27th Letter Theatre

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27th Letter Theatre
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Who I Am

My name is
Saskia
world citizen & creative
Client and Delivery expert in the digital tech industry by trade, I have a huge passion for theatre, storytelling, and travelling. I have lived in 6 different countries around the globe.
My passion is storytelling
captivating & emotive
Stories fascinate me. I read my first book when I was 2 years old, I performed in my first play when I was 5 years old, and I wrote my first short story when I was 7 years old.
The world is my stage
inside out & outside in
I direct, I act, I write. I travel. I've made theatre, film, and stories in collaboration with other world citizens - both in person and online.
What I Do

directing
In June 2016 I directed my first full-length play; "There Has Possibly Been an Incident", for KDC Theatre. I directed 3 short plays as part of KDC Theatre's Full Stack show in 2019, and in November 2019 I directed "Animal Farm" for KDC, "Time After Time" at The Etcetera Theatre in May 2022, and "Chatroom" for KDC in November 2022. Most recently, I directed "Hedda Gabler" at the Drayton Arms Theatre in April 2023.
I have directed many short plays, rehearsed readings, and short films for Directors Cut Theatre Company since its inception in 2015.

As a director I work extremely collaboratively, I try to teach as well as coach, make it fun for everyone while getting the best out of my actors and crew.

acting
My first steps on stage were during a community centre kids' show about immigration and homelessness. I lost a tooth during that show! I haven't lost any teeth on stage since, but I have been on many more stages.

All throughout primary and secondary school, high school, and university, I was part of theatre groups and took many short acting courses. After university I became part of a local theatre company in my hometown of Amersfoort in The Netherlands. I also took acting courses at CSSD in London and NIDA in Sydney.

I love being on stage, pretending to be a mother, a bus driver, a vampire. Most recently, I performed in short play "Sport" for South London Theatre as part of their summer anthology show in 2023.

stage managing
Directors Cut Theatre Company was founded in 2015 by creative director and friend Heather Ward. I have been working with her at DCTC since day 1, first as stage manager and now as associate artist. I still stage manage for all DCTC shows; Make The Cut, Write to Right, Art From The Heart, and the Director's Club showcases.

In September 2015, I acted as stage manager for Kate Moore's These Shining Lives at the Pleasance Theatre in Islington.
In 2017 and 2018, I stage managed 2 shows for the New Theatre in Sydney: "After The Dance" and "Fucking Men".
producing
I created my own production company, 27th Letter Theatre, in 2019 in preparation of staging "Not Such Stuff" at the Camden Fringe Festival in London, in 2020. COVID-19 threw a spanner in the works, but 27th Letter Theatre has produced a few short films since, and I produce all the shows I direct.
Upcoming Work
this is what I am currently working on

De Krant Van Morgen
Director & Translator
Young Adult play based on the Dutch book De Krant Van Morgen, written by Lydia Rood.

Expected premiere: 2023
Gallery
photos from my past productions
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Hedda Gabler
April 2023

Hedda Gabler
18 - 22 April 2023

Newlywed Hedda is beautiful and desirable. She is also spoiled, bored, and jealous. When her new husband doesn't give her the attention she wants, she turns her attention to old friends - and how she can make them pay attention to her.

Cast & Creatives

Hedda Tesman: Rushma Thapa
Jorgen Tesman: Calvin Crawley
Eileen Lovborg: Milly Walters
Judge Brack: Fahad Salman
Thea Elvsted: Olivia Cordell
Aunt Juliana: Jacky Rowland
Berte: Helen Dickens

Directed by: Saskia van 't Hoff
Produced by: Evgenios Kakolyris
Casting Assistant: Zora Owen
Written by: Henrik Ibsen
Adapted by: Patrick Marber
Time After Time
May 2022

Not Such Stuff
12 - 14 May 2022

Man has always been more knowledgeable than Woman, from the Early Times to today. And Man will prove that fact even if Woman thinks he really shouldn't. Because Man knows better than Woman. Right?

Time After Time is a comedy in five hysterical periods.

Cast & Creatives

Man: Mark Joseph
Woman: Milly Walters

Directed by: Saskia van 't Hoff
Written by: Pete Talman
Not Such Stuff
January 2022

Not Such Stuff
25-29 January 2022
Not Such Stuff features 8 women from Shakespeare's plays that take the stage and speak up against the cards that they were dealt by their author.

Cast & Creatives

Juliet: Oriana Charles
Lady M: Lydia Cashman
Kate: Camilla Walters
Portia: Claire-Monique Martin
Regan: Anya Sayadian
Ophelia: Rushma Thapa
Marina: Bryony Tebbutt
Miranda: Tânia Pais

Directed by: Saskia van 't Hoff
Produced by: Penny Gkritzapi
Written by: Chris Wind (https://www.chriswind.net)
What I Think About
thoughts, musings, and ruminations
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