Very few theatre directors bring the real alive on stage. Jeremy Weller has the gift of dramatising ordinary life using ordinary people to make both seem real and extra- ordinary at the same time. His work is brave, dangerous and vivid.
Jeremy Weller, Morten Arnfred, Denmark, 2014 31 min.DK/Short fiction A story about the difficult love between two young people in the Danish province. Nicklas works as a bartender at a local nightclub and spends his spare time partying with friends, his wreck of a car and regular workout in the gym. On a late shift Katrine... Continue Reading →
They are the generation who have grown up under devolution. Now, nine teenagers from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales share their vision of the system that brought them up. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03bq9d0
ART MATTERS: Democracy Art and Freedom ‘In Conversation’ Cultural eXchanges is thrilled to be hosting actor David Harewood MBE and the film and theatre director Jeremy Weller. David Harewood MBE is an actor, director, author, and activist. With a career spanning almost 35 years, David has performed on stage with some of the most prestigious... Continue Reading →
Jeremy on the set of an as yet “Untitled” feature film Project in Denmark for the DFI(Danish Film Institute). Jeremy was commissioned to do dramaturgical work on the story in September 2020.
A selection of Jeremy Weller’s performance and film work from the last few years. https://youtu.be/rGtH6tWGXAE Jeremy Weller has devoted his life to social action and investigation through performance. He is perhaps best known as the Artistic Director of the innovative and influential GrassMarket Project (GMP) theatre company. Weller’s vision integrates issues of social exclusion and... Continue Reading →
World Mental Health Day is celebrated every year on October 10th, aiming to promote mental health awareness, education and advocacy against social stigma. To mark this year’s theme of Suicide Prevention, Talk for Health collaborated with acclaimed theatre director Jeremy Weller to tell the real-life stories of Talk for Health graduates who have attempted or... Continue Reading →
Survivors available to speak candidly for Mental Health Awareness Day, to support a world-premiere performance built around their own real-life stories Mental Health Awareness Day, 10 October 2019: Suicide Prevention is the focus of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Day, and media can save lives by dismantling the mistaken belief that discussing suicide makes it... Continue Reading →
"Mad Hearts” is a two-day conference at Queen Mary University London which explores productive, radical, contemporary encounters between the arts and mental health, bringing together clinical, artistic and research perspectives that offer a reinterpretation of contemporary mental health science and practice. 17-18 May 2019 QMUL Mile End Campus, ArtsTwo £50 - 2 days / £30... Continue Reading →
The Scotsman named it as a highlight of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018, while The Stage gave the show 5 stars, commending the way the show ‘nailed the zeitgeist’ in its portrayal of ‘compelling verbatim accounts of mental health crises, performed by those directly affected’. The final shows will be played this weekend at the Tech Cube, Summerhall,... Continue Reading →
At a fringe where the issues surrounding mental health form a major theme, Where It Hurts, from Edinburgh’s Grassmarket Projects, not only nails the zeitgeist but reveals it using authentic voices as it takes verbatim theatre to its logical conclusion. Director and deviser Jeremy Weller brings together 15 people who have experience of the NHS... Continue Reading →
Check the final work of the theater director Jeremy Weller and his extremely moving performance and the audience’s feedback. Where it Hurts – an hour long performance involves members of different communities from across Edinburgh and some former staff of the NHS and those currently training to work in the NHS. Scenes include real life examples... Continue Reading →
Thomas’ attempts to love and to be loved – we see many of the women in his life on stage, along with many of his victims from whom he seeks forgiveness. Grassmarket Projects work specifically within communities, providing a platform where people can explore their own lived-experiences through theater in a creative and supported environment.... Continue Reading →
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