Sarah Chew
Sarah has directed over thirty productions worldwide, including new writing, classic theatre and opera.
RECENT WORK INCLUDES:
| 2010 | EAT ME (site specific play about donor culture in Kenya) for Critical Mass and Bridge Theatre Kenya (writer & director) | IMAGES Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Kenya National Theatre |
| The Minotaur Project (workshops towards collaborative performance) | Creative Participant with Visiting Arts at Dramatic Arts Centre of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Terhan, Iran | |
| 2009 | Almost Like a Virgin by Evelyne Brink and Sarah Chew | Pleasance at Edinburgh Festival |
| Killing Me Softly by Richard Fry | Gilded Balloon at Edinburgh Festival | |
| The Hour of The Lynx by P O Enquist | Rehearsed Reading at Edinburgh Festival | |
| 2008 | The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart trans Kit Hesketh Harvey | Brighton Festival and touring Winner Best Opera or Musical, Brighton Argos Festival Awards |
| La Traviata by Verdi |
Longborough Festival Opera |
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| Mo Faya by Eric Wainaina |
Various venues, Kenya |
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| 2007 |
Sweetmeat by Darren Ormandy |
Union Theatre, Terror Season |
| Frank and Dolly by Lizzie Hopley |
Gilded Balloon at Edinburgh Festival | |
| Pramface by Lizzie Hopley |
Critical Mass Productions and Eleanor Lloyd at Croydon Warehouse |
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| Hello Again by Michael John LaChiusa | Birmingham School of Acting |
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| 2006 |
Donkeys' Years by Michael Frayn | West End - associate director to Jeremy Sams |
| Missing Persons by Colin Teevan |
West End, produced by Eleanor Lloyd | |
| Pramface by Lizzie Hopley |
National tour and London fringe, produced by Eleanor Lloyd |
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| 2005 |
Missing Persons by Colin Teevan |
Edinburgh Festival, produced by Eleanor Lloyd |
| Pramface by Colin Teevan |
Edinburgh Festival |
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| The University by Colin Teevan | Tel Aviv University with Habimah Theatre Israel | |
| 2004 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
National Theatre of Uganda |
| Open House by Helena Thompson | Edinburgh Festival and Croydon Warehouse |
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| What Made Mozart Tic? |
Channel 4 |
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| 2003 | The Nothing by Jody Trehy |
Greenwich Theatre |
| The Scarlett Letter by Simon Gray |
Greenwich Theatre |
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| Pink Mugs by Lizzie Hopley |
Young Vic "On War" season |
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| 2002 |
Don Carlos by Verdi |
Stowe Opera |
| Colley Cibber by John Dalby | Wimbledon Studio and tour |
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| Kantan and Damask Drum by Alexander Goehr | Japan 2001 Foundation |
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| 2001 |
Dick Whittington - a new telling of an old tail | Arcola Theatre |
| All That Jazz, compilation musical |
Watford Palace Theatre |
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| The Telephone by Gian-Carlo Menotti | New Professionals Opera |
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| 2000 |
Trainspotting by Irving Welsh | National tour, Armstrong Arts |
| Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni | Municipal Opera House, Saigon |
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| Down by the Greenwood Side by Harrison Birtwistle and Michael Nyman | Clarion Music Theatre |
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| 1999 |
Dick Whittington by Dominic Grey | Eye Theatre, Suffolk |
AWARDS AND BURSARIES
2007 Stage Best Actress nomination for Dillie Keane
2005 Stage Best Actor Award for Greg Hicks in Missing Persons
2004 Runner-up, Camerata Nuova International Award for opera directing
2003 Cove Park Foundation Bursary to develop translations of international plays by established living playwrights
EDUCATION
NT Studio Emerging Directors Programme 2002
Trinity Hall, Cambridge University
MA Cantab, First Class, English Literature (awarded Bateman Scholarship)
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