HONORARY DOCTORATE, awarded by Middlesex University 2007 ARTSADMIN ASSOCIATE ARTIST, invited by Artsadmin 2007 RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, Pacitti Company 2007 NESTA FELLOW, three year fellowship awarded by NESTA May 2001 BA (hons) PERFORMANCE ARTS (1st class), awarded by Middlesex Polytechnic 1981‑1985 RECENT, CURRENT & FUTURE PROJECTS FILM & VIDEO VISUAL ART & INSTALLATION THEATRE DIRECTION PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS/RESEARCH TEACHING |
R E C E N T , C U R R E N T & F U T U R E P R O J E C T S | |||
AFTERMATHS: a tear in the meat of vision | |||
Solo project: final piece in The Divine Trilogy SPILL Festival, London. April 2009 TROUBLE Festival, La Bellone, Brussels. 22nd April 2009 NRLA, Glasgow. February 2010 Co-commissioned by SPILL, NMI & Trouble - La Bellone/Les Halles | |||
ALMOST THE SAME (feral rehearsals for violent acts of culture) | |||
Solo project: second piece in The Divine Trilogy S.P.A.C.E. UK, BC showcase, Laboral Teatro, Gijon, Spain. 6th March 2009 City of Women Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 12th October 2008 Queer Zagreb, Croatia. 8th & 9th October 2008 Sacred Festival, Chelsea Theatre, London, 6th – 8th May 2008 KANART, Lisbon, 9th – 12th April 2008 NRLA, Glasgow, 6th & 7th February 2008 | |||
TRANS-ACTS | |||
Act One: Transgression - presented in February 2003 Act Two: Transformation - presented in April 2004 Act Three: Transcendence - presented in April 2004 complete trilogy presented at NRLA, Glasgow 9th - 11th February 2005 | |||
…AND THE SHUFFLE OF THINGS | |||
digital video commission for PWC, Europe. October 2006 | |||
an ARK²-ic (attempts at feral acts in a room of culture) | |||
a durational installation/performance in the reading room commissioned by Camden Arts Centre Camden Arts Centre, 15th, 16th & 17th November 2007 | |||
DULLEA / BARDSLEY | |||
Collaboration with pianist, Mary Dullea for prepared piano & video Birmingham Conservatoire, 9th February 2009 Corsham Festival, BMIC Cutting Edge tour 25th June 2008 Derry & Irish tour & BMIC Cutting Edge at the Warehouse Oct.2007 | |||
AN OCEAN OF RAIN | |||
Video for a new opera by Yannis Kyriakides Cryptic/Aldeburgh/Ameida/Ensemble MAE co-production Snape Maltings, Almeida, Tramway. Amsterdam, Rotterdam 2008 | |||
SUENOS | |||
Film commission from the South Bank Centre to accompany Simon Holt’s new work for bass-baritone & ensemble QEH, London. 5th November 2007 | |||
RIOT | |||
Director/designer for SPNM, BackBeat Percussion LSO St. Luke’s, London & RNCM, Manchester. 9th/10th February 2007 | |||
SOLO SPOTLIGHTS | |||
Designer/Art Director for Rolf Hind’s SPNM solo concerts series Wapping Pumping Station, London. 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th March 2007 Wapping Pumping Station, London. 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th April 2006 | |||
TOTAL VIRGIN | |||
Portrait projections for London Sinfonietta Commission with Hanif Kureishi & Michael Nyman. FuseLeeds Festival, 2006 | |||
KALILA WA DIMNA | |||
Video projections, set & costume designer Al-Bassam/Zaoum Theatre Kuwait, Bahrain, Tokyo, Kyoto, Barbican, March-June 2006 | |||
TROJAN WOMEN | |||
Video projections, set & costume designer Theatre Cryptic Edinburgh Festival, Scottish tour, Festival of Firsts ROH2. 2005 | |||
WHO PUT BELLA IN THE WYCH ELM? | |||
video, set & costume design music & libretto by Simon Holt | |||
INFINTO NERO | |||
set & costume design music & libretto by Salvatore Sciarrino | |||
SCENES FROM A NOVEL | |||
video, set & costume design music by Kurtag directed by Cathie Boyd produced by Almeida/Aldeburgh Opera Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh Festival, June 2003 Almeida Theatre, London, July 2003 Regional Tour, November 2003 | |||
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F I L M & V I D E O | |||
