Pamela Schermann

Pamela Schermann
Director
Assistant Director
Location: London

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Year Role / Type Name of Production / Director Company / Venue
2018 Director
Opera 		Faust, Alberta - a new music theatre piece by Simone Spagnolo
Opera in the City Festival
Bridewell Theatre
2018 Director
Opera 		Orpheus and Eurydice - Opera by C.W.Gluck
Opera in the City Festival
Bridewell Theatre
2018 Director
Theatre 		Raving (Play by Simon Paisley Day)
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Crescent Theatre
2017 Director
Theatre 		Lady Windermere's Fan
Theatrical Niche Ltd
UK/Ireland Tour
2017 Director
Theatre 		Zanetto - Opera by Pietro Mascagni
Time Zone Theatre Ltd / Opera in the City Festival
Bridewell Theatre
2017 Director
Theatre 		A Florentine Tragedy - Opera by Alexander Zemlinsky
Time Zone Theatre Ltd / Opera in the City Festival
Bridewell Theatre
2017 Director
Theatre 		Mozart & Salieri - Opera by N.Rimsky-Korsakov
Time Zone Theatre
UK/Denmark Tour
2017 Director
Theatre 		Threads - A play by David Lane
Arteria Theatre
The Hope Theatre
2016 - 2017 Director
Theatre 		Mozart & Salieri - Opera by Nikola Rimsky-Korsakov
Grimeborn Festival
Arcola Theatre
2016 Director
Theatre 		Othello
Luvas Theatre Company
Theaterlab, NYC
2016 Director
Theatre 		Veils
So & So Arts Club
The Theatre Room, City
2016 Director
Theatre 		Pop-Up Shakespeare
Tate Britain
Tate Britain
2016 Director
Theatre 		Volcano (staged reading)
Theatre Royal Stratford East / Angelic Tales
Theatre Royal Stratford East
2016 Director
Theatre 		Othello
Time Zone Theatre
National Tour & New York City
2016 Director
Theatre 		Low Level Panic
Bread & Roses Theatre Company
Bread & Roses Theatre
2015 Director
Theatre 		State of Fear
Time Zone Theatre
Southwark Playhouse
2015 Director
Theatre 		Rendezvous at Midnight
Rose Playhouse / MERGE Bankside Festival
Rose Playhouse
2015 Director
Theatre 		Nothing to Hide
Paperback Pictures
Arts Theatre West End (Studio)
2015 Director
Theatre 		VSC (Rapid Write Response)
Theatre503
Theatre503
2015 Director
Theatre 		e-baby by Jane Cafarella (Rehearsed Reading)
So & So Arts Club
So & So Arts Club
2015 Director
Theatre 		Iphigenia in Tauris
The Rose Playhouse, Bankside
The Rose Playhouse, Bankside
2014 - 2015 Director
Theatre 		Othello by W.Shakespeare
The Rose Playhouse, Bankside / Waterloo East Theatre
The Rose Playhouse, Bankside / Waterloo East Theatre
2014 Director
Theatre 		The Last Days of Mankind (Epilogue)
Time Zone Theatre
Tristan Bates Theatre
2014 Director
Theatre 		Shoot, I didn't mean that
Time Zone Theatre
Tristan Bates Theatre
2014 Director
Theatre 		Orpheus and Eurydice (opera)
Time Zone Theatre
The Rose Playhouse, Bankside
2014 Director
Theatre 		LineUp: Springtime
Vertical Line Theatre
Greenwich Theatre
2014 Director
Theatre 		The Eve of St Agnes (Rehearsed Reading)
The Rose, Bankside
The Rose, Bankside
2013 Director
Theatre 		Ernest - a new musical play
All in One Theatre Company
Etcetera Theatre
2013 Director
Theatre 		The Taming of the Shrew
Time Zone Theatre
The Rose, Bankside
2013 Director
Theatre 		No Movement (by Duncan Gates)
Miniaturists
Arcola
2013 Director
Theatre 		Abe & Hans
Brave Badger / Theatre503
Theatre503
2013 Director
Theatre 		Vivaldi meets Werther
OPERN SPACE / Stadtfest Vienna
Minoritenkirche (Vienna, Austria)
2012 Director
Theatre 		Werther's Sorrows (by Duncan Gates)
Time Zone Theatre
ZOO Southside, Edinburgh
2012 Director
Theatre 		Salome (by Oscar Wilde)
Time Zone Theatre
ZOO Southside, Edinburgh & Etcetera Theatre, London
2012 Director
Theatre 		Rapid Write Response: InDetention (by Ben Gallacher)
Theatre503
Theatre503
2012 Director
Theatre 		The Beauty Queen of Leenane (by Martin McDonagh)
Alice Productions
Etcetera Theatre
2012 Director
Theatre 		Public Image (by Eddie Robson)
Oryx Productions
93 feet east
2012 Director
Theatre 		Theatre Breaks: Stuck (by John Hill)
Tiny Dog Productions
The Honor Oak
2012 Director
Theatre 		PROTEST! - Locks of Loss (by Denise Hansen)
Spearshaker Theatre
Tara Arts
2012 Director
Theatre 		Rapid Write Response: Passenger Incident (by Duncan Gates)
Theatre503
Theatre503
2012 Director
Theatre 		The Last Day (based on a novel by Victor Hugo)
Time Zone Theatre
Waterloo East Theatre
2011 Assistant Director
Theatre 		Harper Regan (by Simon Stephens)
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Jacksons Lane
2011 Director
Theatre 		The Last Day (based on a novel by Victor Hugo)
Time Zone Theatre
Old Red Lion
2011 Director
Theatre 		Dorian Gray (after Oscar Wilde)
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Cockpit Theatre
2011 Director
Theatre 		After Miss Julie (by Patrick Marber)
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Karamel Club, London
2011 Director
Theatre 		Debris (by Dennis Kelly)
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Karamel Club, London
2010 Director
Theatre 		Mozart & Salieri (Opera by N. Rimsky-Korsakov))
OPERN SPACE
Skybar, Vienna
2009 Assistant Director
Theatre 		Der unsichtbare Vater (Opera by Juliane Klein)
State Opera Stuttgart
2008 - 2009 Assistant Director
Theatre 		Little Lord Fauntlery (Musical - World Premiere)
Schmidt & Berg
Tour 20008 & 2009 (Berlin, Vienna, Frankfurt, Munich)
2008 - 2009 Assistant Director, Revival Director
Theatre 		Zaide
State Opera Stuttgart (Germany)
2009 Director
Theatre 		La Traviata (Opera by Giuseppe Verdi)
Klassikfestival Schloss Kirchstetten, Austria
2008 Director
Theatre 		The Bacchae (Euripides)
Theaterverein Vision
International Festival of Theatre Directing, Trier/Germany
2006 - 2008 Assistant Director
Theatre 		Cosi fan tutte (2006), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2007), La Cenerentola (2008)
Klassikfestival Schloss Kirchstetten
2007 Assistant Director
Theatre 		Dr.Strangelove (Musical - Wolrd Premiere)
Scala Vienna
2006 Director
Theatre 		Don Carlos 06
Theatre Vision
2005 - 2006 Assistant Director
Theatre 		Don Giovanni (opera, 2005), Nabucco (opera, 2006)
OPERN AIR Festival Gars/Kamp (Austria)
2005 Director
Theatre 		The Kiss of the Spider Woman
Theatre Vision

