RESUME 

PERFORMING

 

2025-26 - THE DEAL - STAGE (IMMERSIVE) - RAMONA/ODETTE - GECKO / DREAM AWAKE - AMIT LAHAV

2024 – THE DEAL (R&D) – STAGE – CLAUDIA/VALMONT - GECKO / DREAM AWAKE – AMIT LAHAV

2023-24 – THE SEX LIVES OF PUPPETS – STAGE – PUPPETEER – BLIND SUMMIT – MARK DOWN / BEN KEATON

2024 – ROMEO AND JULIET – STAGE - LADY CAPULET/LORD CAPULET – FLABBERGAST THEATRE – HENRY MAYNARD

2024 – THERE’S NOTHING MORE PATRIOTIC THAN DYING FOR YOUR COUNTRY – FILM – JAN – MARK KNIGHTLEY

2020-24 – MACBETH – STAGE – LADY MACBETH – FLABBERGAST THEATRE – FLABBERGAST THEATRE – HENRY MAYNARD

2023 – THE BRIDES – STAGE – BRIDE – DAVID GLASS ENSEMBLE – DAVID GLASS

2019-23 – CONSIRACY OF ORPHANS – STAGE - VERA – CREATED A MONSTER – BRIONY O’CALLAGHAN / SIMON GLEAVE

2022 – THE CONVERSATION (R&D) – STAGE - VARIOUS – DAVID GLASS ENSEMBLE – DAVID GLASS

2022 – THE KING MUST DIE – STAGE – ROSIE/WALTER WHITE – DAVID GLASS ENSEMBLE/TELEPORT – AMY HAILWOOD

2021 – SILENCE – STAGE – MORTAGE/DAISY/LUDAVICA MILK – DAVID GLASS ENSEMBLE – DAVID GLASS

2021-24 – GALAPAGOS (R&D) – STAGE – GLORIA/GRETYL – DAVID GLASS ENSEMBLE / PEARLWORKS – DAVID GLASS

2020 – KLO – MUSIC VIDEO – MIME – TRAGICOMICS – JAMIE DREW

2020 – KEY WORDS AT PARK THEATRE – STAGE – VARIOUS - TURTLE KEY ARTS – OLIVER CAMPBELL-SMITH

2019 - A DARKER TIME – STAGE – ELLEN ESCALANTE-LEWIS – RIFT – JOSHUA NAWRAS / FELIX MORTIMER

2018-19 – THE SWELL MOB – STAGE - LEILA ANN PEABODY – FLABBERGAST THEATRE – HENRY MAYNARD

2019 – DICTATING TO THE ESTATE – STAGE – VARIOUS – THE PLAYGROUND THEATRE – RYAN KIGGELL

2019 – THE FALL – STAGE – GRACE – BABEL THEATRE – JOSEPH LYNCH

2018 – THE EVOLUTION PROJECT (R&D) – STAGE – MASK PERFORMER – MAKING FACES THEATRE - VICKY WRIGHT

2018 – FRANCES FARMER ZOMBIE MOVIE STAR – STAGE – FRANCES FARMER – HOLLY CASEY - CHLOE DOHERTY

2018 – PRECONCIEVED – STAGE – VARIOUS – JONLUKE MCCKIE

2017 – DESPERATE WRITERS – STAGE - SYCOPHANT/ENSEMBLE – CATHERINE SCHREIBER – MARK BELL

2017 – THE SKRIKER – STAGE – JOSIE – GRUFF THEATRE – TOM BOSTOCK

2016 – KANJANI – STAGE – KATE – TONDERAI MUNYEVU

2016 – GLAMF*CKERY! – STAGE – DEBRA – CREATED A MONSTER – BRIONY O’CALLAGHAN

2016 – A DIVINE COMEDY – STAGE - MORTGAGE – DAVID GLASS ENSEMBLE – DAVID GLASS

2015 – THE LAST SONGS OF LUCAN – FILM – WILD WIFE – GOODDOG THEATRE / AYA THEATRE – OLIVIA ROSE

2015 – SPLEEN – STAGE – THE DEVIL – GOODDOG THEATRE – OLIVIA ROSE / DYLAN READ

2014 – THE MIDDLE PLACE – STAGE - FEMALE JOHN – CREATED A MONSTER – DEVISED

2012 – SALFORD TALES – STAGE / LIVE RADIO – ARTIST/PARK RANGER – BBC – DI SHERLOCK

 

 

DIRECTING/MOVEMENT DIRECTION

 

2025 - DANGEROUS LIAISONS (R&D) - DIRECTOR - CREATED A MONSTER - LONDON

2024 – THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS – DIRECTOR – HISTORYRIOT / HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES – TOWER OF LONDON

2024 – ROMEO AND JULIET – ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR – FLABBERGAST THEATRE – UK + EU TOUR

2024 – MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG – MOVEMENT DIRECTOR – RCSSD

2023 – THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS – DIRECTOR – HISTORYRIOT / HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES – TOWER OF LONDON

