CV
She is currently an Associate Artist at Good Chance, where in 2020 she led their first Emerging Writers Programme. Between 2019-2020 she was Resident Assistant Director at Sheffield Theatres. She is a recipient of an arts council DYCP grant, focusing on adaptations of novels and re-imaginings of classics.
Directing:
Image of An Unknown Young Woman by Elinor Cook, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, 2024
This Blessed Plot by Liv Hennessy, reading and workshop, with actors Morfydd Clark (Rings of Power, St Maud), Will Merrick and Laura Dos Santos, Jessie Anand Productions, 2023 & 2024
Colostrum by Liv Hennessy, Oxford School of Drama, Workshop, 2023
Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca in a new version by Liv Hennessy, East 15 Acting School, 2023
Conference of the Trees by Yara Rodrigues Fowler, Majid Adin and Connie Treves, Good Chance & Writer’s Guild Award Commission, R&D, 2023 & 2021
Walk with Amal at COP26, by Amir Nizar Zuabi, Good Chance/Handspring Puppetry & partners, 2021
Walk with Amal in Wentworth Castle, by Amir Nizar Zuabi & Maryam Samaan, Good Chance/Handspring Puppetry & partners, 2021
Sandwiches by Todd Heppenstall, Sheffield Theatres, 2020
Good Chance’s 5th Birthday, hosted by Stephen Daldry, Good Chance, 2020
The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld/adapted by Connie Treves, The Bunker Theatre & Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2016/2017
Assistant and Associate Directing:
Alma Mater by Kendall Feaver, dir. Polly Findlay, Almeida Theatre, 2024
Henry VIII by William Shakespeare, dir. Amy Hodge, The Globe, 2022
Here’s What She Said to Me by Oladipo Agboluagje, dir. Mojisola Elufowoju, Sheffield Theatres, 2020
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare, dir. Rob Hastie, Sheffield Theatres, 2020
Guys and Dolls by F. Lesser, J. Swerling, A. Burrows, dir. Rob Hastie, Sheffield Theatres, 2019/2020
Ivy by Helena Thompson, dir. Mel Cooke, Southwark Playhouse/SPID, 2016 (site-specific)
Directing with Communities includes:
Becoming, young people aged 18-25 seeking sanctuary in the UK, EMERGE(ncy) Party, 2022
Welcome to our Table, devised in Barnsley and performed online, Good Chance/Feels like Home, 2021
The Hum of Words Beneath our Feet, devised with 16-80 years olds, Sheffield Theatres/Good Chance, 2020
Change the Word, performed in Good Chance Dome with Coventry City of Culture, 2019
Education/ Training:
MFA (distinction) Theatre Directing, Birkbeck University, 2020
BA (1st) English Literature, University of Oxford, 2016
Thomas Hardye School & Beaminster School, Dorset
Other training includes: A residency with Gecko theatre and a four month devising course with Bryony Kimmings
She is a Mental Health First-Aider