Click, Ophelia Theatre · Feb 2014 - Mar 2014

  26. Assistant Director

    Soho Theatre · Nov 2013 - Mar 2013

  27. Director

    Disco Pigs, Whispering Beasts Theatre Company · Sep 2013 - Sep 2013

  28. Director and Dramaturg

    Molly's Monologue; Shakespeare & Co. · Jun 2012 - Jun 2012

  29. Director

    The Importance of Being Earnest, Samuel Beckett Theatre · Jun 2011 - Jul 2011

  30. Director

    The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Samuel Beckett Theatre · Oct 2010 - Nov 2010

  31. Attempts on Her Life

    Flat Lakes Literary and Arts Festival · May 2010 - May 2010

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Education and training

  1. Diploma Theatre making Full Time Professional Studies

    Ecole International du Theatre Jacques Lecoq · Oct 2011 - Jul 2012

  2. BA Drama and Theatre Studies

    Trinity College Dublin · Aug 2007 - Jun 2011

  3. Diploma Modern American Drama and Musical Theatre

    American Academy of Dramatic Arts · May 2009 - Oct 2009

Sara Joyce

Sara Joyce

Director with Old Vic 12. Associate Director PanPan Theatre Company


Location:
London
Career stage:
Early

Freelance

Availability:
Available Soon


Download CV