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Cecilia Thoden van Velzen

MA/MFA Classical and Contemporary Text Class of 2023

Bio:

Nationality: Dutch

Visa Status: UK work via application in progress

Skills:

Previous Training/Qualifications:

BA Theatre (Directing), Toneelacademie Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2022

Voice: Recorded audiobooks at Stichting Dedicon, The Netherlands, 2021

Languages: Dutch (native), English (proficient), French (intermediate), German (intermediate)

Musical Skills: Violin, piano, classical singing both solo and choral, composing, and sound design

 

Work Experience:

Director, The Boy Who Couldn’t Sit Still (Cecilia Thoden van Velzen), Imaginate

Director, Honeydew No.2 (Jackson Kienitz), Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Director, The After-Dinner Joke (Caryl Churchill), Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Assistant Director, Henry IV (William Shakespeare), Bard in the Botanics (dir. Gordon Barr)

Assistant Director, Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare), Bard in the Botanics (dir. Jennifer Dick)

Assistant Director, Opera Double Bill (Opera, César Cui and Elena Langer), Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (dir. Max Hoehn)

Director, Measure for Measure (Scenes, William Shakespeare), Shakespeare’s Globe, RCS

Director, Olympe (Cecilia Thoden van Velzen), Toneelacademie Maastricht

Images

A group of actors are looking off-camera

The After-Dinner Joke


One person is unlocking a safe. Another is listening from the other side.

The After-Dinner Joke


A group of actors are partying with balloons.

The After-Dinner Joke