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           HANNAH WHELAN CV

         

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          Date of Birth: 29/05/82

         Nationality: British

 

 

LANGUAGES: English/French (Bilingual), Spanish and Portuguese (fluent)

Enhanced disclosure certificate from 2005

 

EDUCATION

 

Rose Bruford College

09/00 - 06/03                European Theatre Arts Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree – 2.1

 

Institut del Teatre

01/02 – 04/03               Three months Erasmus placement studying Object Theatre in Barcelona                                  

Jack Hunt School

09/98 - 06/00                 'A' Levels: French, English Literature, Theatre Studies and General Studies

 

Francois Premier

09/97- 06/98                  While studying the usual French curriculum, passed international GSCEs in

                                      English Language, English Literature, History, French and German

 

 

EXTRA THEATRE TRAINING

 

07/05                             Undertook training with Greenwich and Lewisham Young People’s Theatre for facilitating with young exiles and refugees, London

 

12/04 – 02/05                Undertook a series of practical and theoretical exchanges with the Theatre of the Oppressed centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

11/04                             Three week workshop on theatrical masks, led by the Grupo Teatral Moitara in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil       

 

 

FACILITATING EXPERIENCE

 

04/06                             As part of the National Student Drama Festival led “Physical Improvisation” sessions to HND Students at the Yorkshire Coast College in Scarborough

 

01/06 – to date              Facilitating weekly lunchtime and after school drama clubs for ESL students with East Side Educational Trust, Tower Hamlets, London

 

09/05 – 12/05                Facilitating weekly storytelling workshops with 14-16 year olds for the Single Regeneration Project in partnership with Bexley Council, Welling Arts Partnership and Aim Higher, Sidcup, Kent

 

04 - 07/05                      “Stella da Storytella” a regular visiting storyteller across schools in Peterborough

 

08/04                             Led a series of workshops on improvisation and theatre games at Welling School in Welling, Kent

 

12/03 – 04/04                Led a weekly class aimed at young adults, entitled ‘Learn English through Theatrical Action’ at the Clube Estefania in Lisbon, Portugal

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

05/06                             Performer in Merma Never Dies directed by Juan Baixas, as part of the Long Weekend at the Tate Modern

                                 

09/05 – 04/05                Dramaturge and assistant director on The Tempest directed by Gabriel Gawin, The Greenwich Playhouse, London

 

03 – 04/05                     Miranda in a street theatre adaptation of The Tempest by William Shakespeare, performed across various towns in Bahia, Brazil

 

08/04                             Performer in Beauty by Eyrun Osk Jonsdottir, The Latchmere in London and Reykjavik Summer Festival in Iceland

 

01-04/04                        Writer of A Place in the Shade for Atores Produtores Associados on a collaborative project involving research and rehearsal assistance, Lisbon

                           

09/02-08/03                   Director of Alice in Wonderland? a theatre adaptation of Lewis Carrol’s famous text, The Barn Theatre, Sidcup and Tampere Festival, Finland

 

 

 

PERSONAL INTERESTS

 

Above everything I enjoy making theatre together with artists from different backgrounds and cultures. I have a passion for literature, creative writing and storytelling. For the three years I worked with ZECORA URA Theatre Company our daily training enabled me to become comfortable with workshop-leading and creating theatre in an ensemble.