Donald Craigie


CURRENT / UPCOMING



NORTHCOTT FUTURES: SUPPORTED ARTIST





Exeter Northcott



Northcott Futures is a programme of support and development resources for emerging theatre makers. The programme is committed to making Devon a place where theatre makers, whatever their background or heritage, can develop their creative practice and build careers within the arts.


NORTHCOTT FUTURES

HOMELAND (work-in-progress)





Nhung Company
Directed by Nhung Dang



Role: DEVISER & PERFORMER


"A dream is a royal way into one's unconscious."

- Carl Gustav Jung


Movement, music and spoken word come together in a dance that dives into an intimate and playful realm of dreams and memories.


NHUNG COMPANY is a multi-national visual theatre collective based in the Czech Republic. HOMELAND is their second production after A odkud jste doopravdy?/So, Where Are You Really From?


Nhung Company

FIRST (work-in-progress)





Written by Emma Webb
Directed by Emel Holifield



Role: JAMES


"My mother always calls me a disappointment..."


The first line of a script written overnight for a 24hr Play Project at the Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot. Since then, this beautiful script has continued to grow and appeared at a scratch night at the Old Fire Station in Oxford. A full version of this two-person play is currently in development, supported by OffBeat Festival 2021.


"A delicate, subtle and moving performance."

- Oxfordshire Theatre Makers



PERFORMANCE SHOWREEL






ACTOR

Represented by Roheda Managment.



Spotlight CV

RECENT PROJECTS



SHAKESPEARE ALOUD!





Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust
Directed by Ian Wainwright



Roles: ARIEL / JAQUES / CASSIUS / HAL


Performing with the resident acting troupe to bring to life the works of William Shakespeare at outdoor and site-specific locations in the town of the playwright's birth.


Performances are directed by Ian Wainwright, associate director with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre.


As an actor, I have also collaborated with Shakespeare's Birthplace to facilitate workshops with students and young people.



RUN FOR YOUR WIFE





The Mill at Sonning
Written and directed by Ray Cooney



Role: NEWSPAPER REPORTER

Understudy: BOBBY FRANKLIN


This is classic Cooney at his absolute best. Run For Your Wife has delighted audiences with smash-hit runs all over the world. So come along to laugh and laugh until you cry.



SPLATT THEATRE





Written and directed by Sarah Hall



STORYTELLER & PUPPETEER


Performing and telling stories with this immersive and interactive children's theatre company in schools and venues in London and the South East.



SMASH!





Savage Heart Theatre
Written by Rachel Mae-Brady,
Directed by Joy Forsythe




MOVEMENT DIRECTOR


In collaboration with this ensemble during rehearsal and development stages. A new play looking at female experiences encountered in the workplace.


Performed as part of Emanate 2020, a showcase of new work at the Old Fire Station in Oxford.



I'LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT...?





Created and performed
by Holly Delefortrie




DRAMATURG


In collaboration with Holly Delefortrie for this one-woman comedy show. A mixture of clowning, stand-up, storytelling and gameplay currently touring UK theatre festivals.



COME TO DADDY





Living House Theatre
Directed by Sammy Metcalfe and Tiffer Hutchins



DEVISER & PHYSICAL PERFORMER


A live art mash-up of art history and family history and a show about the long, long journey to the here and now.


I have been devising this performance with the Living House Theatre ensemble since graduating from Rose Bruford College. Performances include the Edinburgh Fringe 2018, London fringe theatre venues and at Nottingham Lakeside Arts.


Living House Theatre