This five day process will help you identify character beliefs and objectives and help you guide actors to play objectives more fully and fluidly to optimise conflict in the story. At times we shall be discussing our own thinking strategies and some beliefs during the week. The Text will be Tom Stoppard’s version of The Seagull by Anton Chekhov. Please bring your own copy of the play. Please contact Nora Wardell at living.pictures@yahoo.co.uk.

Elen is co-director of Living Pictures and studied at RADA, with Sam Kogan (a student of Maria Knebel trained by Stanislavski) and with Mike Alfreds. She has coached directors Katie Mitchell and Ian Rickson and her work forms part of Katie’s book on directing – The Directors Craft – published by Nick Hern.

She was an Artistic Associate at Sherman Cymru, She has directed for National Theatre Wales, Sherman Cymru and Theatr Genedlaethol. She is also a BAFTA nominated as film director and television producer.

Elen has just completed the second year-long LP director mentoring scheme, funded by Arts Council Wales.