Maria Gurevich (Stage & Costume Management)

Biography

Guildhall Experience

Stage Manager, The Same Deep Water as Me (Dir. Jo McInnes)
Deputy Stage Manager, Opera Scenes (Dir. Martin Lloyd-Evans)
Stage Manager, August (Dir. Wyn Jones)
LX Programmer and Operator, Opera Scenes (Dir. Kelly Robinson)
Assistant Stage Manager, Top Girls (Dir. Jo Blatchley)
Assistant Stage Manager, Opera Scenes (Dir. Martin Lloyd-Evans)
Assistant Stage Manager, Le Donne Curiose (Dir. Stephen Barlow)
Followspotter, Guys & Dolls (Dir. Martin Connor)

Professional Experience

Technician, Daphne’s Second Show, Pleasance Beyond at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre Upstairs (Produced by Live Nation)
Technician, Kieran Hodgson: Maestro, Battersea Arts Centre, The Voodoo Rooms at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre Downstairs (Produced by Berk’s Nest)
Venue Tech, The Invisible Dot Venue Ltd.
Venue Tech, Pleasance Attic (Edinburgh Fringe)
Stage Crew, Tim Key: Father Slutmas, Arts Theatre (Produced by The Invisible Dot Ltd.)

Other Training and Qualifications

Specialist Degree in World Literature and Linguistics Cum Laude (specialised in Italian) – Lomonosov Moscow State University
IPAF training (category 3A), fire safety training, first aid training

Skills

Experience working with comedians, QLab, score reading, basic ETC programming, IT literate, sewing, rigging and focusing lights, extensive literary education, university level course in Arts History, horse riding
Languages: English, Russian, Italian, French

Areas of Interest

Deputy stage management, assistant directing (and researching), stage management, producing and artists’ development, comedy, theatre,  TV and film