SNOW/SNOWDRONIA | |||
Video/music collaboration with Andrew Poppy part of Artsadmin Screening Series Summer 2007 | |||
MYNE | |||
digital video commission for PWC, Europe. October 2006 | |||
AUGUST ROUGH | |||
digital video colour 75mins 2006 projections to accompany live concert with Andrew Poppy & Bernardo Devlin NUMERO Festival, Sao Jorg, Lisbon, Portugal. 10th November 2006 | |||
FOOLISH SUICIDE ATTEMPTS | |||
digital video colour 20mins 2006 Act Art 5 ‘Til Death Us Do Part’. 8th June 2007 VAD Video & Digital Arts Festival, Girona, Spain. 18th – 21st October 2006 | |||
WHAT’S BEHIND THE CURTAIN? | |||
digital video colour 7mins 2005 Act Art 5 ‘Til Death Us Do Part’. London. 8th June 2007 2nd International Media Art Festival, Yerevan, Armenia. August 2005 VAD Video & Digital Arts Festival, Girona, Spain. November 2005 | |||
RUNNING UP THAT HILL | |||
digital video colour 7mins 2005 Video for Running Up That Hill, single by Claudia Brücken & Andrew Poppy from the CD Another Language. Therethere Records | |||
AVALANCHE THOUGHTS (14 steps) | |||
digital video colour & b/w 25mins 2002 collaboration with composer Andrew Poppy co-commissioned by GAle GAtes et al & New Territories Presented at GAle GAtes, New York January 2002 launched the New Territories Festival, Tramway, Glasgow February 2002 new version at d-motion Festival for Interactive Media, Neus Theater, Halle, Germany December 2002 | |||
12/STAGES2 [a forensic mnemonic] | |||
digital video colour & b/w 34mins 2001 video/film collaboration with Aldona Cunningham Selected as British Council official entry for International Film Festivals 2001 10th World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam. October 2001 9th Biennale de L’image en Mouvement, Geneva. November 2001 funded by the Arts Council of England | |||
TRANSFORMATION EQUATION | |||
digital video b/w 15mins 1999 in collaboration with Aldona Cunningham screened as part of 12/stages3 [a memory theatre] Curtain Theatre, Toynbee Studios. 13th – 23rd October 1999 part of 1999 Festival of British Visual Theatre & supported by an Arts Admin Live Art Bursary | |||
SNOW: a meditation on visual perception & the image of a chair | |||
16mm film colour 22mins 2000 selected as British Council official entry for International Film Festivals. 2000 1st Greenwich Film Festival. June 2000 54th Edinburgh International Film Festival. August 2000 10th Madrid Experimental Cinema Festival. November 2000 National Review of Live Arts screening programme. February 2002 Artsadmin Film series @ Toynbee Studios London. June 2007 Broadcast: Kunstkannal, Dutch Cable TV, 2001 & Cable LA, USA 2000 distributed by Lux Distribution. Funded by the Arts Council of England | |||
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V I S U A L A R T & I N S T A L L A T I O N | |||
SPINACH: Solo exhibition of selected works | |||
at SPINACH Ltd. London. 2nd September – 2nd December 2006 | |||
ANOTHER LANGUAGE | |||
Colour pinhole photographs for ‘Another Language’ a new CD by Claudia Brücken & Andrew Poppy. Therethere Records | |||
OPERA | |||
image for CD cover for ‘Opera’, NMC Records 2006. Darragh Morgan & Mary Dullea play new works for violin & piano | |||
KLANGPERFORMANCES | |||
Programme of audio, concert, film & video works by Julia Bardsley & Andrew Poppy d-Motion Festival for Interactive Media, Neus Theatre, Halle, Germany. December 2002 | |||
AVALANCHE THOUGHTS: an image/sound installation with composer Andrew Poppy | |||
Co-commissioned by GAle GAtes et al. Presented in New York January 2002 & by New Territories, presented at the Tramway, Glasgow February 2002 | |||
FIELD: an installation of potential | |||
Commissioned by The Place for ‘Moving House’ 15th February 2001 Re-installed for ‘Open House’ in association with The Place, Greenwich Dance Agency, ROH, & East London Dance, 21st & 22nd September 2002 | |||
