H E L E N T E N N I S O N
Everything I see
I Swallow
EDINBURGH FRINGE FIRST WINNER 2019
Aerial circus and Shibari performed by devisers Tamsin Shasha and Maisy Taylor.
Mother-daughter relationships, sex and contemporary feminism.
"Director Helen Tennison excels at combining text and movement, and the show’s beauty lies in how the movement mirrors, contrasts and accentuates the emotional struggles of its characters." -Stav Meishar Circus Diaries
Summerhall Edinburgh 2019
The Lowry & UK tour.
Co-produced by The Lowry
Rehearsal picture of Maisy Taylor
Dracula
Site-responsive production created for the Norrington Room in Blackwells Bookshop, Oxford 2018. Re-imagined for The London Library 2019. Produced by Creation Theatre.
“ A masterpiece…sensuous, unsettling and absorbing to the point of hypnotic..a towering achievement.”
- Katherine MacAlister, The Oxford Times.
Picture of Sophie Greenham and Chris York by Richard Budd (opposite)
ALICE
Creation Theatre
Pop Up Theatre -Bicester Village '17
University Parks Oxford 2017
The Mill, Banbury, Christmas '15-16
St Hughs Gardens, Oxford 2015
"Whip-smart funny snappy and surreal... Directed superlatively by Helen Tennison."
Tim Hughes, The Oxford Times.
Picture opposite feature sophie greenham as Alice, Bicester Village.
Lucrece
Interactive solo performance developed with Videographer Eva Auster and Sound Designer Matt Eaton (pictured opposite)
Arts Council supported
Scratch performances
Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
Dommelhof Belguim
"Helen Tennison rips up the book and darts between the stories with fierce energy."
Libby Purves, The Times (Tales from King James)
"Refreshing and Inspiring", Anne Barbour Oxford Dance,
(Apres Le Deluge)
Ravens
Women and Race in American history.
Devised with students at the University of South Florida working with writer Kate Kerrow, Videographer Eva Auster and Sound Designer Matt Eaton.
(pictured opposite)
Site-Responsive, Devised, Circus, Dance & Physical Theatre
Everything I See I Swallow
Devised Circus Theatre
Summerhall, Edinburgh, The Lowry & Tour 2019
Dracula
Site Responsive, Blackwell's Bookshop, Oxford 2018 & The London Library 2019
Wasteland Hype
Deised with 3rd yr BA Acting & Stage Combat Students East 15 2018
Love is a Spoon
Devised with 3rd yr BA Acting Students
Drama Studio London 2018
ALICE
Pop-up Theatre, Bicester Village 2017
Site responsive St Hughs Gardens 2015 and University College Parks 2017
Pull Me! Push You!
Circus Apocolypto, (Dramaturge)
Oxford Playhouse 2015
A Certain Slant of Light
Devised, Physical, New Diorama 2014
Apres Le Deluge
Dance Theatre, Pegasus Theatre (performer & choreographer) 2012
Tales from King James
North Wall Theatre & St Barnabus, Oxford,
Devised, Creation Theatre 2009-10
Research and Development
Ongoing training and scratch performances in Viewpoints and Suzuki with Training Ensemble Nederland.
Leading Workshops in Devising and Viewpoints for Young Professionals with Theatre Foundry, where Helen is co-Artistic Director.
Image below, Developement work, Lucrece, Marine Theatre, Helen Tennison.
Barefeat
Physical Theatre
Co-Artistic Director 1996 -2001
Directing & Performing with this physical theatre Company, engaged in small-scale touring, festivals, street theatre and community projects.
Responsible for artistic content, producing, partnerships, education programme.
Icebound, The Life of Anna Akhmatova
Sprint Festival
'Stylish & Poetic'
Total Theatre