2023 – BAD TEETH – DIRECTOR – SALTYDOLLS – ASSEMBLY ROXY

2020-23 – CONSPIRACY OF ORPHANS – DIRECTOR – CREATED A MONSTER – UK + OSLO TOUR

2020-23 – UNFORGETTABLE GIRL – DIRECTOR – CREATED A MONSTER – UK VENUES + EDINBURGH FRINGE 2023

2023 – THE KING’S SHOW – DIRECTOR – HISTORYRIOT / HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES – TOWER OF LONDON

2021-23 – SWIM – MOVEMENT DIRECTOR – LIZ RICHARDSON – UK TOUR

2020-23 – MACBETH – ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR – FLABBERGAST THEATRE – UK + EU TOUR

2022 – 1797: THE MARINER’S REVENGE – DIRECTOR – HISTORYRIOT – OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE

2022 – ABATTOIR – DIRECTOR – SALTYDOLLS – ASSEMBLY ROXY / DANCEBASE

2022 – SQUIRRELS – MOVEMENT DIRECTOR – BETHANY COOPER – THEATRE ROYAL PLYMOUTH

2021 – FINDING PERCY EREBUS – MOVEMENT DIRECTOR – ELEPHANT TALK THEATRE – APPLECART ARTS

2020 – THE YELLOW WALLPAPER – DIRECTOR – ROSE BRUFORD

2020 – MARGOT MONROE’S NIBELUNGENLIED – MOVEMENT DIRECTOR / ASSISTANT DIRECTOR – DAVID GLASS ENSEMBLE / RADA

2019 – HOLD/FALLING – DIRECTOR - CREATED A MONSTER – RADA STUDIOS

2019 – THE COMMUTE – DIRECTOR – DAVID GLASS ENSEMBLE – THE HILTON BEILUN, NINGBO, CHINA

2019 – THE LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE – DIRECTOR – SALFORD UNIVERSITY

2019 – NOT ABOUT NIGHTINGALES – DIRECTOR – CATFORD BROADWAY

2018 – THE WAVES – DIRECTOR – JID NIINGBO – GU YIN THEATRE BEIJING, CHINA

2017 – PIAF – DIRECTOR – CATFORD BROADWAY

2016 – GLAMF*CKERY! – DIRECTOR – CREATED A MONSTER – THEATRE DELI / CPT / THE BIKESHED

2014 – THE MIDDLE PLACE – DIRECTOR – CREATED A MONSTER – CPT

2009 – HONEY BLOOD – DIRECTOR – BRIONY O’CALLAGHAN -THE LOWRY STUDIO

 

 

ABOUT / COMPANIES

 

Briony O’Callaghan is a working-class performer, director, theatre-maker, teacher and movement director who trained in Manchester and then at the Lecoq school of theatre in Paris. She is artistic director of Created a Monster and an associate artist with Flabbergast, David Glass Ensemble and feminist single-mum collective SALTYDOLLS. Most recently she has been working with Amit Lahav as a performer in The Deal, an immersive retelling of Gecko's The Overcoat for Dream Awake in Shenzhen, China. Her work has been supported by Arts Council England, Arts Council Norway, Creative Scotland, the Grotowski Institute, The Pleasance and many others. Her work as a director/maker has won an Offie for Best Show (2022), the Phoebe Waller-Bridge Keep It Fringe Fund (2023) and The Pleasance Charlie Hartill Award (2023). Briony regularly directs and teaches professionals as well as in UK drama schools/arts organisations including RADA, Rose Bruford, East 15 and Italia Conti. In 2023 she led workshops with drama teachers across the country for the exam board EDUQAS at several venues including workshops at The Royal Court Theatre. As a teacher she specialises in devising physical theatre and Bouffon. 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

2012-2014 – ÉCOLE INTERNATIONALE DE THÉÂTRE JACQUES LECOQ, PARIS – 2-YEAR PROFESSIONAL COURSE – FULL DIPLOMA

2006-2009 – THE ARDEN SCHOOL OF THEATRE, MANCHESTER – BA (HONS) ACTING – 1ST CLASS BA (HONS) DEGREE

BADC STAGE COMBAT PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA - SILVER

 

TESTIMONIALS

“There's a veracity to Briony O'Callaghan's tenacious Lady Macbeth, whose physical performance is raw and uncompromising…” The Stage, 2023, Macbeth, Flabbergast - PERFORMER

"★★★★★ ...is a standout show that keeps the audience at the midpoint between laughter, discomfort and horror." - The Stage (Angelo Irving, 2021) Unforgettable Girl, Created a Monster - DIRECTOR

“★★★★...her storytelling (is) rooted in her body... Briony O’Callaghan does a fine job in providing Richardson with a rich collection of twists and glides, different parts of the body springing into life...rich physicality.” – (On Movement Direction) – The Stage (Stephen Longstaffe, 2022) SWIM, Liz Richardson – MOVEMENT DIRECTOR

"a ferocious artist who is 100% committed to sharpening her skills and knowledge base" - David Glass, David Glass Ensemble

www.brionyocallaghan.com / briony.ocallaghan@hotmail.co.uk / +447718786952