I'm Rich, a facilitator and theatre maker with 17 years experience working in higher education, participation and youth arts organisations across the UK.
Hi there,
My work has been featured in the Guardian, the Telegraph and the Times, as well on BBC Breakfast and BBC Radio Four.
I've worked as a puppeteer on Disney's Star Wars and Netflix's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, toured shows internationally and across the UK, and worked in both motion capture and voiceover.
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I have facilitated projects with a number of arts and heritage organisations including; Chichester Festival Theatre, The Tower of London, The Southbank Centre, National Youth Theatre, East15 Acting School, Rose Bruford College, University of Winchester, University of Portsmouth, and youth theatres and schools across the country.
Facilitation
As a director and facilitator, I specialise in a physical approach, with a focus on empowering the creativity of the actors, students or participants. As a Queer theatre maker, inclusivity and collaborative practice is central to my work.
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I work in a variety of Higher Education contexts including conservatoires and universities as a director and lead modules and/or one off Masterclasses in acting technique, motion capture, collaborative practice, puppetry and audition technique.
I am always happy to talk about what you might need to create an empowering and positive experience for your students, just drop me a line.
NOTABLE PROJECTS:
BA (Hons) Acting and Fight Performance, East 15 Acting School
Theatre Lab: Collaborating with 3rd year students to facilitate a festival of devised work.
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Creating and delivering a series of workshops to develop creative thinking skills & devising techniques.
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Providing support, guidance and professional development skills.
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Facilitating students through a creative process from conception to delivery of their work to a live audience.
BA Acting, East 15 Acting School
O'Tooles's Macbeth: Movement Direction for a comedic reimagining of the performance of Macbeth created by Peter O'Toole
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Developed a physical vocabulary with the cast and facilitated ensemble movement sessions and stylised, choreographed sequences
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Collaborated closely with the director, cast and creative team to integrate movement seamlessly into scenes and transitions
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Adapted physical work to meet the diverse needs and strengths of a young, mixed-ability ensemble, while balancing the needs of the show and the ensemble
BA Acting, Rose Bruford, in association with RADA
Performing for Motion Capture: an introduction to performance capture
MA Acting (international),
East 15 Acting School
Tri-Boarder: Fight Direction​
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Collaborated closely with the director, cast and creative team to integrate movement seamlessly into scenes and transitions
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Adapted physical work to meet the diverse needs and strengths of a young, mixed-ability ensemble, while balancing the needs of the show and the ensemble
BA Drama, Chichester University in association with RADA
Performing for Motion Capture: an introduction to performance capture
BA (Hons) Acting and Fight Performance, East 15 Acting School
Much Ado About Shakespeare: Create and Direct a new comedic reimagining of Shakespeare's love stories.
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Create and deliver a high-quality performance with a cast of 18 students.
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Lead all cast in a devised process, including facilitating workshops in collaborative practice, movement & writing in iambic pentameter.
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Lead on an outreach project to engage young people in Theatre pathways and support their learning of Shakespeare
BA (Hons) Acting & Fight Performance, East 15 Acting School
A Pirate's Life for Me: Facilitate a 2nd year devised comedy with an ensemble of 17 students.
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Leading students through a devising process to create a new performance utilising their skills and interests, whilst reenforcing their learning and experience
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Managing a performance budget and liaising with all elements of the creative team to deliver a high-quality performance.
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Providing feedback and grading for each student
Montage Youth Theatre, Montage Theatre Arts
A Midsummer Nights Dream: Working with 14 - 18 year olds to make Shakespeare accessible
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Creating and delivering workshops to explore language, themes and imagery in an engaging and accessible way.
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Work collaboratively to build a youth-led performance inspired by the learning and interests of the young participants.
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Engaging students from a variety of educational and financial backgrounds
BA Drama, Portsmouth University
Performance Module: A programme of workshops exploring physical storytelling techniques, puppetry and mask work.
Fourth Monkey
Stage Combat: Deliver a programme of workshops to explore physical storytelling, acting through violence and unarmed and sword technique
BA Drama, Plymouth University
BA Drama, Winchester University
MA Staging Shakespeare,
Exeter University
Stage Combat: A introduction to stage combat techniques and action storytelling.
Puppetry: An introduction to puppetry and object manipulation in storytelling
Stage Combat: A training programme exploring the use of unarmed combat and Rapier & Dagger within Shakespeare and historical performance.
Borden Youth Theatre, Phoenix Arts Centre
A Changing Town: Youth Project to facilitate the voices of local young people, exploring their attitudes to the drastic changes in their community.
TRAINING:
BA (Hons) Acting & Specialist Performance Skills, 1st. East 15 Acting School (2008)
BA (Hons) Drama, 2:1. Exeter University (2005)
Stage Combat Teacher Training Programme; British Academy of Dramatic Combat (2010)
I hold an enhanced DBS and am trained in First Aid and Mental Health First Aid
Drop me a line...
