Antonio Ferrara
e-mail: mrantonioferrara + at + googlemail.com

Qualifications

MA Literature - June 2006, University of Wales, Aberystywth
BA (Hons) English - June 2003, University of Wales, Aberystywth
A levels - June 1999, Colfe's School, Lee, London

Current Positions

Marketing Co-ordinator, Theatre503, Battersea Park Road, London SW11 3BW
Resident Assistant Director, City Lit Rep Co., Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA

Major Experience

RoleProductionCompanyLocationDateReview
Associate DirectorAnimal Farm (Adapted by Peter Hall from the Orwell Novel)City Lit Rep Company"City Lit, London"June-08 
DirectorJourney Song (Chris Fordred)Firstborn Theatre"Tabard Theatre, London" & "Theatre503, London"April-08 
Assistant Director (Max Webster Directing)Finisterre (Dominic Francis)Theatre503 / Young Vic"Theatre503, London"March-08 
Assistant Director (Georgina Sowerby Directing)Wild Honey(Adapted by Michael Frayn from Checkhov's Platonov)City Lit Rep Company"City Lit, London"March-08 
Assistant Director (Jon Lee Directing)Macbeth (William Shakespeare)City Lit Rep Company"City Lit, London"Nov-07 
Associate DirectorMetamorphoses (Mary Zimmerman)City Lit"City Lit, London"May-07 
Lighting TechnicianOn The Middle Day (Gavin Birch)The Old Vic"Imperial War Museum (Co. The Old Vic), London"Nov-06http://www.london-se1.co.uk/
news/view/2453
Actor (Edgar Wallace)Deptford StoriesArt of Regeneration"The Albany, London"May-06http://www.thealbany.org.uk/
history/aboutdstories.html
Assistant Director (Sarah Punshon Directing)Romeo & Juliet (William Shakespeare)York Shakespeare Project"Rowntree Park, York"July-05http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/
reviews/yspRandJ-rev.htm
DirectorTitus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)The Nomadic Players"Trefachan Warehouse, Aberystwyth"May-04http://www.theatre-wales.co.uk/reviews/
reviews_details.asp?offset=1400&reviewID=698
Production ManagerGross Indecency: The Three Trials Of Oscar Wilde (Moses Kaufmann)The Nomadic Players"Arad Goch Theatre, Aberystwyth"Mar-04http://www.theatr-cymru.co.uk/reviews/
reviews_details.asp?offset=725
&reviewID=649
Lighting DesignerLook Back in Anger (John Osborne)The Nomadic Players"Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth"Mar 04 
PresidentN/AThe Nomadic PlayersN/A2003-4 N/A
Associate DirectorMuch Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)The Nomadic Players"The Union, Aberystwyth"May-03 
Production ManagerTeechers (John Godber)The Nomadic Players"Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth"Dec-03 
Actor (The Magician) /Lighting DesignerTarot (Devised)The Nomadic Players"Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth"Mar-03 
DirectorMacbeth (William Shakespeare)The Nomadic Players"The Castle, Aberystwyth"May-02http://www.theatre-wales.co.uk/
reviews/reviews_details.asp?reviewID=304
Lighting DesignerThe Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)The Nomadic Players"Coliseum Theatre, Aberystwyth"Mar-02http://users.aber.ac.uk/
scty05/review_earnest_1.htm
Lighting/ Set DesignerNo Exit (Jean Paul Sartre)The Nomadic Players"Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth"Nov-01http://www.theatre-wales.co.uk/
reviews/reviews_details.asp?offset=75
&reviewID=248
Technical ManagerN/AThe Nomadic PlayersN/A2001-2N/A
Actor (Hamlet)Hamlet (William Shakespeare)The Nomadic Players"The Castle, Aberystwyth"May-01 
Assistant Director/ Lighting DesignerOur Country's Good (Timberlake Wertenbaker)York University Drama Soc"The Barn, York"Nov-99 
Assistant DirectorAs You Like It (William Shakespeare)Big Red Plant Theatre Company"St. Peter's Church, Lee, London"Jun-99 

Skills/Training
  • Meisner Technique
  • Stanislavski System
  • Mime
  • Stage Combat (Unarmed and Rapier and Dagger Basic, BASSC 2007)
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  • Theatre marketing
  • Proven production management skills in large scale and site specific theatre projects.
  • Good technical theatre grounding, especially in LX and Flying.
  • Good awareness of Elizabethan, Jacobean and Classical texts, theatre history and basic dramaturgy.
  • Highly IT literate, including e-mail, websites and image manipulation, as well as office skills.
My personal interests and hobbies include:

  • Reading and writing fiction.
  • Fencing, both coaching and competition.
  • Comparative mythologies.