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Eve Leigh

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Eve Leigh is an award-winning, internationally recognised writer for performance, creating work in collaboration with a range of leading performance and digital artists as well as leading her own projects. Frequent subjects include the internet, Eastern Europe, disability, queer noir, immigrant memory, joy, stupidity, sex, and love. Her work is designed for an emergent audience used to sophisticated, multiplatform storytelling.

Awards include Jerwood/Royal Court New Playwright Award 2019 (with Jasmine Lee-Jones), Bruntwood Prize shortlist 2019, Berlin Theatertreffen Stueckemarkt selection 2020.

https://www.eveleighwriter.com/

Credits

IN DEVELOPMENT
Production (role):
UNTITLED COMMISSION
Company:
NT CONNECTIONS
Production (role):
UNTITLED COMMISSION
Company:
The Place/Dance East
Production (role):
UNTITLED COMMISSION
Company:
Bush Theatre
Production (role):
UNTITLED COMMISSION
Company:
Royal Shakespeare Company
Production (role):
ANTIGONE (Workshop)
Company:
NT Studio
Production (role):
MOVIMENTO
Company:
DNK Sofia, Bulgaria
Project details:
Directed by Gergana Dimitrova
Production (role):
FEED
Company:
Theatre Témoin/The Lowry, Manchester
FULL LENGTH PLAYS
Date: 2019
Production (role):
MIDNIGHT MOVIE
Company:
Royal Court
Project details:
Directed by Rachel Bagshaw
Produced by Matt Maltby
Royal Court Theatre Upstairs
Date: 2019
Production (role):
THE TRICK
Company:
Bush Theatre
Project details:
A play about death, grief, and magic. Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Directed by Roy Alexander Weise
Date: 2017
Production (role):
SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE
Company:
Royal Court/RWCMD/Gate Theatre
Project details:
About a real-life immigration protest that turned violent, not long before the Brexit Referendum.

Directed by Elayce Ismail
Date: 2016
Production (role):
THE VOICE OF A HOUSE
Company:
Maxim Gorki Studio Я/Geothe Institut Bulgarien
Project details:
A documentary audio piece about childhood, told through the prism of a TVU (Bulgarian borstal).

Directed by Undine Siebker
Date: 2016
Production (role):
THE CURTAIN
Company:
Young Vic
Project details:
A piece of documentary community theatre on strokes, language, and coming home.

Directed by Rachel Lincoln.
Date: 2016
Production (role):
STONE FACE
Company:
Finborough Theatre
Project details:
About a feral child and the women who look after her.

Directed by Roy Alexander Weise. Published by Oberon Books.

SHORTLISTED: 'Best New Play' at the Offie Awards 2016
Date: 2015
Production (role):
YOUR FUTURE
Company:
Camden People’s Theatre (London)/HAU, Ballhaus Ost, Sophiensaele (Berlin)
Project details:
A one-on-one interactive piece about palm reading and time travel.

Directed by Laura Lo Zito
Date: 2015
Production (role):
A SHORT AND BORING STORY
Company:
Camden People's Theatre
Project details:
A one-on-one interactive piece about bodies, fun, and danger.

Directed by Laura Lo Zito
Date: 2014
Production (role):
SILENT PLANET
Company:
Finborough Theatre
Project details:
Based on the true story of a Ukrainian dissident imprisoned in a mental hospital, who survives by telling his interrogator stories from dissident literature.

