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Imy Wyatt Corner [email protected] Directing SHOW THEATRE/ VENUE WRITER LENGTH OF RUN YEAR Humane Pleasance Theatre * Polly Creed 3 weeks (postponed) 2021 Gaslight Playground Theatre * Patrick Hamilton 3 weeks 2019 Baby, What Blessings Theatre503 * Siofra Dromgoole 1 week 2019 Baby, What Blessings Edinburgh Fringe Siofra Dromgoole 2 weeks 2019 Baby, What Blessings Bunker Theatre Siofra Dromgoole 1 night 2019 Baby, What Blessings Brewery Arts Centre, Siofra Dromgoole 1 night 2019 Kendal Q&A Southwark Playhouse Jess Moore 1 night 2019 From There to Here Old Red Lion Theatre Amanda Lane 2 nights 2019 We, The People Etcetera Theatre * Eleanor Ross 1 night 2019 Walk Swiftly & With Purpose North Wall Arts Centre Siofra Dromgoole 2 nights 2019 Walk Swiftly & With Purpose Theatre503 * Siofra Dromgoole 1 week 2018 Walk Swiftly & With Purpose Edinburgh Fringe Siofra Dromgoole 2 weeks 2018 NSA The Mono Box Charles Entsie 1 night 2018 Our Lemon Sherbet Sky Arcola Theatre Eleanor Ross 1 night 2018 Flux Leyton Technical/ Plymouth Fringe Naomi Soneye-Thomas 4 nights 2018 Happy Yet? International Theatre, Katie Berglof 4 nights 2018 Frankfurt * Happy Yet? Courtyard Theatre Katie Berglof 1 week 2017 Happy Yet? Edinburgh Fringe Katie Berglof 2 weeks 2016 Assistant Directing SHOW THEATRE/ VENUE DIRECTOR LENGTH OF RUN YEAR NoF*cksgiven Vault Festival Michael Oakley 1 week 2019 R&D Felt Little Angel/ The North Wall * Pip Williams 10 days 2020/21 Humane Pleasance Theatre Polly Creed 1 week 2019 Baby, What Blessings Brewery Arts, Kendal Siofra Dromgoole 1 week 2019 *= professional Other Work & Training Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, MA Drama Directing (2020 – ongoing) Everywoman & Other Confessions,*Producer. ACE funded takeover festival at Bunker Theatre - anonymously written play about motherhood dir by Amelia Sears. Provided childcare and events for babies and carers alongside the main show. Commissioned writing from Anna Jordan, Hannah Khalil, Eve Leigh, Tinuke Craig and Leo Skilbeck about parenthood and identity. True Name CIC Co-founder & Artistic Director. Activist Theatre Company exploring the relationship between environmental and political issues. Due to direct ‘Humane’ – ACE funded three week run at Pleasance 2021 (postponed due to covid) and audio drama. www.truename.co.uk Imy Wyatt Corner [email protected] Swings & Roundabouts CIC, Co-Founder & Artistic Director. Company focused on creating a community for emerging artists. We have raised nearly £2000 for homelessness charities through our new writing showcases at Southwark Playhouse. www.swingsroundabouts.com Roundhouse, Future Producers for the Performing Arts course – by competitive application (Jan 2020 – June 2020) –training on budgeting, fundraising & writing ACE Apps from top arts organisations. Hampstead Theatre, Script reader (since 2018) Finborough Theatre, Marketing & Social Media Co-ordinator (December 2017 – June 2018) Eggs, by Florence Keith Roach, dir. Maud Dromgoole, Stage Manager & Operator, 1 month, Edinburgh Fringe 2015 Monobox Playstart 2018, received feedback from Ned Bennett, Polly Bennett and Joan Ilioya & attended workshops with Andrew Whyment REVIEWS Gaslight Interview with Natasha Tripney for The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/oct/08/victorian-melodrama-gaslight-love-island- psychological-abuse-patrick-hamilton-play-buzzword “A phenomenal piece of theatre” 4* The Upcoming “Fraught with suspension and quiet terror” 4 * The Spy in the Stalls “Engrossing, energetic and pertinent” 4* A Younger Theatre 4* Sadie Takes The Stage 4* Breaking the Fourth Wall 4* Felix Arts Baby, What Blessings “A refreshing reminder to look beyond the drama in our own heads” 4* The Scotsman “The play is incredibly effective in its simplicity” 5 * The Student “A challenging and introspective portrayal of first love” 4* Fringe Biscuit “Imy Wyatt Corner’s direction… boldly confronts the awkwardness of not getting politics ‘right’ first time. Her direction of the space and the story is pronounced” 4* Broadway Baby Walk Swiftly and With Purpose “Intelligent and emotionally aware pacing” 5 * Broadway Baby “Somehow the transitions are effortless… thanks to the excellent direction” 5* Felix Arts “Superb Direction” 4* Everything Theatre “Laugh out loud funny” 4* London Pub Theatres "A delightful and universally relatable production" 4* The Student Newspaper "A must see when the chance comes around again" 4* A Younger Theatre Happy Yet? “ The entire ensemble is fantastic in this simplistic and hard-hitting play” Frankfurter Rundschau “A striking, beautiful and heartbreaking production” – 4* The List .