OLIVER JAMES HYMANS
theatre - puppetry - creative learning
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Creative Learning
Ongoing teaching roles 2020
Tutor for Puppetry Foundation and Intermediate Courses
2017 - Ongoing
Oliver is the lead tutor for two specialist puppetry courses, one for absolute beginners covering the most popular forms of puppetry and one at an intermediate level.
2019 - Ongoing
Oliver is the lead tutor for two specialist puppetry courses, one for absolute beginners covering the most popular forms of puppetry and one at an intermediate level.
Across London
2019 - Ongoing
Oliver is a director for the Primary Shakespeare Co. who send theatre practitioners into primary schools across London. Working with 30 pupils in each school for 7 sessions, the productions are put on as festivals at various London venues.
Puppeteer / Artist Facilitator
Museum of London
KS2
2013 - Ongoing
Leading the museum's Prehistoric London learning programme for primary schools as well as a range of other learning projects.
Visiting Artist Practitioner
University of Northampton
Drama Dept. BA Hons
2019 - Ongoing
Oliver is a guest practitioner for UoN's Drama Department's Professional Practice Module. He has taught and made puppetry for their DIY theatre project which sees practicing artists collaborate with students on a theatre production.
Previous projects led by oliver
Puppets With Guts
2017
Leading engagement workshops in performance with giant-puppet experts Puppets with Guts for the Rampaging Rhinos performance.
BFI Education / Clay & Diamonds
2016
Director of two companies of young performers participating in an immersive theatre-cum-cinema-cum-science project.
Big Barbican Workshop
Barbican
Leading the Big Barbican Workshop - a cross-arts workshop day for schools who experience all art forms at the Barbican.
The National Gallery
London
2015 - 2018
Lead artist on a variety family learning projects using the museum's collections as inspiration.
Youth and Adult Community Theatre Director
Little Angel Theatre
2013 - 2016
Director of 6 shows for the Little Angel's Creative Learning team as well as leading on a range of other puppetry education projects.
Lead Artist
Creative Education Academies Fair Oak Academy, Rugeley
2013 - 2016
Leading puppet making workshops with KS3 pupils at Fair Oak Academy, Staffs, for a production of 'The Tempest.'
Leading puppetry workshops with bunraku, modular and shadow puppets for the Young Company on two productions.
Giant puppet making workshops with young refugees and asylum seekers. In collaboration with the Horniman Museum.
Leading numerous theatre projects for Arcola Creative Engagement, including Hackney Carnival and Bluebeard's Castle.
Leading Almeida Theatre's Young Company of 16-25 yr olds and several outreach programmes in schools In London.
2013-2014
Leading a variety of educational projects including puppetry, stop frame animation, drama and visual arts.
2014
Leading an introduction to puppetry workshop for children from the different Hackney Shed Theatre companies.
Education
2014
Leading a giant puppet workshop with young people at the London Jewish Cultural Centre.
2013
Puppetry workshops using reclaimed/trash materials for acclaimed children's theatre company Theatre Rites.
Artist Facilitator
Puppetry Workshop
2013
Teaching puppetry techniques with adults with autistic spectrum disorders.
Puppetry Teacher
Teaching and directing puppetry with students at the National School of Circus in Cali, Colombia.
Artist Facilitator / Director
Islington Community Theatre
2012
24-hour play directed by Lotos Collective with Islington Community Theatre.
Director / Workshop Leader
Lotos Collective
Participatory research and development project for Lotos Collective presented at The Barbican Pit Theatre.
Artist Facilitator
Jewish Museum
2012-13
A variety of creative workshops led in schools and at the Jewish Museum
Artist Facilitator
Swiss Pavillion
London Olympics
2012
Puppetry Education Project for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, run by House of Fairy Tales.
Artist Facilitator
Creative Partnerships
2011
Creative Partnerships artist in residence at a primary school, creating audio-walks with pupils.
Artist Facilitator
Creative Partnerships
2011
Education project with KS3 students, using video art as a means of learning about the Holocaust.
Artist Facilitator
Creative Partnerships
2011
Leading a series of education workshops with KS1 pupils, learning about changes in costume design through history.
Designing and delivering workshops to create a giant eco artwork in central London with KS2 pupils.