DIE STATION: contributor to a retrospective exhibition of the life & work of Richard Demarco | |||
Group exhibition for the opening of Die Station Gallery, Austria. June 2000 | |||
70 in 2000: contributor to a retrospective exhibition of the life & work of Richard Demarco | |||
Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University. March 2000 Tour of UK, Europe & North America. April 2000 onwards | |||
PUNISHMENT and ICE CREAM: ruminations on the Rod and the Cone | |||
Solo installation at The Gallery, 1-5, St Pancras Way. 11th January to 20th February 1999 | |||
12/STAGES3 [a memory theatre]: an installation of photos, projections & items of evidence | |||
in collaboration with Aldona Cunningham Curtain Theatre, Toynbee Studios, London. 13th to 23rd October 1999 Part of 1999 Festival of British Visual Theatre & supported by an Arts Admin Live Art Bursary | |||
NARCISSUS LACHRYMATORY | |||
Contribution to group exhibition for the opening of Die Station Gallery, Austria. June 2000 | |||
STUDIO B32 | |||
Solo exhibition. Spitalfields Arts Project. November 1997 | |||
THE ERROR DISPLAY: a presentation of remaining | |||
Solo installation in a disused shop at 26, Chiltern St. London. February 1996 | |||
'NOT OUGHT', 'O', 'DIVISION' and 'EQUALS' | |||
monoprints for Andrew Poppy CD ‘Ophelia/Ophelia’. Bit & Twist Records & Productions | |||
THE LISTENING CAP | |||
Commissioned by V23, Vaughan Oliver at 4AD For ‘The Listening Cap’ by Liquorice. CD cover 1995 | |||
SAFE SEAT | |||
Part of ‘Chairs’ installation produced by Michael Morris For ‘Now You See It’ at QEH, London 1994 | |||
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T H E A T R E D I R E C T I O N | |||
Joint Artistic Director of Young Vic Theatre, London 1993-1994 | |||
HAMLET ? | |||
an adaptation by Julia Bardsley from the play by Shakespeare also performer and co-designer | |||
THERESE RAQUIN | |||
adapted by Julia Bardsley from the novel by Emile Zola re-mounting of Leicester Haymarket production | |||
Joint Artistic Director of Leicester Haymarket Theatre 1991-1993 | |||
THERESE RAQUIN | |||
adapted by Julia Bardsley from the novel by Emile Zola | |||
DEAD SOIL | |||
by Franz Xaver Kroetz Translation commissioned by Leicester Haymarket also co-designer and performer | |||
THE FAMILY REUNION | |||
by T.S.Eliot | |||
THE LITTLE PRINCE | |||
adapted from the St. Exupery story | |||
BLOOD WEDDING | |||
by Federica Garcia Lorca. also set designer | |||
UNDER MILK WOOD | |||
by Dylan Thomas | |||
FRANKENSTEIN | |||
adapted by Julia Bardsley from the novel by Mary Shelley | |||
MACBETH | |||
an adaptation by Julia Bardsley from the play by Shakespeare also set designer and performer | |||
BABY DOLL | |||
a chamber opera by Andrew Poppy based on the screenplay by Tennessee Williams co-production between the National Theatre & Leicester Haymarket Tour & Cottesloe Theatre, NT for Springboards Festival | |||
Freelance Director 1989-1991 | |||
BED | |||
by Jim Cartwright. National Theatre, Cottesloe | |||
THE COMMITTEE | |||
chorus project with students from Middlesex Poly. NT Cottesloe | |||
THE URANIUM MINERS RADIO ORCHESTRA | |||
play scenes from SALOMES REVENGE: a chamber opera by Andrew Poppy. R.O.H. at the Donmar | |||
FALLEN | |||
a play by Polly Teale. Edinburgh Festival and Drill Hall winner of Edinburgh Fringe First | |||
HAMLET DANCES | |||
South Bank commission for Rhythm Method, Purcell Rooms | |||
FALLEN ANGEL | |||
by Franz Fuehmann. Bush Theatre, London | |||
WAITING | |||
a monodrama for soprano & piano by Stephen Oliver Buxton Festival & London Opera Festival | |||
THE OVERCOAT | |||
a workshop adaptation based on the Gogol story supported by the Royal Court Theatre | |||
Co-founder of dereck, dereck Productions 1985-1989 | |||
CUPBOARD MAN | |||
an adaptation of the Ian McEwan short story Almeida Theatre, London winner of RSC Buzz Goodbody Directors Award & Edinburgh Fringe First | |||
