Naomi Said
Overview
- Ethnicity
- White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 28 - 34
- Height
- 5' 2" (1m 57cm)
- Weight
- 10st. 3lb. (65kg)
- Hair Colour
- Brown
- Eye Colour
- Blue
- Build
- Medium
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
---|---|---|---|
2016 |
Ensemble, 1st Cover & Played Mrs Shears/Punk Girl, Movement Captain
Theatre |
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mariann Elliott & Elle While / Gielgud Theatre, West End |
National Theatre |
2016 |
Theonoe/Helen/Chorus
Event |
Helen Joe Hill-Gibbins / National Theatre Studio |
|
2016 |
Ensemble
Event |
Farce Patrick Marber / National Theatre Studio |
|
2016 |
Margaret
Event |
Inheritance by Barney Norris Alice Hamilton / National Theatre Studio |
|
2015 |
Ensemble
Event |
Pinocchio John Tiffany / National Theatre Studio |
|
2013 |
Co-director/Performer
Theatre |
A Fever Longing Still Dan Coleman/Naomi Said / Dawn State |
ETT Studio |
2012 |
Jess
Theatre |
The Wedge (writer/performer) Chris O'Connell / Theatre Absolute |
Shop Front Theatre, Coventry |
2012 |
Ensemble
Theatre |
Dr Dee Rufus Norris / ENO/MIF |
London Coliseum |
2011 |
Ensemble/Assistant Choreographer
Theatre |
The Marriage of Figaro Liam Steel / Opera Holland Park |
|
2011 |
Julia
Theatre |
Hamlyn Sandra Maturanas / Young Vic |
|
2011 |
Performer
Television |
35th Olivier Awards ThickSkin, Neil Bettles / BBC |
Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
2011 |
Performer
Commercials & Industrials |
W Hotel Hector Harkness / Punchdrunk Theatrical Events |
|
2010 |
Doris
Theatre |
Same Time, Next Year Paul Milton / Cheltenham Everyman |
|
2010 |
Peep-Bo
Theatre |
The Mikado Chris Monks / Stephen Joseph Theatre |
|
2010 |
Hermia
Theatre |
A Midsummer Night's Dream Chris Monks / Stephen Joseph Theatre |
|
2010 |
Sarah
Theatre |
All The Things I'd Do For You Chris O'Connell / Theatre Absolute |
|
2010 |
Lara
Theatre |
Ker-ching Scott Graham / Sixth Sense |
|
2009 |
Mouse
Theatre |
The Gruffalo Olivia Jacobs / Toby Mitchell / Tall Stories/Kenny Wax Ltd |
No.1 Tour & West End |
2009 |
Christina
Theatre |
Stand and Stare Greg Banks / Rob Tannion / Fairgame |
|
2008 |
Alice
Theatre |
Alice in Wonderland Simon Wegrzyn / The Castle Theatre, Wellingborough |
|
2008 |
Apparition
Theatre |
Psychogeography James Grieve / The Bush Theatre |
|
2008 |
Mollie/Moses/Pilkington
Theatre |
Animal Farm Joanna Read / Creation Theatre Company, Oxford |
|
2008 |
Esther
Theatre |
Keep on Moving Greg Banks / Fairgame |
|
2008 |
Linda
Theatre |
The 24 Hour Plays Simon Evans / The Old Vic |
|
2007 |
Celine / Elvie / Flavia
Theatre |
God is a DJ Paul J Medford / Theatre Centre |
|
2007 |
Shen Te & Shui Ta
Theatre |
The Good Person of Sichuan Tom Wright / The Drum, Birmingham |
|
2007 |
Ensemble
Theatre |
Henry V Compagnia Pippo Delbono / RSC Complete Works Festival |
The Swan |
2006 |
Meg
Theatre |
It Was A Glorious Night Paul Milton / Cheltenham Everyman & Tour |
|
2006 |
Plebian
Theatre |
Claudius Tiberius Nero Jason Morell / Shakespeare's Globe |
|
2006 |
Desdemona
Theatre |
Othello (exerpt for Sam Wanamaker Festival) Chris White / Shakespeare's Globe |
|
2003 |
The Chorus
Theatre |
Thyestes Rebecca Gatward / RSC Bootcamp |
The Other Place |
1997 |
Ensemble
Theatre |
Hansel and Gretel Christopher Lillicrap / Warwick Arts Centre |
|
1997 |
Bored Girl
Theatre |
Our Day Out Glen Walford / Coventry Belgrade |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
---|---|---|
2006 | Post Graduate Acting | Birmingham School of Acting (BSSD) |
2004 | BA (Hons) English Literature | University of Birmingham |
2000 | BBO Major Examinations | Allesley School of Dance |
About me
Choreography & Movement Direction includes:2022
* HUNGRY NATION (Strike A Light/Coventry UK City of Culture)
* CAST PARTY - Workshop (University of Chichester)
2021
* BEGINNING (Queens Theatre Hornchurch/Theatre Royal Bath/NT)
* THE INFINITY SCRIPT - Workshop (University of Chichester)
2019
* DIE FABELHAFTE WELT DER AMELIE - DAS MUSICAL (Werk 7, Munich)
* WONDERLAND (Nottingham Playhouse & Northern Stage)
2018
* BEGINNING (West End, Ambassadors)
* QUIZ (West End, Noel Coward)
* DISCO PIGS (Irish Rep, NYC)
* WONDERLAND (Nottingham Playhouse)
* FLOWERS FOR MRS HARRIS (Chichester Festival Theatre)
* SLEEPING BEAUTY (Chichester Festival Youth Theatre)
2017
* BEGINNING (National Theatre)
* MYTH (RSC)
* LIMEHOUSE (Donmar Warehouse)
* COMMITTEE - A NEW MUSICAL (Donmar Warehouse)
* QUIZ (Chichester Festival Theatre, Minerva)
* FORTY YEARS ON (Chichester Festival Theatre)
* DISCO PIGS (Trafalgar Studios)
