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Sofia Gallucci

MA Drama Directing Student


Biography

Sofia is a director from the Midlands and is passionate about telling and making small and intimate stories feel huge and epic. She graduated from the University of Exeter in 2021 with a first class degree in English Literature and Drama and enjoys making a variety of work, from new writing to musical theatre. Sofia takes an interdisciplinary approach, incorporating aspects of movement, music and technology.

Sofia is partially deaf and is incredibly committed to making her work and process as accessible as possible. Sofia also works as a playwright and has been a member of the National Theatre Writers’ Group, the Exeter Northcott Artists Residency and the Papatango Prize Write West Programme. Directing credits include Stockholm (BOVTS, Wardrobe Theatre) and Curtains (FourFig Theatre), Pride & Prejudice (BOVTS), Eton Mess (Exeter Northcott) and Romeo and Juliet (Poltimore House).

It was always stressed that the contacts you make during your training are incredibly important, and your classmates are likely to end up being on set alongside you in the future. After working with a director of photography on one of the School’s short films, I was invited to work on a project with him outside of Bristol - proving that the professionals we meet via the School, may one day give us a call to action! Muir McFadden, Technical Graduate