Saya Naruse

Website: sayanaruse.weebly.com

Email: Sayanaruse@gmail.com Mobile: 07746850178

Equity Number: 00422179 Date of Birth: 13/06/1992

Height: 5’4’’ Hair: Dark Brown Eyes: Dark Brown

Age Range: 18-24

Accents/ Dialects (* Native) *Northern, Geordie, RP

Languages (* Native) *English, *Japanese

I am a theatre and puppet maker, photographer and poet. I studied an eclectic range of theatre styles in my (first class) BA
Hons in World Performance at East 15, and it is through this intercultural exploration that I was able to really engage in all
forms and materials that have helped me become a great storyteller and creator. I have found my diverse and can-do
creative attitude helps me to blur the lines between art forms and create pieces and collaborations that are uniquely and
wonderfully true to ourselves and the stories we are trying to tell. I have run workshops at schools and have facilitated
theatre groups across the North East as well as having performed at many schools throughout Northumberland. I have
created puppets for two of our East 15 graduate showcases, one of which we toured around local festivals as a theatre show
and interactive walk about performance. I was a member of Catch theatre who produced a fringe style rough-and-ready
performance of Macbeth which was performed in pubs and across some schools in Newcastle.

Training: East 15 Acting School – Frist Class BA Honours in World Performance 2014
Roles Played at East 15
Character Production Director
Baby Elephant PANGAEA Devised by company

Aniko/ Peasant Woman/ Niko Mikadze THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE Kwong Loke

Photographer BLUE FIELDS Jules Tipton

Warrior URUBHANGAM Satyabrata Rout

Lucky WAITING FOR GODOT Jeungsook Yoo

Professional Experience (performance)

Film, Elinor, The Duellists, Glean Pictures
Walk about/ stage, Baby Elephant/ warrior, Pangea, devised by company, festivals across London
Stage, Lady McDuff/Donaldbain/Gentlewoman, Macbeth, Tim Bennet, Catch Theatre Company
Stage, Elephant puppet, Elephant, Ozzie Riley, Dodgy Clutch Theatre Company, Theatre Royal Newcastle

Design/ Photography Experience

Film, Videographer, Fire, Lila Naruse

Stage, Puppet/prop designer/ artistic director/ writer, Pangea, devised by company, Clifftown Theatre
Stage, Puppet designer, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Kwong Loke
Film, Videographer, Atlas Theatre productions promotional video, Altlas Movement Theatre