Director | Dramaturg | Associate Director | Assistant Director
Alice Eklund is a Wales-based Director, Dramaturg and Creative Practitioner specialising in new musicals, actor-musician work and contemporary new writing, often with a bold bilingual (Welsh/English) edge. A Welsh-speaking, queer and disabled artist, she is passionate about developing ambitious, punchy work that balances intensity while keeping people at its heart, championing access, representation and unheard voices. Her practice centres people-first processes, with a focus on women-led, queer-led and disabled-led stories. She has collaborated with organisations including Sherman Theatre, Theatr Cymru, Theatr Clwyd and Wales Millennium Centre and was the inaugural Literary Associate at the Sherman Theatre. She has been a visiting lecturer and director at RWCMD and Trinity Laban and has sat on industry panels including BEAM as a Welsh representative. She also judged the Stiles + Drewe Prize. She is particularly keen to collaborate on bold new musical and actor-musician projects.
Director Credits: The Last Five Years (Porters Theatre); Ceridwen (Y Cwmni, Urdd Gobaith Cymru); Christmas On Broadway (RWCMD); Anthem (Wales Millennium Centre); Red Riding Hood/Yr Hugan Fach Goch, Iphigenia yn Sblot, The Periodicals, Bratiaith, See for Yourself, Sherman TEN (Sherman Theatre)
Co-Director Credits: Maryland (Sherman Theatre)
Associate Director Credits: Private Jones: A New Musical, Marshall Pailet (Southwark Playhouse); Balloon Girl, Hannah Noone (Sherman Theatre); Parti Priodas, Huw Fyw, Steffan Donnelly (Theatr Cymru / Welsh Tour); Alice: Return to Wonderland, Hannah McPake (Sherman Theatre); Dan Y Wenallt/Under Milk Wood, Emma Baggott (National Youth Theatre Wales); Es And Flo, Susie McKenna (Wales Millennium Centre/The Kiln); Tales Of The Brothers Grimm, Joe Murphy (Sherman Theatre)
Assistant Director credits: Hansel and/a Gretel, Joe Murphy (Sherman Theatre); A Night In The Clink, Bridget Keehan (Sherman Theatre/Papertrail); HELA, The Awkward Years, Dan Jones (The Other Room)
Dramaturgy Credits: Our Charlie, Natalia Lewis (Theatre by the Lake); Language Landscapes, Natasha Kaeda Fay Lomas; Pwy Sy’n Siarad?, Leila Navabi (Theatr Cymru); It’s A Fair Cop (R&D), Eliza Beth Stevens (Out The Attic); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mari Izzard & Nia Morais (Sherman Theatre); Imrie, Nia Morais (Sherman Theatre); Goldilocks/Elen Benfelen, Elgan Rhys (Sherman Theatre); Welcome To The Rover, Comfort Fabian (Independent); 12 Plays of Christmas (R&D) Various Writers (The Other Room Theatre)
Performance credits: Annie in Shreds: A Jack The Ripper Musical; Stevie (Emergency Cover and Takeover) in Tales of the Brothers Grimm (Sherman Theatre); Red (Emergency Cover) in Little Red Riding Hood (Sherman Theatre); Twin, Tweedle Dee, Unicorn (Emergency Cover and Takeover) in Alice: Returns To Wonderland (Sherman Theatre)
