Anna Morrissey
Workshop leader

Anna Morrissey trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and works as a director, choreographer and movement director across theatre, opera and dance. She was previously Company Movement Practitioner for the RSC and founded its inaugural movement department. As director, credits include The Last Days (Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House), The Barber of Seville, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Nevill Holt Opera and Sage Gateshead); Beyond the Deepening Shadows (Tower of London); Julius Caesar (Guildhall School of Music and Drama); Beating Heart Cadaver (Finborough); Taming of the Shrew; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Central School of Speech and Drama); A Change of Season (National Maritime Museum, Latitude Festival) and We’re Here Because We’re Here (as associate director for National Theatre). 

As lead artist credits include All Together Alone (The Royal Ballet for ROH); Our House is your Home (Open Up Festival for ROH); North West (Camden People’s Theatre); Masque Arias (RSC New Work Festival); On Progress (Hampton Court, Latitude Festival) and Death of the Unicorn (Hampton Court).
As movement director, work includes Middle; Translations; ANNA; World of Extreme Happiness (National Theatre); The Winter’s Tale; Anthony and Cleopatra; Pericles; Thomas Hobbes; Marat/Sade; The Grain Store; The Drunks; Imperium (RSC); Emilia (Winner of three Olivier Awards – Shakespeare’s Globe, West End); Richard III; King Charles III (Almeida, West End); Queen Anne (West End); Wings; My Dad’s a Birdman (Young Vic); Rise; Ages (Old Vic) and Swive (Shakespeare’s Globe). 

Opera Choreography includes Rigoletto; Current Rising (ROH); Amadigi (Garsington Opera); Macbeth; Flying Dutchman; Noyes Fludde; (NIO); Macbeth; Sweeney Todd (WNO); Orpheus in the Underworld (Scottish Opera/Young Vic); Magic Flute; Rigoletto and Noyes Fludde (Nevill Holt Opera), Manon Lescaut, Barber of Seville (Opera Holland Park). 

Anna was previously Artist in Residence for Historic Royal Palaces. She is currently on the steering committee for the Movement Directors Association and has recently taken on a new role as Artistic Director of Longfield Hall – a community hub and performance venue in South East London. Upcoming productions in 2023 include directing Carmen (Waterperry Opera Festival) and choreographing Jephtha for the Royal Opera House. 

Workshop info

Choreography and Movement for Opera
Using the opera ‘Bizet’s Carmen’ as a case study, this workshop will draw on Anna’s practice and process as a director, movement director and choreographer. 
This workshop is suitable for movement practitioners, actors, choreographers and directors.

Saturday 1st April 2023
11.30-15.00 
£30 -EARLY BIRD OFFER
£40 – FULL PRICE
LIMITED SPACE

 Longfield Hall
50 Knatchbull Road
London SE5 9QY

Buses
Nearest bus stops:
Loughborough Road or Akerman Road for the P5 bus which runs from Elephant & Castle to Brixton.
Brixton Road (all buses to and from Brixton) or Camberwell New Road (all buses between Vauxhall and Camberwell). These stops are a 10 minute walk from Longfield Hall.

Tube
20 minutes walk from Brixton, Stockwell and Oval tube stations.

Train – Overground
15 minutes from Loughborough Junction station.

For the EARLY BIRD offer email by 25/03/23 to reserve your spot.  
Spaces are limited, you may be added to waiting list 
movespace123@gmail.com 

For more information please contact movespace123@gmail.com