Sarah Meadows

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About me

Critically acclaimed, award-winning director who has worked across the UK and Europe. I also work as an actor trainer, dramaturg and actor. Originally from the North West, where I worked in Manchester as a director and lecturer (The Arden School of Theatre and The University of Manchester) I re-located to London in 2012 to work part-time as Assistant Director of Studies @ Court Theatre Training Company, Dramaturg for the Kings Cross Award for new writing and as a freelance director. I worked as vice-chair of Scriptworks new writing company (www.scriptworks.net), Contact theatre, for 3 years, developing new writing in the northwest before becoming co-artistic director of Duckdown Theatre and The Script Sessions (www.duckdowntheatre.com). Currently directing Where Do Little Birds Go? By Camilla Whitehill, Vault Festival and UK spring tour 2015.
Additional skills:
Devising (trained in Robert Lepage methodology) lead devising masterclasses at drama schools and Universities, movement & physical theatre, solo shows, script development, staged readings and dramaturgy, 11 years experience teaching/facilitation and lecturing with young people and adults (from entry level to University), actor & performer training. Highly skilled in QAA quality assurance and Higher Education degree writing and management.

Recent training courses:
Body Weather, Fran Van De Ven, Shoreditch Town Hall
Developing New Writing and New Work, Sam Pritchard, The Young Vic
The Actor/Director relationship, Sacha Wares, The Young Vic
Stage Combat for Directors, Kate Water (Kombat Kate), Young Vic Theatre
Directing Masterclass, Roxanna Silbert, Theatre Royal Haymarket
A Space That Dances: Designers & Directors, LEM Lecoq school Paris: The Young Vic
Textual analysis, Joyce Branagh, Manchester
Applying Stanislavski through Chekhov, Vlladamir Bouchler
Mask and Hip Hop theatre, Toby Wilsher and Benji Reid, Contact Theatre, Manchester
Meisner intensive, Olivier Nelson, Manchester
Clown lab, clowning Summer school, Manchester


Industry awards:
Top 10 Picks in What's On Stage: The Crypt Project, Happystorm Theatre
Best Of Fringe Award: Blackbird, Lucia Cox
London First Award for Excellence: Planktonic Player in Shuffle Festival
Referees:
John Burgess (Director, Co-founder of The National Theatre Studio and Head of New Writing)
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Susi Wrenshaw (Artistic Director, Happystorm Theatre)
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Additional information:
Publications include: Addiction and Performance, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, in conjunction with Kingston University, Chapter contribution, Contemporary Brazilian Theatre Directors, By Aleksander Sasha Dundjerovic, McGill university Press, 2012, research assistant, Routledge Performance practitioners; Robert Lepage. By Aleksander Sasha Dundjerovic, 2008, Chapter 4 - Rehearsal Techniques and Methods, Collaborative writer.
Author of BA (Hons) Acting 2 year Intensive validated by Buckinghameshire New University & co-author of BA (Hons) Acting for Live and Recorded Media validated by Salford University.

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Secondary Job Title	Lecturer
Job Titles	Writer, Director, Producer, 1st AD (Assistant Director), Creative Director, General Staff, Teacher
Years in industry	6+ years
Organisations / Memberships	DGGB (UK)
Work Permits	EU, USA