Alexander Zeldin

Alexander Zeldin (born 24 April 1985) is a British theatre writer and director.

Career

Educated in French, Alexander began directing at school and while still a university student created a production of Calderon de La Barca's Constant Prince in Cairo, working with local musicians. After graduating, Alexander began work at the Mariinsky Opera directing the Russian premiere of Powder her Face by Thomas Adès, as well as works by Puccini and Ravel. In 2010 he was selected to helm the European Theatre Company at the Napoli Teatro Festival Italia, ^[1]collaborating again with artists from the middle east on a production of Romeo and Juliet in Arabic and Italian designed by George Tsypin. In 2011, he was invited to South Korea to direct Macbeth with Yi Youn Taek's Goripae Group (Korean Critics' Choice) and In January 2012, he created a new piece, "Shemehé",^[2] for the British Council-National Theatre Studio-Rustaveli National Theatre Georgia and Black Battles with Dogs at the Southwark Playhouse. In 2013, Alexander assisted Peter Brook and Marie Helène Estienne on their revival of A Magic Flute. He has also collaborated with dancer Mélanie Lomoff on CODE UNKNOWN, acting as outside eye/dramaturg (Opera Estate/ Bassano Del Grappa, Mousonturm Frankfurt).

Since 2011, Alexander has formed an ensemble of actors in the UK with the aim of collaborating together long term in projects where he writes through a devising process. Their projects include DOING THE IDIOTS (NT STUDIO 2012) (A response to Lars Von Trier's film THE IDIOTS) by Alexander Zeldin, SHEMEHE and BEYOND CARING (YARD THEATRE, 2013) by Alexander Zeldin ^{[3] [4]}

His work has been recognised by a nomination to the Rolex Mentor Protege Award in 2012, for the leading young artistic voices of the future. ^[5]

References

External links

http://unitedagents.co.uk/alexander-zeldin#profile-4