• Just a wish away

    27th Letter Theatre

  • 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 and "Time After Time" at The Etcetera Theatre in May 2022. Most recently, I directed "Chatroom" for KDC Theatre.

    I have directed many short plays, rehearsed readings, and short films for Directors Cut Theatre Company since its inception in 2015.

     

    I am currently working on two new plays; a stage adaptation of Dutch YA book "De Krant Van Morgen" by Lydia Rood, and "Hedda Gabler".

     

    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 a short extract from "Waiting For Godot" for South London Theatre at West Norwood Cemetery.

     

    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 am producing all the shows I am directing.

  • Upcoming Work

    this is what I am currently working on

    Hedda Galber

    Director

    Henrik Ibsen's famous story about newly-wed, spoiled Hedda and how her boredom ruined lives.

     

    Premiere: 18 April 2023

    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

  • 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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