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Elayce Ismail Director Elayce Ismail Director Elayce Ismail is a director and dramaturg, working in the UK and internationally across theatre, opera and film. She is the Artistic Associate at Music Theatre Wales and has previously been the Head of New Work at the Donmar Warehouse; the inaugural RTYDS Associate Director at Northern Stage; and a Resident Director at the National Theatre as the recipient of the JP Morgan Award for Emerging Directors. Agents Rose Cobbe Assistant Florence Hyde [email protected] +44 (0) 20 3214 0957 Credits Theatre Production Company Notes CONSENT LAMDA Writer: Nina Raine 2019 Directed by Elayce Ismail UNDER MILK WOOD Northern Stage A Play for Voices written by Dylan 2018 Thomas; Directed by Elayce Ismail NANJING Shakespeare's Globe Written and Performed by Jude 2018 Christian; Directed by Elayce Ismail THE WAR OF THE WORLDS Northern Stage By H.G. Wells; 2018 Adapted by Laura Lindow; Directed by Elayce Ismail United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes GIRLS Edinburgh Fringe Festival / Written by Theresa Ikoko; 2017 UK Tour / High Tide Directed by Elayce Ismail Part of the British Council Edinburgh Showcase 2017 Nominated for the Alfred Fagon Audience Award SPOOKY ACTION AT A Royal Court / Royal Welsh Written by Eve Leigh DISTANCE College of Music and Drama 2017 / Gate Theatre WHEN I AM A QUEEN Almeida Theatre 2017 GIRLS HighTide / Talawa / Soho Writer: Theresa Ikoko 2016 Theatre STAY ANOTHER SONG Young Vic / St Martin-in-the- Musical Direction: Matthew Floyd Jones 2016 Fields High School for Girls / Dramaturgy: Katharine Markwick London Nautical School for Boys THE IPHIGENIA QUARTET: Gate Theatre Writer: Chris Thorpe CHORUS 2016 NANJING Yard Theatre / NOW '16 Writer: Jude Christian 2016 Festival THE TRIAL OF HAMLET Wyndham’s Theatre 2016 (Shakespeare Schools Festival Gala) THE LOST RING: FOOD National Theatre / Devised production Elayce created FOR THE SOUL Deutsches Theater Berlin / with actors George Siena and Janna 2015 Mitos21 Horstmann in response to Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's 1779 play, NATHAN THE WISE THE RISE AND SHINE OF Gate Theatre Writer: Andrew Whaley COMRADE FIASCO 2015 SIMPATICO Young Vic Part of the 5 Directors, 5 Plays, 5 Days project BED & BREAKFAST Hot Ice Theatre / Brighton 2011 Festival Fringe / UK Tour As Associate/Assistant Director THE SOUND OF YELLOW Young Vic As Associate Director 2014 Director: Matthew Xi United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes A SEASON IN THE CONGO Young Vic Jerwood Assistant Directors 2013 Programme; Written by Aimé Césaire From a translation by Ralph Manheim Direction by Joe Wright COMING HOME Arcola Theatre As Assistant Director; Director - 2010 Cordelia Monsey; Author - Athol Fugard As Dramaturg OTHELLOMACBETH Lyric Hammersmith / HOME Directed by Jude Christian 2018 Opera Production Company Notes A MIDSUMMER NIGHT`S Opera Montpellier (As assistant director) DREAM Composer: Benjamin Britten 2019 Libretto: Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears Director: Ted Huffman 4:48 PSYCHOSIS Royal Opera House (As assistant director) 2018 Director: Ted Huffman Music: Philip Venables Text: Sarah Kane THE VIRTUES OF THINGS Royal Opera House / Opera North / (As Assistant Director) 2015 Aldeburgh Music Music: Matt Rogers Libretto: Sally O'Reilly Director: Bijan Sheibani United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected].
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