Maisie
Newman


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Working-class,
director, choreographer +
writer for theatre and
opera based in East
London and Bristol. 

Currently directing an adaption of Charlotte Bronte’s ‘Villette’ for Guildford School of Acting

For an up to date list
of most recent credits
and email address,
please see CV .




R&D’s + Workshops Developing New Work 

Maisie specialises as a devising-lead director, with a foucs on design and visual lead experimentation. 

As a dramaturg, her experiance as a multi-award winning writer drives her practice and she is keen to work on further projects that include: adaptions, new writing and devising. 

Maisie’s apprach to developing new work focusses on sustainability for artists, putting creatives at the forefront of the process. She enjoys curating development rooms with artists who would normally never meet. By working in this way, failure, play, and interdisiplinary methods of working drive the development. 
Recent R&D’s and development include: 

Arguments for the Sake of Heaven 

Ferment Comission 2022/23 with Elana Binysh and Ben Osborn 

Rechnitz (Headlong) 
written by Elfriede Jelineck 

On Eglond On Other 
New Writing by Rowan Evans, commisioned by UCL University  

From Running Water 
Propolis Theatre, commisioned by University of Bristol

Psychopomp
Fen Theatre

Images by Chelsey Cliff for the design research for ‘On Eglond on Other’.