About
Connie Treves is a director, dramaturg and movement director who grew up in Dorset and now bases herself between the South West and London.
She is an associate artist with award-winning Good Chance theatre (The Jungle, Walk with Amal) where she works with the artistic leadership team as a director, dramaturg and facilitator. Between 2019-2020 was the Resident Assistant Director at Sheffield Theatres. As a director and assistant director, she has worked with venues including The Globe, The National Theatre of Scotland and The Citizens Theatre.
Her 2017 adaptation of The Enchanted by award-winning novelist Rene Denfeld, transferred from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to the Bunker Theatre, London. A story about the criminal justice system in the US, the production combined dance, theatre and puppetry.
Connie is also a facilitator, and in 2018 she was the Resident Director in Good Chance’s dome in Paris, where she directed weekly shows with international theatre-makers and local communities. Since 2019, she has been artistic director of Change the Word - a creative writing and performance collective - who have performed in cities from Coventry to Bradford. As a director with young people, she has worked with Compass Collective and is an associate director for EMERGE(ncy) Party.
She currently holds a DYCP grant to focus on adapting novels for the stage and re-imagining classics.
Press
‘Connie Treves’s confident, clear direction allows the material to connect directly to the audience…with a deep sense of grace it spins a delicate web of collective responsibility from which it is impossible to escape’
SALLY HAYLES, EXEUNT on THE ENCHANTED