Experience

Freelance

• Egypt
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Stage Director

  • Aug 2016 - Present

  I am a stage director and writer who makes contemporary theatre and opera with a focus on feminism and social justice. My work has been presented, co-produced, or commissioned by 40 theatres and festivals in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and the United States. I am a stage director and writer who makes contemporary theatre and opera with a focus on feminism and social justice. My work has been presented, co-produced, or commissioned by 40 theatres and festivals in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and the United States.



EBKM

• Stage Director

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  An award-winning duo of theatre makers, EBKM have presented work together since 2017. They make high quality, socially minded, formally innovative contemporary theatre for a range of audiences in New Zealand, and they develop their work through extensive research and in consultation with audiences, social agencies and academics. Eleanor Bishop is a director and writer and Karin McCracken is a writer and performer. Their award-winning works include Body Double (co-created w/ Julia Croft, BATS STAB Commission, Auckland Arts Festival/Silo Theatre, Wellington Theatre Award Production of the Year 2017), Jane Doe (NZ touring, Edinburgh Fringe, Wellington Theatre Award Most Original Production 2018), Yes Yes Yes (Auckland Theatre Award Excellence in Production, Wellington Theatre Award Excellence in Theatre for Social Change and Outstanding Performance (Karin McCracken) 2019) and Aliens & Anorexia (adapted from the book by Chris Kraus, forthcoming). They are recipients of Creative NZ annual funding. Show less



New Zealand Opera

• New Zealand
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Artist

  • Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

  Freidlander Foundation Associate Artist for NZ Opera in 2021. Assistant Director for "Le nozze di Figaro" (dir. Lindy Hume). Toured to Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch. Director for "Kaumingomingo" (Dame Malvina Major Foundation Studio Artists Showcase). Freidlander Foundation Associate Artist for NZ Opera in 2021. Assistant Director for "Le nozze di Figaro" (dir. Lindy Hume). Toured to Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch. Director for "Kaumingomingo" (Dame Malvina Major Foundation Studio Artists Showcase).



The Builders Association

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services

• Associate Director

  • Jan 2015 - Mar 2020

  Founded in 1994 and directed by Marianne Weems, The Builders Association is a New York-based performance and media company that creates original productions based on stories drawn from contemporary life. Associate director on "Elements of Oz" (Montclair Peak Performances, 3LD & NYU Skirball). Assistant director on "Strange Window: The Turn of the Screw" (Krannert, UC Santa Cruz, Brooklyn Academy of Music). Founded in 1994 and directed by Marianne Weems, The Builders Association is a New York-based performance and media company that creates original productions based on stories drawn from contemporary life. Associate director on "Elements of Oz" (Montclair Peak Performances, 3LD & NYU Skirball). Assistant director on "Strange Window: The Turn of the Screw" (Krannert, UC Santa Cruz, Brooklyn Academy of Music).



The PlayGround Collective

• Stage Director

  • Mar 2007 - Jul 2013

  The PlayGround Collective is a unique collaboration between founding members Robin Kerr, Eli Kent and Eleanor Bishop. A theatre company, based in New Zealand, they produce innovative and imaginative original work. Drawing on a set of unique influences that range from classic theatre forms to more modern, they create shows that weave together story, music, movement and visuals. Their work has toured extensively across New Zealand, to the USA as part of The New Zealand New Performance Festival at La Mama, and the United Kingdom to London's Vault Festival. In 9 years the company has created 9 works and won a total of 14 Awards. Their previous works include The Hunting of the Snark (BATS, 2007), Eli Kent’s Rubber Turkey (BATS and Auckland’s The Basement, 2008, Most Outstanding New Playwright at the 2008 Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards), A Brief History of Helen of Troy by Mark Schultz (BATS, 2009), The Intricate Art of Actually Caring by Eli Kent (Fringe 2009 and national tour 2010 - 2012), Bedlam by Eli Kent (Toi Whakaari, 2009), Katydid by Lucy O'Brien (BATS, 2010), Tinderbox (STAB Commission, 2011), Like There's No Tomorrow (Auckland Theatre Company 2013) and All Your Wants and Needs Fulfilled Forever (BATS, 2014, NZ New Performance Festival New York 2014, Auckland's Q Theatre 2015, London's Vault Festival 2015 - winner Most Original Production and Judge's Award for Excellence at the 2015 Auckland Theatre Awards). Show less