Biography

Kaeridwyn is first and foremost a performer. Trained in physical theatre, she also works in music, puppetry and storytelling, and thrives on collaboration. An avid traveller, Kaeridwyn has lived and worked in Canada, India, and in London, U.K.

As a graduate of Tooba Physical Theatre Centre in Vancouver, Canada, Kaeridwyn benefitted from a unique training that combined Grotowski-based physical theatre practice, Linklater voice work, corporeal mime, and Pochinko clowning. Tooba’s programme also included devising, and ensemble development practices such as non-violent communication and Authentic Movement.

Kaeridwyn has devised work both in and out of traditional theatre spaces, and played in Canada, India, and Europe. See below for more details

Canada

Kaeridwyn and fellow Tooba-grad Chara Berk devised the site-specific ReLapse as part of the Onsite mentorship, supported by mentors Kendra Fanconi and David Jordan. ReLapse was the story of a cult survivor, hidden under a bridge, haunted by her past. Only with the help of the audience could she find her release.

India

Kaeridwyn collaborated on dance-theatre performance kindling in India in 2013, staying on and eventually living in the experimental township Auroville until 2017. There Kaeridwyn directed The Little Wanderer, an interdisciplinary exploration of home, and Tracks of the Unicorn. She also co-founded the Unicorn Collective, which animated community events with large scale puppetry.

While in India Kaeridwyn taught theatre in Auroville and Chennai, and participated in the 2015 L’école Nomade with Ariane Mnouchkine and Theatre du Soleil in Pondicherry.

Europe & the U.K.

In 2017 Kaeridwyn moved to London, where she performed in No Feedback, and devised Worlds Apart: A Tale From Yener Velt with Maggie Winston of Lost & Found Puppet Co., directed by Jen Quinn. Worlds Apart explores Jewish tradition and folklore through women’s experience, mythical, historical, and modern.

Kaeridwyn has continued to train in physical theatre, working with Didi Hopkins, Anna-Helena Mclean, and Emma Bonnici. In the world of puppetry, she has built puppets for Blackheath Halls opera, and participated in Gyre and Gimble’s workshops.

Storytelling has brought Kaeridwyn to Amsterdam upon occasion, where she has told a tale or two at The Gathering Point.

As a musician, Kaeridwyn is one half of the symbolist folk duo Voice of the Turtle, and plays with the Balkan Village Band.