I am a performance maker & theatre director.
I make new, frequently unusual theatre, direct theatre & opera and act in theatre, TV and film.
I frequently collaborate with Seth Kriebel making unusual theatre / game performance. We are currently working on a commission from the British Library to accompany the Secret Maps exhibition - a two part performance ‘The Map & the Echo’.
Our recent interview by Voidspace interactive arts has now been published. Many thanks to Katy Naylor.
I’ve also recently been with the Shakepeare's Globe Studio, very much enjoying the interactive experience of the Globe and Sam Wanamaker theatres.
I trained at Royal Central School of Speech & Drama and Exeter University (MA Theatre Practice).
For seven years I was a core member of pioneering experimental group Apocryphal Theatre. I've enjoyed working with many other artists and companies, including Station House Opera, touring widely to many venues and festivals such as Latitude Festival, Tate Modern and the National Theatre.
I come from a British/Egyptain Greek family.
DIRECTOR - selected projects
The Unravelling Fantasia of Miss H.
New chamber opera by Stitched-up Theatre.
Premiered 2021 at Tete a Tete Opera Festival, the Cockpit Theatre and then as part of Grimeborn Opera Festival at the Arcola Theatre, 2022.
See the show website above for video footage.
Read the Opera Today review here.
Photo by Mark Vessey
Beowulf
New interactive performance by Seth Kriebel.
Premiered 2017, national tour 2018-2019
A new adaptation of the ancient epic. Created with the support of the British Library.
“Delivers both laughter and poetry. ★★★★” - The Stage
A House Repeated
An interactive performance with Seth Kriebel.
Premiered 2015, national tour 2016-17, Brighton International Festival 2018.
Two sold-out 3-week runs at Battersea Arts Centre.
“Turns the concept of immersive theatre on its head... stunning in both its simplicity and power. ★★★★★” - Londonist
We This Way
An interactive performance with Seth Kriebel.
Premiered 2015, national tour 2015
“A simple but spellbinding piece of theatre.” - Total Theatre
More info at sethkriebel.com/wtw.
TALKS
Zoe has been invited to talk about performance
— on a panel at The Accidental Festival at the ICA, London,
— to students at Chichester University,
— to directing students at Brighton Film School.
SUPPORTED ARTISTS / UNIVERSITY WORK
Seth Kriebel and Zoe Bouras are supported by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) collaborating on research projects with Dr Martin Welton.
Zoe has been invited to share her experience as a maker at universities/film school:
— leading the Making Site-Specific Theatre unit for third years at QMUL and supervising the students making their own work.
— directing , Anne Washburn’s Mr Burns - a Post-Electric Play at the University of Bedfordshire for the BA (Hons) Acting students in their final year production
— co-devising a show with first years I want to stay and stay…, inspired by Will Ashon’s book, ‘The Passengers’.
MENTOR
Recently Zoe has become a volunteer mentor for the excellent charity Arts Emergency, helping 16-17 year olds engage with the performing arts world.