Kolbrun Sigfusdottir

Director
Assistant Director
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Other

My Contact Number:
07808542286

Credits

Year	Job Title Project Type	Project Name Director / Company	Location
2014	Director, live sound effects, costumes, tech, producer Theatre	The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (workshop performance) Brite Theater and Midsummer Madness	North Hill Village Hall
2014	Performer, playwright, producer Theatre	Chet Baker, Love Brite Theater	Bike Shed Theatre
2013	Technical operator Theatre	The Shakespeare Ladies Monologues University of Exeter Drama	Thornlea, University of Exeter
2013	Technical operator Theatre	The Tragedy of Lavinia Andronicus University of Exeter Drama	Roborough Studios
2013	Outside Eye Theatre	As Yet, Untitled 6016 Theatre Company	Bike Shed Theatre
2013	Director, playwright, tech Theatre	My Only Love Sprung From My Only Hate Brite Theater	The Rusty Bike
2013	Director, producer, tech Theatre	King Lear Brite Theater	Exeter Phoenix
2013	Co-Director Theatre	Cardenio T3 Student Production	Roborough Studios
2013	Director and performer Theatre	Coriolanus Brite Theater	Thornlea, University of Exeter
2013	Director, playwright, tech Theatre	Bitter Sweet Brite Theater	Rannoch, University of Exeter
2013	Actress Theatre	Twelfth Night Midsummer Madness	The Dell, RSC
2013	Co Director and Dramaturg Theatre	Notes on Some Persons Starting to Crack 6016 Theatre Company	Northcott Theatre
2013	Assistant Director (in Swedish Regiaskultant) Theatre	Frun från havet (Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea) Göteborgs Stadsteater (Gothenburg City Theatre)	Nya Studion, Göteborgs Stadsteater
2013	Director Theatre	Measure for Measure, Shake-in-a-Day production University of Exeter Drama	Roborough Studios
2013	Director, tech operator, producer Theatre	Shakespeare in Hell Brite Theater and So Potent Arts	Roborough Studios
2012	Director Theatre	Taming of the Shrew, Shake-in-a-Day production University of Exeter Drama	Roborough Studios
2012	Assistant Director, tech Theatre	The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Student Production	Thornlea, University of Exeter
2012	Director, tech Theatre	Marina Brite Theater	Thornlea, University of Exeter
2011	Director, script adaptation Theatre	The Icelandic and Unofficial Mamma Mia Sauðkindin, Kópavogur College Drama Club	Kópavogur Theatre
2010	Director, script adaptation Theatre	Aladdin, the Musical Thalía, Sund College Drama Club	Norðurpóllinn
2010	Director Theatre	Galdra-Loftur Hveragerði Drama Club	Leikfélag Hveragerðis
2009	Assistant Director Theatre	Rústað (Blasted) Leikfélag Reykjavíkur	Borgarleikhúsið (Reykjavík City Theater)
2009	Artistic Director and performer Theatre	Það dansar enginn við sjálfan sig (Nobody Dances with Themselves) Brite Theater	Saltfélagið
2009	Director and script translator Theatre	Knowledge and a Girl 21 for 21 Festival	Icelandic Academy of the Arts
2009	Director Theatre	Lykillinn að jólunum (The Key to Christmas) Leikfélag Akureyrar, Akureyri Theatre Company	Rýmið, Leikfélag Akureyrar
2009	Director, script adaptation Theatre	The Unofficial and Original Harry Potter Musical, Harry Potter and the Dark Lord Thalía, Sund College Drama Club	Loftkastalinn
2008	Director, script adaptation, tech Theatre	Mávurinn (The Seagull) Brite Theater	Kassinn, Þjóðleikhúsið (The Box, Iceland's National Theatre)
2008	Co-Director Theatre	Hárið (Hair) Borgarnes Youth Theatre	Borgarnes Community Centre
2006	Director, playwright, tech Theatre	Kjöt (Meat) Brite Theater	O. Johnson og Kaaber

Education

Year	Qualification	Where
2014	MA Theatre Practice Staging Shakespeare	University of Exeter

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About me

Kolbrún is a theatre director, writer and artist originally from Reykjavik, Iceland. She studied Theatre, Theory and Practice at the Icelandic Academy of the Arts and did her Masters in Staging Shakespeare at University of Exeter. She was a co-founder of artFart theatre festival along with a group of likeminded theatre makers in Reykjavik, for which she directed her first original play ‘Meat’ in 2006. That year she also became artistic director of independent theatre company Brite Theater and is to this date.

Her directing credits include classics like Chekov’s ‘The Seagull’ at Iceland’s National Theatre and Ibsen’s ‘The Lady from the Sea’ at Gothenburg’s City Theatre (assistant); independent devised pieces ‘Nobody Dances with Themselves’, ‘King Lear’ and ‘Coriolanus’; college musicals such as ‘Hair’ and ‘Aladdin’; children’s plays ‘The Key to Christmas’ and ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’; original Shakespeare mash-ups ‘My Only Love Sprung from My Only Hate’ and ‘Shakespeare in Hell’; original play ‘Bitter Sweet’ and monologue ‘Chet Baker, Love’, shown at Bike Shed Theatre, and new writing such as ‘Notes on Some Persons, Starting to Crack’ by Gareth Morgan, shown at the Northcott Theatre.

Outside of directing Kolbrún has developed and taught drama courses at Mosfellsbær College and seminars at Sund and Kópavogur Colleges. She ran Iceland’s sector of 21 for 21 festival, celebrating Howard Barker’s work, showcasing her Icelandic translation of ‘Knowledge and a Girl´.
Additional skills:
Before Kolbrún got the theatre bug she owned and ran a vintage clothing and kitsch kitchen appliances store, was co-editor of Iceland‘s biggest music magazine, Sánd, played bass in a prog-rock band and wrote professionally about films. She's also developed a career in journalism and done quite a lot of waiting tables. As you do.

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Assistant Director
Job Titles	Writer, Director, Producer, 1st AD (Assistant Director), Sound Operator / Engineer, Lighting Tech / Operator, Creative Director, Teacher
Years in industry	3 to 6 years
Work Permits	EU