LILY KATHARINE VIRGINIA SYKES - UK

Lily is a performer and director who has worked extensively in England and Germany. She has taken leading roles in productions in London, Oxford, Edinburgh and Berlin. In Germany she trained with Chen Shi-Zheng and Jossi Wieler before working as Assistant Director for Anja Gronau on Lunaris (Hebbel Theatre) and for Katrin Hylla on Tanzen in Deutschland (Theaterdiscounter). She has also worked as director’s assistant for productions of The Magic Flute and Billy Budd at the Bayerische Staatsoper. She has undertaken further training with Joz Houben of Theatre de Complicite and the artist duo deufert+plischke. In 2008 Lily was invited to take part in the International Forum of the Theatertreffen, in Berlin. Lily is Artistic Director of Aitherios Theatre, for which she just directed Tin Soldier, December 2008-Jan 2009 She trained at Ecole Philippe Gaulier, Paris, 2006-2008.