Pamela Schermann

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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	Director, Producer, 1st AD (Assistant Director), Creative Director
Years in industry	6+ years
Work Permits	EU