AMY CLARE TASKER THEATRE MAKER & CREATIVE PRODUCER London 2013 - present. co-director of Pinecone Performance Lab San Francisco 2008 - 2013. ar s c director of Inkblot Ensemble
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THEATRE MAKING DIRECTING & DEVISING WITH MY OWN COMPANY PINECONE PERFORMANCE LAB Change of Art | crea ve producer, singer-songwriter a mul -arts collec ve, fostering community and HOT (Helen of Troy) | writer & performer conversa on through crea ve interven ons. a patriarchy-smashing solo show with Greek mythology, www.changeofart.org.uk power ballads, and a 90s pop culture twist 2017: Change of Art Fes val, in partnership with HOPE not The Cockpit (London) February 2020 hate & Amnesty Interna onal UK. artsdepot residency (London) Sept 2019 2018: Hear Here, an audio installa on commissioned by Upstart Theatre, at DARE Fes val, Shoreditch Town Hall. Home Is Where… | director, creator, producer verba m theatre & oral history project, devised by the The Helen Project - later became HOT (Helen of Troy) company from interviews with Cross Culture Kids. director, co-writer, producer CLF Art Cafe, Bussey Building R&D (London) 2019 by Megan Cohen & Amy Clare Tasker Theatre Delicatessen R&D (London) June 2017 Face to Face Fes val at LOST Theatre (London) 2014 RichMix R&D (London) September 2016 DIVAfest (San Francisco) 2013 Camden People’s Theatre scratch (London) January 2016 Dirty Laundry inspired by Lorca’s Yerma CREATIVE PRODUCING director & dramaturg The Collaboratory & Inkblot Ensemble Voila! Europe Theatre Fes val EXIT Theatre (San Francisco) 2012 co-director a border-bus ng mix of mul lingual, mul cultural, & Satellites by Inkblot Ensemble mul disciplinary performance in London. director & producer www.voilafes val.co.uk FURY Factory Fes val of ensemble theatre Nov 2018: The Cockpit, Etcetera Theatre, Applecart Arts Inkblot Ensemble at NOH Space (San Francisco) 2011 Apr 2019: A Piece of the Con nent Fes val at Actors Centre Nov 2019: The Cockpit & Rich Mix Alice in Wonderland | director Nov 2020: The Cockpit on stage & online by Lewis Carroll, in a new adapta on by Brian Markley for promenade performance in a Redwood forest. Theatre Maker at The Cockpit Theatre in the Woods (San Francisco) 2010 programme director an ongoing ar st development programme, crea ng EDUCATION community among early-career theatre makers with BA Drama. University of California, Irvine 2007 workshops, courses, scratch nights, readings, networking Direc ng: Bill Rauch, Keith Fowler; Playwri ng: Anthony events, and produc on support. Kubiak; Produc on: Don Hill, Cliff Faulkner. www.thecockpit.org.uk/theatremaker Uni. of Manchester/Royal Exchange Theatre 2006-2007 London Devised Theatre Intensive Direc ng: Mar n Harris; Playwri ng: Jo Combes, Amanda producer & Open Space facilitator Dalton, Chris Meads; Produc on: Vivian Gardner. a two-week workshop for theatre makers: masterclasses, peer prac ce exchange, and devising sessions using Open CONTINUED TRAINING & WORKSHOPS Space. Toynbee Studios, October 2017 & October 2018 Directors Lab West 2012/ Directors Lab Chicago 2018 www.devisedtheatre.com The Op mists producing course: China Plate Theatre Intracultural Performance: Kris ne Landon-Smith TranShakespeare | producer Interac ve Performance: FanSHEN & Play Vienna a prac cal workshop exploring gender in the Shakespeare Crea ng Theatre Lab: Scenic Route Theatre Adap ng Theatre Prac ce with Disabled Actors: Young Vic canon with interna onally renowned director Lisa Wolpe. HOPE Academy community organising: HOPE not hate Young Vic/London Shakespeare Centre summer 2015 German Level A2, Interna onal House, London
updated October 2020