Olivia Olsen wrote and played the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova in Stray Dogs that premiered at the Park Theatre, London in 2019. She was nominated for the Village Voice’s Obie (Off-Broadway) Theatre Awards for Most Promising New Playwright. The production was also nominated for Best Actor and Best Sound.
Story performances:
Penelope, the Odyssey Through Her Eyes
Parzival
Iron John: Rilke & Rodin
Theatre includes:
The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gein – A one actor play with 22 characters
Agamemnon translated by Ted Hughs – Cassandra
Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer – Lettice
Bed Among the Lentils by Alan Bennett – Susan
The Bay at Nice by David Hare – Valentina
Nijinsky, Strings on a Rose by Silvita Diaz Brown – Multiple characters
Hard Times by Charles Dickens – Louisa, Mrs Peggler, ensemble
Macbeth (mask production) – Witch, Fleance, Ross, Lady Macduff, Gentlewoman
Teaching:
Voice and Speech, Rotman School of Management MBA. University of Toronto
Voice and Movement, Theatre Department, master classes. Memorial, University of Newfoundland
Voice for Performance, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London
Voice and Movement, School of Storytelling, Sussex UK.
