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.
In 2006 the BBC Imagine series made a documentary following the production of a new play commisioned by The Roundhouse Theatre in London, for the grand re-opening of this iconic theatre venue. The crew spent six weeks following the cast and the Grassmarket Project production team, documenting the sometimes harrowing journey of a group of young people, disclocated... Continue Reading →
De Montfort University Jeremy Weller, the Artistic Director of Grassmarket Projects, a theatre and film company, conceived and directed Where it Hurts, a play that was performed by both NHS staff and members of the city community, rather than trained actors. "It focused on individual lived experiences of longstanding issues of addictions, poverty, depression and... Continue Reading →
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