Max Lindsay
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2018 |
Assistant Director
Theatre |
The Midnight Gang Dale Rooks / Chichester Festival Theatre |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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2006 | Acting | East 15 Acting School |
Equipment
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About me
I like to make work that kicks shit over because it creates a social tension by reflecting something in society. I like audiences to come away from my productions having had a visceral response to the content.I want to start conversations rather than finish them - I open doors and leave them open for exploration.
This exactly what I got to do as artistic leader of Nuffield Southampton Theatre’s youth theatre. I lead projects that excited, engaged and challenged both the 100-plus young people I led each week and the Southampton community who came to see our work. With any project I aim to engage young people in exploring different worlds, opinions and outlooks through discussions, improvisations and research-based tasks. It’s important to me that each young person ends the project having learnt something about themselves, their community and the wider world - as well as being part of a company.
During my time at Nuffield, I worked on plays that allowed us to contextualise major issues. Gender equality, race and sexuality, the refugee crisis, sexual consent and even Southampton itself were all investigated and interrogated by our company.
I feel that one of my biggest strengths is an ability to connect and empathise with each young person on their level, creating an atmosphere that they find safe and enjoy being a part of. It comes from a level of respect and patience from me to them and vice versa. The rehearsal became a safe space, a world where we could all play, live and make - even for just a few hours.
But I want to build on this.
Dramaturgy and the inner workings of story is a particular interest having commissioned several new plays. I’ve worked with writers from Camilla Whitehill to Philip Ridley and debbie tucker green to Evan Placey - we’ve worked with actors, designers and creatives to find the truth in their words. Most recently working with Camilla Whitehill on an early idea, Evan Placey on re-writing his first ever play for today’s audiences and Philip Ridley on a new piece of writing written especially for me to direct – ‘Angry’ at Southwark Playhouse.
I have spent the last year at Chichester Festival Theatre as Resident Assistant Director. Developing my own practice and learning from some of the brightest in theatre including Tinuke Craig, Dale Rooks and Daniel Evans - it was invaluable. I can’t wait to put these learnings into practice. Here, I was able to contribute ideas outside of the productions I worked on. One such idea was to use our facilities and resources to build a community of young assistant directors to share and learn together - supported by theatre’s management.
Additional skills:
Commissioned two major plays for Nuffield Theatre (The Best Christmas Present In The World by Michael Morpurgo adapted by Ollie Birch & Henry IV by William Shakespeare adapted by Robin Belfield); experienced in dramaturgy and developing new writing for scratch nights and full-scale, main house productions; skilled workshop leader (Shakespeare, Physical theatre, text analysis, ensemble practice, storytelling, Stanislavskian techniques, plus many more); experienced in working on outdoor projects; voice and accent coach
Referees:
Daniel Evans - removed
Sam Hodges - removed
Tinuke Craig
David Mercatali
Blanche McIntyre
Gareth Valentine
License & Passport
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Secondary Job Title | Director, Assistant |
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Job Titles | Director, 1st AD (Assistant Director), Creative Director, Teacher |
Years in industry | 6+ years |
Work Permits | EU |