Directed by Tom Mansfield. Published by Oberon Books.
Date: 2014
Production (role):
ENOUGH
Company:
Birmingham REP Young Rep
Project details:
Directed by Tom Mansfield
ATTACHMENTS / RESIDENCIES
Date: 2017
Production (role):
Artist-in-Residence (Experimental Stage)
Company:
National Theatre of Greece
Date: 2017
Production (role):
On Attachment
Company:
Royal Court
Date: 2016
Production (role):
Artist International Development Fund Residency
Company:
Teatr Polski Bydgoszcz
DRAMATURGY
Date: 2014-2017
Production (role):
HOW TO WIN AGAINST HISTORY
Company:
Young Vic/Ovalhouse/Assembly Rooms
Project details:
Written by by Seiriol Davies
Date: 2015
Production (role):
THE CLIMATE GAMES
Company:
LabofII/Berliner Festspiele/COP21
Date: 2015
Production (role):
DAS SPIEL
Company:
Lyric Hammersmith/Yard/International Tour
Project details:
Written by Philipp Oberlohr

Credits

  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): UNTITLED COMMISSION
    Company: NT CONNECTIONS
    Project details:
  • Production (role): UNTITLED COMMISSION
    Company: The Place/Dance East
    Project details:
  • Production (role): UNTITLED COMMISSION
    Company: Bush Theatre
    Project details:
  • Production (role): UNTITLED COMMISSION
    Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
    Project details:
  • Production (role): ANTIGONE (Workshop)
    Company: NT Studio
    Project details:
  • Production (role): MOVIMENTO
    Company: DNK Sofia, Bulgaria
    Project details: Directed by Gergana Dimitrova
  • Production (role): FEED
    Company: Theatre Témoin/The Lowry, Manchester
    Project details:
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): MIDNIGHT MOVIE
    Company: Royal Court
    Project details: Directed by Rachel Bagshaw
    Produced by Matt Maltby
    Royal Court Theatre Upstairs
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): THE TRICK
    Company: Bush Theatre
    Project details: A play about death, grief, and magic. Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

    Directed by Roy Alexander Weise
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE
    Company: Royal Court/RWCMD/Gate Theatre
    Project details: About a real-life immigration protest that turned violent, not long before the Brexit Referendum.

    Directed by Elayce Ismail
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): THE VOICE OF A HOUSE
    Company: Maxim Gorki Studio Я/Geothe Institut Bulgarien
    Project details: A documentary audio piece about childhood, told through the prism of a TVU (Bulgarian borstal).

    Directed by Undine Siebker
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): THE CURTAIN
    Company: Young Vic
    Project details: A piece of documentary community theatre on strokes, language, and coming home.

    Directed by Rachel Lincoln.
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): STONE FACE
    Company: Finborough Theatre
    Project details: About a feral child and the women who look after her.

    Directed by Roy Alexander Weise. Published by Oberon Books.

    SHORTLISTED: 'Best New Play' at the Offie Awards 2016
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): YOUR FUTURE
    Company: Camden People’s Theatre (London)/HAU, Ballhaus Ost, Sophiensaele (Berlin)
    Project details: A one-on-one interactive piece about palm reading and time travel.

    Directed by Laura Lo Zito
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): A SHORT AND BORING STORY
    Company: Camden People's Theatre
    Project details: A one-on-one interactive piece about bodies, fun, and danger.

    Directed by Laura Lo Zito
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): SILENT PLANET
    Company: Finborough Theatre
    Project details: Based on the true story of a Ukrainian dissident imprisoned in a mental hospital, who survives by telling his interrogator stories from dissident literature.

    Directed by Tom Mansfield. Published by Oberon Books.
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): ENOUGH
    Company: Birmingham REP Young Rep
    Project details: Directed by Tom Mansfield
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): Artist-in-Residence (Experimental Stage)
    Company: National Theatre of Greece
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): On Attachment
    Company: Royal Court
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): Artist International Development Fund Residency
    Company: Teatr Polski Bydgoszcz
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2014-2017
    Production (role): HOW TO WIN AGAINST HISTORY
    Company: Young Vic/Ovalhouse/Assembly Rooms
    Project details: Written by by Seiriol Davies
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): THE CLIMATE GAMES
    Company: LabofII/Berliner Festspiele/COP21
    Project details:
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): DAS SPIEL
    Company: Lyric Hammersmith/Yard/International Tour
    Project details: Written by Philipp Oberlohr

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