Frazer Meakin
Director (Theatre & Film), Movement Director and Educator. MyWorld Fellow: Making The World Differently - "What skills and opportunities do young people need for a career in creative technologies?'
Presenting and Co-ordinatng a Film Premier.
Worked on
Connected Futures Festival
Connected Futures Festival explores the future of 6G. Working In partnership with the University of Bristol's Smart Internet Lab to support creative commissions, technical demos, artist residencies and schools workshops.
MyWorld - Strength in Places
Watershed is excited to be a partner in MyWorld, a project led by the University of Bristol that will celebrate the West of England's reputation as an international trailblazer in creative technology and screen-based media.I trained as an actor at The University of The West of England and then as a Director at the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School on their MA Drama Directing program.
Working as a director (theatre and film), movement director and facilitator I specialise in ensemble and interdisciplinary work. As an artist, I am passionate about bold, ambitious and innovative stories that attempts to push the boundaries of the art forms to engage audiences beyond being simply observers. I have worked across a range of styles and forms including musicals, interactive theatre, shakespeare and working with young people.
I am always looking at ways in which I can utilise technology to create a heightened and fresh perspective to theatre and filmmaking. Whether that be through design, delivery or creation.
Previous Directing credits include: Katie Johnstone by Luke Barnes, TABLE by Tanya Ronder and Mountains on The Moon (Winner of Best Childrens Event: Buxton Festival).
As Associate Director: Deathdrop: Back in the Habit, TuckShopUK’s All Drag Dick Whittington & Sleeping Beauty, The Crooked Spire Musical, In Our Skin and The Wardrobe Ensemble’s The Great Gatsby.
Frazer is an experienced facilitator and educator with over 5 years of experience working with young people in both formal educational and creative settings. I am a huge advocate for encouraging yes in a world of no. If you need help planning workshops or engagement activities for schools and colleges then give me a shout.
Watershed and University of Bristol MyWorld Fellow as part of the MyWorld Ideas programme starting in November 2023: Making The World Different. Exploring "what skills and opportunities do young people need for a career in creative technologies?"
BFI Network New Voices Cohort 2023: Developing a short film: Three in a Bed. A Dark comedy exploring grief at the heart of gay hook up culture. How do we gain connection when life is so full of loss?
Current Projects:
- Director, Smalltown Boy by Brenda Callis - R&D Bristol Old Vic & Hall for Cornwall.
- Director, Three in a Bed, Short film
- Director, Our Kid by Brian Clemens - R&D Tobacco Factory Theatre’s
- Director, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Opera) by Otto Nicolai - 1532 Performing Arts Centre Feb 24.