EILISE MCNICHOLAS

I am a London based freelance theatre director and recent graduate of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts' Directing Course run by Peter James CBE. In 2011 co-founded a Belfast based company Chatterbox Productions with Producer Ciara McCafferty. 

Previous Assistant Director roles include: Ant Street by Roland Schimmelpfennig, dir Amelia Sears at the the VOLTA Festival in the Arcola Theatre, Feathers In The Snow by Philip Ridley dir Edward Stambollouian (Unicorn Theatre) Shoot the Crow by Owen McCafferty dir Emma Jordan Prime Cut Productions (Grand Opera House Belfast).

Previous productions include The Suitcase by Jane Coyle (Belfast Synagogue, Ulster Bank International Festival, Belfast) Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh (Karamel Klub, Mountview Directors Showcase) Little Jokes by Seamus Collins (the MAC Belfast & Underbelly Cowgate, Ed Fringe) The Man Who by Seamus Collins (the MAC Belfast & Underbelly Cowgate. Ed Fringe) Breathing Water by Raymond Scannell (Crescent Arts Centre) Please Patricia by Seamus Collins (Space UK, Ed Fringe) I have also worked with Tinderbox Theatre Companies Young Writers programmes and have been a recipient of the British Council Artists Development Fund.