
ELVI PIPER
Director
Playwright
ABOUT
Elvi Piper is a freelance theatre director and playwright based in Leeds.
She trained at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama and Insitut del Teatre, Barcelona.
Elvi is the founder and current Artistic Director of award-winning family theatre company Wrongsemble.
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With a background in participatory arts engagement Elvi has created, managed and delivered exciting programmes for organisations including The National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Leeds Playhouse, and The Old Vic. Elvi has regularly undertaken the role of Mentor Director for the National theatre's Connections programme, and acted as Assistant Director on the National Theatre's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time schools' tours.
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Current/Upcoming Projects:
We're Not Going Back with Red Ladder Theatre Company continues to tour throughout 2024 -
"Elvi Piper’s fine revival of Boff Whalley’s 2014 musical comedy about three sisters on a pit village frontline in 1984 is full of humour, drama and lived experience" (The Observer)
Wrongsemble's The Not So Big Bad Wolf (written by Elvi Piper) completes it's second national tour in July 2023
Elvi is currently under commission to write Breadcrumbs a brand new festive show for Wrongsemble and Gala Durham
CREDITS
DIRECTOR
We're Not Going Back | Red Ladder Theatre Company (2024)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre - Storyhouse (2023)
A Town Called Christmas | Sheffield Theatres (2023); Gala Durham (2022)
Tinsel | Gala Durham (2023); Theatre by the Lake (2024)
The Snow Queen | Waterside Arts (2023); ARC Stockton Arts Centre (2022); The Albany (2021
The Coup Coup Club | Leeds Conservatoire & Slung Low (2023)
The Not So Grimm Twins | National Tour (2023); Gala Durham (2022)
Romeo & Juliet (for kids!) | Storyhouse (2022)
Belle Isle Stories (short films) | Red Ladder Theatre Company (2022)
BOY | Leeds Conservatoire (2022)
The Not So Ugly Sisters | National Tour (2022); Leeds Playhouse (2021)
Billy Shakes: Wonder Boy! | Gala Durham (2021); Shakespeare's Rose Theatre (2019)
STARGAZER (film) | Wrongsemble
The Lost Property Library | The British Library (2021)
Aladdin and the Stolen Stories (film) | Bradford Literature Festival (2021)
HUMBUG (film) | Wrongsemble (2020)
Unsung (radio play) | Unsung Collective & BBC Radio (2020)
Hansel & Gretel | Wrongsemble & Leeds Libraries (2019)
A Witch’s Tale | Wrongsemble & Leeds Libraries (2019)
M&S: Dressed in Time | Bradford Alhambra (2019); Leeds Playhouse (2018)
Unsung by Lisa Holdsworth | National Tour (2019)
The Princess and the Sprout | Wrongsemble & Leeds Libraries (2018)
The Selfish Giant | The Civic, Barnsley & ARC Stockton Arts Centre (2018)
Terra/Earth (R&D) | The National Theatre (2018)
A Scarborough Tale | Sleeping Dogs (2017)
Peter Pan in the Park | Creative Scene (2016)
Three | Wrongsemble (2015)
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GALLERY
WE'RE NOT GOING BACK
Red Ladder Theatre Company (2024)
Written by Boff Whalley | Directed by Elvi Piper
Cast - Victoria Brazier | Claire O'Connor | Beccy Owen | Stacey Sampson
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre | Storyhouse (2023)​
Directed and adapted by Elvi Piper | Musical Director and arrangements by Sarah DeTute
Cast - Victoria Brazier | Daniel Burke | Thomas Cotran | Molly-Grace Cutler | Lara Field | Matthew Ganley | Laurie Jamieson | Jessica Jolleys | Rosa Lennox | Alyce Liburd | James McLean | Kameron Skeene
A TOWN CALLED CHRISTMAS
Gala Durham (2022) | Sheffield Theatres (2023)​
Written and directed by Elvi Piper | Composed by Bay Bran & Claire O'Connor
Cast - Florence Poskitt | Terence Rae | Eve Tucker
TINSEL
Gala Durham (2023) | Theatre by the Lake (2024)​
Written and directed by Elvi Piper | Composed by Harri Pitches
Cast - Jonathan Rainey Reid | Lauren Sturgess
THE SNOW QUEEN
The Albany (2021) | ARC Stockton (2022) | Waterside Arts (2023)​
Written and directed by Elvi Piper | Composed by Rosie Fox
Cast incl. - Thomas Cotran | Molly-Grace Cutler | Daisy Ann Fletcher | Richard Priestley | Talia Smith | Amy Tara