Stage and Movement Director

Using a blend of Lecoq, Chekhov + Total Theatre ideologies, I create inclusive, inventive + impressive theatre.

I'm a multi award-winning Movement Director + Coach and work across

TV, Film, Stage and XR.

Recent projects

NDA

Movement Director

Netflix and STV present a new series coming in 2025

I worked with the actors to find character physicality in rehearsal and continuity on set.

The War Of the Worlds

Movement Director

The War Of the Worlds: Immersive Event

Working witn projection mapping, VR and live large scale puppetry.

The FOALS - Wake Me Up

Movement Director

NME award Winning music video.

GLITCH

Co-Director

The true story of The Post Office scandal

Co- Director
RABBLE theatre company

Pam Stubbs has been sub-postmistress of Barkham Post Office for over twenty years, respected and loved locally in equal measure. But when unexplained discrepancies start appearing in her accounts, Pam finds herself caught up in one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British legal history.

This new work, specially commissioned by Reading University, is a first-hand account of Pam’s inspirational story.

Ahead of the full-scale touring production in 2025, RABBLE Theatre and the University of Reading are pleased to present Glitch, the true story of the Horizon scandal.

Writer – Zannah Kearns
Dramaturg – Beth Flintoff
Directors – Gemma Colclough and Gareth Taylor
Composer – Benjamin Hudson
Designer – Caitlin Abbott
Lighting Design – Oliver Welsh
Publicity Design – Rebecca Pitt

Glitch was commissioned by Professor Robert van de Noort CBE and Professor James Devenney at the University of Reading. It is based on an original concept by Elizabeth Conaghan.

Hans og Grete

Co-Director
Opera Nordfjord

The beautiful, creepy, charming, funny and poignant opera Hansel and Gretel, based on the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale.

Henry I Of England

Associate Director / Movement Director
RABBLE theatre

The Telegraph – Top 5 UK show 2023,
Pride of Reading Award,
Performance of the Year,
Cultural Contribution of the Year Award

When William the Conqueror dies, Henry, spare royal son, gets nothing. Only his beloved sister remains faithful as his brothers scramble for power and England suffers. But Henry’s position changes. Power surges into his hands, love beckons and the world falls at his feet. What will he have to do to hold the crown?

Dominic Cavendish
“Visceral, witty and compelling”

Ought to be Clowns ★★★★★
“Ferociously good… it is hard not to be deeply moved. It is also hard not to be deeply impressed by the quality of this production”

The Spy In The Stalls ★★★★★
“Feminist to its core, placing women at its heart…, exceptional”

The Luminaries Magazine ★★★★★
“Stunningly audacious…, unapologetically feminist…, RABBLE Theatre has succeeded brilliantly”

The Hampshire Chronicle ★★★★★
“I was so entranced that I think my jaw was on the floor half the time”

Newbury Theatre ★★★★★
“Wow!… A top class show.”

Writer: Beth Flintoff
Director: Hal Chambers
Associate Movement Director: Gareth Taylor
Designer: Sarah Jane Booth
Composers: Benjamin Hudson and Rosalind Steele
Fight Director: Dani Davies
Community Director: Gemma Colclough
Producer: Matt Linley
Sound Design: Gilbert Lake
Lighting Design: Michael Brenkley
Costume Supervisor: Evelien Coleman
Company Stage Manager: Rebecca Welburn
Casting Director: Anji Carroll
Stage Manager on Book: Emily Foster
Assistant Stage Manager: Elise Frost
Wardrobe Assistant and Supervisor: Hannah Pearson
Assistant Fight Director: Emma Boyd
Production Manager: Netty Miles
Front of House Manager: Emma Lawrence
Bar & Venue Manager: Ed Nash
Poster Design: Rebecca Pitt

TBA New Digital project

Co-Director

curious directive

TrU-CArE

Director
ALRA MA devised tour
2017

A new devised verbatim piece exploring the effect of the new HIV drug Prep, told through the remarkable story of Greg Owen and his campaign to prepare the communities it affects.

TEMPESTS

Director + Dramaturgy

East 15
A new devised play based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest, by the MA Acting cohort. We created two narratives, one on the island and one in modern day prison. Spoken word, music and movement collided to create a magical thriller.

Toby Davies

Co-Artistic Director

RABBLE Theatre Company

“We work with Gareth because he’s extraordinary, not just in terms of vision, but also the sensitivity and diligence with which he approaches his work. He strives to connect with every company member, he appreciates budgets and practical limitations and does everything in his power to make a project as good as it can possibly be."

Directing

Director

Having trained and worked as an actor and director, I have a unique approach that supports the individual whilst creating a strong ensemble mentality.

Lecoq trained and I specialise in devised processes and new writing.

There is a strong element of movement running through my work, supporting and manipulating the heart strings of the piece.