2016
* ROBIN HOOD (The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath)
* WASTED (West Yorkshire Playhouse)
* SCOUSE (Grand Central Hall, Liverpool)
* WATERSHIP DOWN (Watermill, Newbury)
* LOVE STORY (Royal Academy of Music)
2015
* KEVIN SPACEY GALA: Movement Director - New Voices (Old Vic)
* TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: Original Movement (UK No.1 Tour/Barbican)
* WHY THE WHALES CAME: Choreographer (Tewksbury Roses Youth Theatre)
2014
* WAR CORRESPONDENTS: Associate Choreographer (Birmingham Rep & Greenwich+Docklands International Festival)
* THE HOSPITAL: Researcher/Associate Director (Tewksbury Roses Youth & Community Theatre)
2013
* TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: Movement Director (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre)
* ALLEGRO: Choreographer (Oxford School of Drama)
* SURVIVOR: Co-director (Frantic Assembly residency, Alice Smith School, Malaysia)
2011-12
* Company Movement Practitioner (RSC) where projects included THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS and R&D for MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
* LITTLE DOGS: Associate Director (National Theatre Wales/Frantic Assembly)
* THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Assistant Choreographer (Opera Holland Park).
* LORD OF THE FLIES: Movement Director on Attachment (Regents Park Open Air Theatre)
Additional skills:
* Naomi created movement for the critically-acclaimed 20th anniversary revival of Enda Walsh's 'Disco Pigs', which ran at Trafalgar Studios in the West End (2017) before an Off-Broadway transfer to the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York (2018).
"Naomi Said's movement direction is key .... .. it’s the hyper-physical performances that define not only a completely detailed environment as Pig and Runt see it, but also the reality beyond it." (New York Times)
* Naomi's first piece as writer-performer, 'The Wedge' was premiered in 2012 in co-production with Theatre Absolute, funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
"...stark monologue ... in which a weary worker finds love, freedom and a corpse.... arrestingly ambiguous theatre" (New Statesman)
Additional information:
* As a theatre and movement practitioner, Naomi has delivered workshops, classes and creative projects for Frantic Assembly, ThickSkin, Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham DanceXchange, Rubix Dance, Creation Theatre Company, Oxfordshire Youth Offending Service, Gloucestershire National Childrens Homes, Leeds City Council, Birmingham City Council, NODA, RSC, RSC Open Stages, Positive Futures, Fairgame Theatre, Cheltenham Everyman, Highly Sprung, Northumberland Theatre Company, Battersea Arts Centre, Reaction Theatre Makers-Malvern, British International School Shanghai, Dulwich College Shanghai, Aiglon College Switzerland, South Thames College, Old Vic, ARK Academies and as a Visiting Tutor at Oxford School of Drama, Royal Academy of Music, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and on the NT Studio Director's Course.
* Associate Artist, Stand + Stare (collaborating on the development of new work including 'The Children of Modernity', 'Turning the Page', 'The Guild of Cheesemakers' and 'Mayfly Sound Journal')
* Creative Learning Practitioner, Frantic Assembly. Since 2010, Naomi has delivered workshops and creative residencies across the UK and internationally. Projects for Frantic include associate direction on 'Little Dogs' (National Theatre Wales), co-direction on '60 Hugs' at The Core, Corby (Ignition 2011); 'Go' & 'Survivor' (Alice Smith International School Residencies, Malaysia, 2012 & 2013) and Movement Consultant on 'Tanika's Jouney' with Deafinitely Theatre (Southwark Playhouse).
* Recipient of the Brian Shelton Award for classical acting at Birmingham School of Acting.
License & Passport
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Languages Spoken | English |
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Accents/Dialects | American - General, English - Cockney, English - England North West (Liverpool, Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire), English - General, English - London, English - Northern England, English - Received Pronunciation, English - West Midlands (Shropshire, Birmingham, Brummie), New York, Southern American |
Dance Styles | Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Tap |
Vocal Types | Mezzo Soprano |
Musical Skills | Drums/Percussion, Piano/Keyboards |
Organisations / Memberships | Equity (UK) |