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Pearl Marsland
Director
More Information about Pearl
Marsland
Pearl has performed in two of Tommy Kearney’s new
plays, Mrs Murphy in 'Windermere'
and Mother in 'Maggie'
and is now delighted to be directing his third Madonna and
Me.
As a director Pearl worked for over fifteen years directing
and producing a wide range of plays, from many musicals to
classics and Shakespeare, contemporary works and site-specific
and experimental physical Theatre. Many of these
productions were under the aegis of her own theatre company
SmallWorld.
Three years ago Pearl went back to her first love – acting – and
has worked non-stop ever since. She has performed at Shakespeare's
Globe and The Royal Court, The Kings Head, Cambridge Arts
Theatre, BAC and many other venues in a wide variety of productions. She
most recently tap-danced and piano-played her way through ‘Stepping
Out' and is about to appear at the Cochrane Theatre in ‘Girl
in the Forest' a physical theatre piece and in the new musical ‘Karoake
Wedding' at the Union Theatre. Pearl
is also currently working with a French writer and director
on a project about Antonin Artaud.
Marsland is creatively unbalanced in the way of the
truly psychotic” (My London)
“An almost incentuously devoted mother” (Guardian)
“Heartfelt
performance” (The Stage)
“Exquisitely played by Pearl Marsland” (Theatre Review)
“Delightful character actor Pearl Marsland”
“Her characterisation is crisply believable”
“An exceptional performance” -
Fringe Reports
 
MAGGIE ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
MEET ME IN THE WOODS
 
ELEMENTS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• MYSTERY
OF THE ROSE BOUQUET
DIRECTING CREDITS
Contemporary
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Ironmistress • April de Angelis • Provincial
tour
Mystery of the Rose Bouquet • Manuel Puig • Edinburgh
Lunchtime Concert • Olwen Wymark • Wilde
Studio, Reading
Flarepath • Terence Rattigan • Trinity
Hall, Liverpool
Funeral Games • Joe Orton • Bridges
Theatre, Reading
Bouncers • John Goder • Beaufoy Theatre,
London
Shadow of a Gunman • Sea O’Casey • Beaufoy
Theatre, London
Zoo Story • Edward Albee • Beaufoy
Theatre, London
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Classical/period
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Midsummer Night’s Dream • Shakespeare• Huyton
Park, Liverpool
Romeo & Juliet • Shakespeare • Lord
William’s
Theatre, Thame
A Game at Chess • Middleton • Bridges
Theatre, Reading
The Changeling • Webster • Beaufoy
Theatre, London
The Importance of Being Ernest • Wilde • Ickneild
Hall, Watlington
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Devised
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Oxford in Wonderland • Outdoor promenade,
Oxford
Fall of the House of Usher • Site Specific • Tobacco
Dock, London
What?! • Tie Tour • Berkshire
The Joe McCarthy Story • Documentary/political
drama • Bridges Theatre,
Reading
All Change • Community project for Sky TV • Southill
Park, Bracknell
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Multi-media
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The Tempest • Shakespeare • Beaufoy
Theatre, London
Migrant • Walker & Claxton • Merlin
Theatre, Frome
Innocent & Outcast • Peacock Epoch • Contemporary
Music Tour
Elements • Peacock Epoch • Provincial
Tour
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Musicals
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West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys and
Dolls, Oliver, Fiddler
on the Roof, HMS Pinafore, South Pacific, Oh What A Lovely
War, Joseph & His
Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.
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Training & Skills
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Honours Degree in Drama (2.1) subsidiary Film; P.G.C.E.
in Drama and Film; Music
(Piano Grade 8) with Ronnie Settle;Mime with Complicity & John Wright; Mask
with Trestle and Dennis Douglas; Dance with Rosie Lee & Finn
Walker; Improvisation with Spontaneous Combustion,
Keith Johnstone & Ken Campbell. Equity No. 00128781
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Other Experience
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Role-play and presentation skills with adults, students
and corporates.
Workshops for schools, colleges and universities on
texts, skills and theatre practitioners.
Festival Adjudication.
Directing workshops for drama groups and colleges.
Workshopping new work with writers’ groups
and rehearsed readings.
Consultation critiques for amateur groups.
Artistic Director of SmallWorld Theatre Company
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