Caroline Mary Williams is a maker working in multidisciplinary performance. Her work has appeared at The Globe, the Young Vic, The V&A, The National Theatre and ENO.  Her work has ranged from a flash mob opera in the British Museum (Millions of Years, ENO) to a one-on-one installation-performance inside a cardboard box performed by migrants (Make Yourself At Home, Nuit Blanche, Brussels). Her directing ranges from working with contemporary dancers and community members in a show like Dad Dancing at BAC (2018), to directing The Malade Imaginaire at The Globe (2018), or Twelfth Night (2019) for the Pilgrim Players, Galway. Her core practice explores how the dramaturgy of reality can activate conventional theatrical forms. Caroline has a background in social and environmental activism, and her work is often in dialogue with current political issues, for example with the semantics of screens in relation to the war in Syria (Now Is the Time to Say Nothing, extensive touring 2018/19 MAYK); the multiple deaths in police custody in East London (You Do Not Have To Say Anything, The Yard Theatre); or the relationship between loneliness and technology (Can You Hear Me Now – British Council/ MAYK). She was one of the first Associate Artists of The Yard Theatre and part of the National Theatre’s Directors course in 2016. Her moving image work, Shakespeare’s Fools, was chosen by the V&A to represent the UK at the Prague  Quadrennial. Caroline directed the standout show of Mayfest 2018 Now Is the Time To Say Nothing, an interactive documentary installation made in collaboration with Syrian filmmaker Reem Karssli; it received critical acclaim and toured extensively (EIF, Galway International Festival, V&A, Bristol Old Vic). Caroline was one of the first residents of Somerset House Studios and a Leverhulme scholar attached to Bristol Old Vic in 2019. She is produced by MAYK. 

Since being unwell with Long Covid in 2020, Caroline has expanded her practice to include participatory craftivism and filmmaking.



 

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