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 Theatre, Elsa 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.
ScreenSkills Training Passport
Sara Joyce has completed the following modules within the ScreenSkills Training Passport.
Experience
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Director
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Emerging Writer's Showcase
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Soho Young Playwright's Award
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Dust by Milly Thomas
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Elsa by Isobel Rogers
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The Scar Test by Hannah Khalil
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Associate Director A Woman of No Importance
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Director On Raftery's Hill by Marina Carr (Reading)
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Nice Fish by Louis Jenkins and Mark Rylance
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Director
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Director
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Associate Director
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Don Giovanni by Mozart in a new version by Roddy Doyle
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Director and Creator
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Director
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Assistant Director
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Script Reader
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Actors' Drop-In Class Tutor
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Associate Director
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Drama Facilitator and Tutor
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Director
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Director
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Director
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Assistant Director
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Director
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Director and Dramaturg
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Director
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Director
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Attempts on Her Life
Education and training
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Diploma Theatre making Full Time Professional Studies
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BA Drama and Theatre Studies
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Diploma Modern American Drama and Musical Theatre