Cat Gerrard Curriculum Vitae
Dramaturgy
Dramaturg | Undercurrents/Podziemne Prądy, Adi Weinberg | POLIN Museum, PL
Dramaturg | Entre Deux, 101concrete | fabrik Potsdam, DE
Dramaturg | If The Bull Won't Come, Adi Weinberg | fabrik Potsdam, DE
Dramaturg / Mentor | Assemblage, 101concrete | fabrik Potsdam, DE
Performance
Creator / Performer | Posta Aerea | La Luna Nel Pozzo Summer Festival, Puglia IT; Berlin Clown Festival, Berlin DE; Plumyard/Švestkový Dvůr, Malovice CZ. Supported by Culture Moves Europe
Creator / Performer | Somewhere, Maybe Here | Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte, Berlin DE; Euskal Zine Bilera, Eibar ESP
Devisor / Performer | Maite, Uluak Teatro | Theater Unterm Dach, Berlin DE; Arropaineka Arragua, Lekeitio, ESP
Devisor / Performer / Assistant Director | Stuffed!, LISPA Advanced Course Company | Eden Studios, Berlin
Creator | Spider Woman | Eden Studios, Berlin
Prospero / Caliban / Ferdinand | The Tempest, Crow Tree Theatre Company | SE England Secret Spaces Tour | Markwick Gardens; I’Klectik Art Lab; Stepney City Farm
Devisor / Performer | Puppetry Pop Up, Impronta Teatro, with the support of the Little Angel Theatre INCUBATE programme | Public street performances
Performer | A Christmas Carol, Metal Rabbit | Old Red Lion Theatre
Storyteller | The Four Chambers of the Heart, With Tim Ralphs | Village Storytelling Festival, Glasgow; The Story Bazaar
Devisor / Performer | Cycles of the Southern Wild, TailSpin | Blue Elephant Theatre
Devisor / Puppeteer / Josie | The Fantasist, Theatre Témoin | UK and Ireland Tour 2013; Edfringe 2013, 2012
Devisor / Storyteller | Body Without Soul, TailSpin | Night of the Storyteller, The Miller; The Story Forge; Larmer Tree Festival
Devisor / Storyteller/ Percussionist | Epic Jukebox, Pandvani 108 | Soho Theatre; Richmix; Cranborne Earth House; Beyond the Border Festival; SGP; Bestival
Devisor / Storyteller/Percussionist | The Ramayana, Pandvani 108 | Schools’ Tour Spring 2013
Devisor / Puppeteer | 100 Fathoms, TailSpin | The Crick Crack Club’s Festival of Fairy Tales for Grown Ups, The Bargehouse
Devisor / Storyteller | Toothbreaker and Other Tales, Lip, Thumb & Toe | The Story Bazaar, The Miller
Mercutio / Lady Capulet / Prince | Romeo and Juliet, Sheringham Little Theatre / DSL | Sheringham Little Theatre
Curation Work
Co-curator of TERRAZA 01 festival | Arropaineko Arragua ESP 2019
Co-curator of the Festival of Fairy Tales for Grown Ups | The Bargehouse, South Bank, 2013, 2011 | The Crick Crack Club
Artistic Director and MC, TailSpin
Night of the Storyteller (monthly) at The Miller, 2010 – December 2016
Night of the Storyteller Goes North-East (monthly) at The Russet, May 2014 – November 2015
TailSpin Cabaret at various locations – 2012
The Story Bazaar festival (October), The Yard (2010); The Miller (2011 –2013); The Russet (2014)
Education Work
2025- to date | Lead Lecturer | BIMM University, Berlin DE | Devised Theatre; Applied Directing
2016-2025 | Core Pedagogical Team and Facilitator | arthaus.berlin, Berlin DE | Devised Theatre and Performance Programme including Poetic Body, Platform, Voice Techniques, Performance Storytelling; Embodied Dramaturgy Programme including Puppetry, Performance Storytelling; Arthaus Berlin Festival curation and production support; Summer School Programme
2021-2026 | Facilitator | 2021-2026 | Cours Florent, Berlin campus DE | Breathing and Voice Techniques/Vocal Flow, Actor Speech/Vocal Mastery and Devised Theatre/Puppetry Project
2020-2022 | Curator and Facilitator | Online Courses "Revealing the Jewels" and "Artist and Story"
2010 – | Freelance Workshop Facilitator and Curator | For Professional Creators, Various Primary and Secondary Schools, Theatres, Community Groups
2010 - 2014 | Education and Outreach Officer | Theatre Témoin, London GB
2008 – to date | Academic Tutor | Blue Tutors, Online | Theatre Studies, Geography, English Language and Literature
1999 - 2010 | Dinghy Sailing Instructor and Senior Instructor | Queen Mary Sailing Club, London GB
Directing
Director | Red Sky at Night, by Eve Leigh | Old Red Lion Theatre
Director | Hangover Square, Sirius Arts, an adaptation by the company, with the support of Old Vic New Voices | The Russet
Director | Smooth Landings, by Femi Fagunwa, heat&light | Michael Frayn Studio, Hampstead Theatre
Director | Look, But You Must Leap, by Cat Gerrard, devised by TailSpin | TailSpin/First Draft, The Horse
Director | The Porpoise, The Elver & Me, by Kassel and Zoro | First Draft, The Horse
Director | Grimmly Ever After, by Rosa Connor | The Fourth Act, Barra Hall Park
Assistant Director | A Woman Alone, by Franca Rame/Dario Fo, adapted by Matthew Parker | DogOrange, Brockley Jack Studio Theatre
Assistant Director | Ward No. 6, by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Matthew Parker | DogOrange, Camden People’s Theatre
Assistant Director | A Date to Remember, by the Company | First Draft, The Horse; Phoenix Artist Bar
Assistant Director | Darker, by Catie O’Keefe | First Draft, The Horse
Movement Director | Terms and Conditions, by the Company, heat&light | Michael Frayn Studio, Hampstead Theatre
Movement Director | A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess | LOST Theatre
Training
Devising Theatre and Performance and Advanced Devising Practice | LISPA, London/Berlin
Postgraduate Diploma in Acting | Drama Studio London
Directing
Young Vic Springboard Directors’ Programme 2014
Invited workshop with Ian Rickson on Electra
Workshops
Clown (Intercultural Clown Robert McNeer and Rodrigo Morganti); Puppetry (Robin Guiver, Handspring; Jimmy Grimes, Magpie Puppet Co.; Woyzech Ensemble, Handspring; Nino Namicheishvili, Theatre Tbilisi; Tratincica Slavicek, The Puppetellers); Mask Play (Familie Floez Akademie); The Poetic Body (Thomas Prattki, LISPA; Gabriel Gawin, Song of the Goat); Mime (Nola Rae); Juggling/Basic Acrobatics (Stefano Di Renzo, The Circus Space); Storytelling (Martin Shaw, Ben Haggarty)
BA Hons Geography, 1st | University of Cambridge