Education

Year Qualification Where
2011 PG Theatre Directing Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
2009 MA Theatre Research University of Vienna

About me

Coming Up: CRY HAVOC - Play by Tom Coash
Pamela will direct the European premiere of Cry Havoc, playing at Park Theatre in London from 27 March - 20 April 2019.
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Pamela Schermann is a London-based theatre and opera director. She trained as a director at the University of Vienna, and at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London.

Most recently, she directed the opera productions A Florentine Tragedy, Zanetto, Faust/Alberta and Orpheus and Eurydice at Opera in the City Festival at Bridewell Theatre, as well as Simon Paisley Day's play Raving at Crescent Theatre main house in Birmingham for Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. She started her professional career at the Rose Playhouse, Bankside, where she directed acclaimed contemporary interpretations of The Taming of the Shrew and Othello alongside the in-house productions Iphigenia in Tauris, The Eve of St Agnes and Rendezvous at Midnight.

Other works include Rimsky-Korsakov's opera Mozart & Salieri (Arcola Theatre -Finalist Off West End-Award 'Best Opera Production' and UK/Denmark Tour), Lady Windermere's Fan (UK/Ireland Tour), Abe & Hans (Theatre503), Shoot, I didn't mean that / The Last Days of Mankind (Tristan Bates Theatre), and New Writing Events at Southwark Playhouse and the Arts Theatre West End.

International works include Othello at Theaterlab in New York City, La Traviata in Austria and various works for State Opera Stuttgart, Germany.

Her work has been supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum and Arts Council England.

Additional Skills

Artistic director of Opera in the City Festival - London's new summer opera festival - www.opera-in-the-city.com

Experienced in working with young people, leading theatre and opera workshops and directing for drama schools.

Industry Awards

Off-West End Finalist 'Best Opera Production 2016' for "Mozart & Salieri"

Invitation to theatre festival in Copenhagen for 'Mozart & Salieri', performance in attendance of the Austrian Ambassador.

Invitation to present her interpretation of Euripides "The Bacchae" at the International Festival of Theatre Directing in Trier/Germany in 2008.

Referees

David Thacker, Artistic Director of the Octagon Bolton about 'Dorian Gray':

"I saw Pamela Schermann's production of 'Dorian Gray' (July 2011, Cockpit Theatre) and I was extremely impressed with her work as a director. It was her own adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel and it combined the text with music and physical elements to create a thrilling and visually stunning piece of theatre. I believe that this production has a potential for further development and I do hope that she will have the opportunity to move this very interesting project forward!"

More references and contact details of referees available upon request.

Additional Information

Please visit my website for photos of my productions.

Skills

Secondary Job Title Assistant Director
Job Titles Assistant Director, Director, Artistic Director, Creative Producer
Years in industry 6+ years
Company Experience Educational Theatre, International Touring Theatre, National Theatre, Regional Theatre, UK Touring Theatre
Languages Spoken English, German, Spanish
Experienced in Drama, Experimental, Festival, Fringe, Musicals, New Writing, Opera, Shakespeare, Tragedy
Work Permits EU
Interested in Cruises, Education, European Tour, Live Events, UK Tour, World Tour

Professional Recommendations

  • Becky Brown
    Becky Brown · Stage Manager

    Pamela is a strong director and production manager, highly organised and efficient with excellent creative vision. Approachable and sociable, a pleasure to work with. Productions worked on together include The Long Road South (The King's Head Theatre, 2016); The Women and War Festival (6 Frederick's Place, 2016); Mozart & Salieri (The Arcola Theatre, 2016).