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. . . Agnes Brekke . . .
AGNES BREKKE
Available CV for download
NATIONALITY: British/Colombian
DATE OF BIRTH: 02/03/1980
LANGUAGES: Bilingual English/Spanish and fluent Portuguese.
EDUCATION:
2000-2003, BA (Hons) in European Theatre Arts (2:1)
Rose Bruford College, London.
1999-2000, BTEC in Performing Arts (Distinction), Spanish A level (A)
Yorkshire Coast College, Yorkshire.1998, Acting course, Academia Superior de Artes de Bogota, Colombia.
1997-1998, Teacher training course in Folk Dance and Theatre.
Bogota, Colombia.
PROFESSIONAL THEATRE EXPERIENCE:
- 2001 - 2006; Performer and deviser with ZECORA URA Theatre Company.
-“The Tempest” by William Shakespeare; Performer
Directed by Gabriel Gawin and Hannah Whelan, Greenwich Playhouse March 2006
- “Don’t Feed the Lions” by Jorge Lopes Ramos; Performer
Oval House Theatre, London 2005
- "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare; Performer and Deviser
Street Theatre tour of Brazil 2005.
- "Alice #2: Doors" Performer
Directed by Unai Lopez de Armentiia, Site Specific, Lamorbey Park, Kent 2004.
- "Beauty" by Eyrun Osk Jonsdottir; Performer
In collaboration with Dan Kai Theatre; The Latchmere, London and Reykjavik International Culture Festival, Iceland 2004.
- “La Mas Fuerte” by August Strindberg; Performer
In collaboration with Vendimia Teatro, Bogota, Colombia Dec 2003
- “Alice in Wonderland?” by Lewis Carrol; Performer
Directed by Jorge Lopes Ramos and Hannah Whelan; The Barn Theatre Sidcup, Kent and Tampere International Festival, Finland 2003.
- “Honey, Baby” by Deborah Levy Performer
London Trains 2003
- “The Kingdon of Ubu” by Alfred Jarry Performer
Site Specific, Lamorbey Park, Kent 2001.
Other Performances include:
- "Nunca Mas" directed by Ian Morgan from The Pontedera Workcenter. Performer and Research assistant on Argentina’s ‘Dirty War’, The Rose Theatre, Sidcup 2003.
- "Deathwatch" by Jean Genet. Director and researcher on behavioural patterns found in death rituals, The Rose Theatre, Sidcup 2003.
INTERNATIONAL TOURING AND FESTIVALS:
- National Student Drama Festival Scarborough England 2006
- Feverestival Sao Paulo Brazil 2005
- International Culture Night Reykjavik Iceland 2004
- Hafnafjordur Culture House Hafnafjordur Iceland 2004
- Festival Ibero-Americano de Teatro Bogota Colombia 1998
- Festival Ibero-Americano de Teatro Bogota Colombia 1995
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:
- Ongoing Theatre workshop leader for children and in Further Education 2005-2006.
- Public relations assitant for Zecora Ura Theatre, Brazil/London 2004-2005.- Public relations coordinator and translator from (Spanish to English) at "Sala De Espera" Art Gallery, Bogota, Colombia 2003.
- Public relations coordinator and translator from (Spanish to English) for ‘Buiro Podrotzy’ Theatre at the Festival Ibero-Americano de Teatro in Bogota, Colombia 1998.
- Field researcher on Colombian Regional Folkloric Dance for Antonio Narino University 1997/98.
WORKSHOPS AND COURSES:
- Series of workshops led by Gabriel Gawin, Song of the Goat, London 2006.
- Exchanges with internationally acclaimed Lume Teatro, Brazil 2005.
- Workshop on Butoh in Theatre: ‘The Body as Channel’, Jorge Lopes Ramos, Brazil 2005.
- Practical and Theoretical exchanges with Theatre of the Oppressed, Brazil 2004/5.
- Workshop on theatre masks with Moitara Theatre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2004.
- Voice training with Victor Boharquez, Bogota, Colombia 2003.
- Month long workshop on physical and vocal training with Teatr Piesn Kozla, Wroclaw, Poland 2002.
- Acting and voice at La RESAD Academy, Madrid, Spain 2002.
- Participant in various workshops and seminars in relation to theatre practitioners including: Mnouchkine, Artaud (led by Brian Singleton), Stanislavski, Meyerhold, Grotowski, Peter Brook, Jacques Lecoq (one week intensive workshop led by Alex Byrne), Laban and Pina Bausch (Led by Ana Sanches-Colberg from the Laban Centre) 2002.