ADE MORRIS
Director
Ade began his career in touring theatre companies such as Pentabus
and New Perspectives before becoming Staff Director with Theatre
Clwyd and then Outreach Director and Writer in Residence at the
Watermill Theatre, Newbury. Shows written and directed for
Watermill touring include: The Dreamer, The Life of
Martin Luther King, Lone Flyer - the story of Amy Johnson;
Witch - exploring the pyschology of witchcraft;
I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls - set in rural
Northern Ireland and the comedies Gigolo and
The Comedian, set in Stoke on Trent and Brighton
respectively. Last year, The Garden of Llangoed -
a fiery romance set in North Wales, toured nationally and Ade's
adaptation of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The
Sea played in the main house. The Story Of A Great
Lady, Ade's latest comedy about a creative writing group,
again set in Stoke, will tour twice from the Watermill in
2007.
Other Watermill shows and projects directed include
Fen; The Mill On The Floss;
Dracula, Lord Of The Flies;
Dragon's Teeth and Multiplex, all
with the Watemill Young Company; new work both written and directed
for this group of young people also includes How To Be A
Monster; You Make Me Happy When Skies Are
Grey; Bullets and Beetroot Lips;
Flying; Accelerate (Girls and
Cars); The Gilded Lilies and Mary
Kelly's Bed. For the local community Ade has directed The
Boxford Masques large scale community shows in 200/2004 and 2006.
Film work includes Reading Minds - four short films in
collaboratiion with the Mary Hare School for the Deaf and Daylight,
a documentary on Newbury Day Centre for learning disability.
For local schools Ade has written The Green Of The
Spring, Green Man, Call To The
Sky, Children Of The Light, The
Shed and for 2007 River of Dreams.
Theatre in Education plays include: The Salmon's
Tale and Beth The Bin Lady - both
concerned the environment and Roof, detailing the
issues of homelessness.