I work freelance for Theatre companies in the UK and Internationally, as well as directing for Drama Schools + Universities.

Movement Director

I'm an award winning movement director + coach, working across TV, Film, Games, XR and Stage,

I specialise in character physicality, ensemble choral movement and shaping the world of the piece.
As an ex-gymnast I bring a dynamism to the work, I'm hands on, and provide a strong sense of structure, safety and bravery.

Creative Associate of curious directive for over a decade, devising and leading on movement. I was Head of Movement at ALRA and Rose Bruford SW, and I teach at various Drama Schools in the UK and internationally.

☆ Fringe First Winner - Your Last Breath

☆ NME Best Music Video - FOALS Wake Me Up

☆ Fringe First Winner - Pioneer

☆ Barbican OSBTTA nomination - These Bones

☆ Telegraph 'Top 5 UK shows of 2023' - Henry 1

The complete works

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curious directive

★★★★ ‘Powerful…a dramatic pleasure.’
- Time Out, London (Return to the Silence, 2010)

★★★★ ‘The bright young company curious directive.’
– The Guardian (Your Last Breath, 2011)

★★★★ ‘Jack Lowe and his ensemble continue to push boundaries’
– The Metro (After the Rainfall, 2012)

★★★★ ‘Terrific…a show with brains and a heart.’
– The Guardian (The Kindness of Strangers, 2013)

★★★★ ‘Restlessly intelligent theatre.’
– The Daily Telegraph (Pioneer, 2014)

Creative Associate

After the Rainfall

"This is intelligent, highly original theatre"

Telegraph ★★★★

"After the Rainfall achieved more in a single hour

than would seem possible.

I left heavy with its weight, eager to sit down

and think it all through"

Observer

"Perfectly choreographed"

The Stage ★★★★

Your Last Breath

Rigorous, inventive and intelligent

The Guardian ★★★★

a chair, hung with a slip of fur

and ably handled by an actor,

becomes a reindeer…

But none of these physical and visual flourishes

is to the detriment of the script

Telegraph ★★★★

Pedagogy

I was Head of Movement at ALRA and Rose Bruford SW, and I currently teach and direct at numerous Drama Schools in the UK and internationally. I specialise in the teaching of Lecoq, Laban and Michael Chekhov and digital performance. I've lectured at various symposiums and events about performing for the digital realm, as well as contributing to a number of books on the subject for Bloomsbury, Methuen and Red Globe Press.

I am a Fellow of Higher Education Authority (FHEA)

As a teacher I create an inclusive, safe, creative and rigorous room to encourage the student to emerge and thrive. I recognise that we all arrive with our unique perspective and with the right conditions we can strive to not just be the best version of ourselves, but to surprise, enhance and draw out new ways of creating, thinking and being.

Lecture and Events

CSSD Motion and Performance Capture and Pedagogy Symposium - Workshop leader
Netherlands Film Festival - Speaker - Motion Capture and the Parametric Truth Symposium
Coventry University - Speaker - How to train students for a performance world that is changing
Northampton University - Speaker - The Digital Actor
Seoul, South Korea - Workshop leader - Digital performance on stage
Workshop Leader for The Mocap Vaults - Heroes and Monsters and Cinematics
Filmakademie, Stuttgart - Workshop leader - Digital Acting
Pants on Fire - Workshop Leader - Adventures in Space: Lecoq devising techniques
CCSD - Workshop leader - The Digital Actor
St Mary’s University - Workshop leader - The Digital Actor

I specialise in:

Neutral Mask - an organic ‘Natural body’ improvising exploration blended with Elements
Animal Studies
Laban - inspired largely by Vanessa Ewan and Sue Mythen
Movement Techniques for Digital Performance
Michael Chekhov - Archetypes, Atmosphere and Imagination
Devising – New Writing, or re-imagining texts/poetry/music/art
Corporeal Mime
Choral & ensemble work
Movement input on projects and shows

Publications

Performance, Movement and the Body - Mark Evans - Red Globe Press - Guest contributor
Your Last Breath/Olfactory/After the Rainfall - curious directive - Methuen - Co-writer
Performing for Motion Capture - John Dower & Pascal Langdale - Methuen - Guest contributor

Training

2020 Transgender Awareness Cert - Mermaids
2020 Physical Health First Aider
2019 Mental Health First Aider
2019 Movement into Text - Ingrid MacKinnon
2019 Freeing the Natural Voice - Kristin Linklater
2019 Intimacy - Vanessa Ewan
2019 Fellowship FHEA
2018 Pure Movement - Jackie Snow
2017/18 Michael Chekhov Technique - Joerg Andrees
2017/18 Sensing Laban - Sue Mythen
2007/08 Jacques Lecoq
1998/01 GSA - BA Hon: Acting

Contact me

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Enquiries

Sam Dodd

Carey Dodd Associates

+44 (0)20 7993 4992

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