GAUDETE | |||
an adaptation of the epic poem by Ted Hughes. Almeida Theatre also designer and performer winner of Time Out Award | |||
THE VINEGAR WORKS | |||
based on the illustrated stories of Edward Gorey. Almeida Theatre for London International Mime Festival also designer and performer | |||
DIFFICULT WALKING | |||
Four Blueprints for Anatomical Anagrams Told in Motion. ICA Choreographer and performer | |||
THE SWEETSHOP OWNER | |||
Set Designer. Croyden Warehouse & National Tour | |||
BRINGING THE HOUSE DOWN | |||
Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, Canterbury. Also designer and performer | |||
PLAY WITH ME | |||
Dancer. Choreography by Eve Surman-Wells | |||
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P U B L I C A T I O N S / P A P E R S / R E S E A R C H | |||
(im) POSSIBLE THEATRE | |||
presentation for University of Brighton Open Lecture Series. October 2000 | |||
APPROACHES TO CREATIVE PRACTICE | |||
Contextual Studies presentation for Manchester Metropolitan University. March 2000 | |||
'DISSECTING THEATRE' | |||
4 page image/text contribution to special edition of LIVE ART Magazine. April 2000 | |||
'HAMLET: AS A MANIFESTATION OF THE HOMUNCULUS PROBLEM' | |||
article for French Marionette publication, PUCK no.11. June 1998 | |||
'SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ILLUSION and REALITY' | |||
paper delivered at Theatre Design Conference, National Theatre. Friday 23rd May 1997 | |||
WINGATE SCHOLARSHIP 1997-1998 | |||
Horizontal Stages: theatre on the axis of (im) possibilities to research and develop studies for a number of contemporary Artificial Memory Theatres | |||
Commentary: Featured in 'TAKING STAGE: Women Directors on Directing' | |||
by Helen Manfull. Methuen Drama 1999 | |||
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T E A C H I N G | |||
Performing The Persona: Part of Dis-Play series of artists talks at Goldsmiths University. November 2008 | |||
Garments & Wounds: Workshop for MA Performance. Queen Mary University, London. November 2008 | |||
External Examiner for BA Contemporary Theatre East 15, University of Essex. 2008 | |||
Materialise : De-Materialise: with Andrew Poppy NRLA Winter School. Glasgow 12th – 17th February 2007 | |||
External Examiner for BA Theatre: Design for Performance Central St Martins College of Art & Design. 2005/6/7/8/9 | |||
External Examiner for MA Language of Visual Performance: 2002/3/4/5 MA & BA Theatre Design/Scenography: visiting tutor 1995/6/7/8/9/2000/01/07/08 Wimbledon School of Art | |||
External Examiner for MA in Arts and Humanities De Montfort University. 1997/98/99 & 2000/01 | |||
External Examiner for MA Advanced Theatre Practice Central School of Speech and Drama. 1997/98/99 & 2000/01 | |||
MA and BA Theatre Design/Scenography Wimbledon School of Art.1995/96/97/98/99 & 2000/01 2002 External Examiner for MA Visual Language of Performance | |||
Masterclasses: Working with Actors London International Film School. 2000/2001 | |||
Tutor on the Fiction Direction, Screen Writing, Producing and Animation courses National Film and TV School. 1995/96/97/98/99 & 2000 | |||
Acting Tutor. Post Graduate Diploma in Screen Acting Redroofs Theatre School. July 2000 | |||
BA Theatre Design for Performance: workshop tutor Central Saint Martins. May/June 2000 | |||
Workshop Leader: Mapping Interior Life. March 2000 The Actors Centre, London. | |||
BA Theatre: Tutor. Dartington College of Arts. 1997 | |||
Workshop Leader Bratislavan Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. CSSR London International Workshop Festival. Kendal Festival of Physical Theatre. SouthBank Ballroom series and Voice Over Festival Master classes for British Council at Theatreworks: Singapore | |||
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