Gestalt Arts, Asylum © Andreas Grieger
Royal Academy of Music © Jake Wiltshire
Waterperry Opera Festival © Greg Viet
Gestalt Arts, Asylum © Andreas Grieger
Ruth Mariner
Director/ Writer
Hello...
I am a writer & director creating story-driven work through interdisciplinary performance, opera,
& immersive & interactive technologies.
My work explores personal transformation and the interplay between myth and reality through magic realism, and the female gaze.
Motivated by social & political interest, I create work for traditional stages, and public and digital spaces.


“A multidisciplinarian,
visionary, tour de force!”
— Exeunt Magazine, Clive and Other Stories
“Plenty of originality.”
— Opera Magazine, Fairy Queen
About
I create contemporary myths, rituals and total-artworks for a world that has forgotten that everything is interconnected. My practice catalyses the power of musical performance, story and immersive experience to reveal deep human truths, and facilitate our collective transformation.
As a director, writer and dramaturg, I love to be an invisible force for unlocking and synthesizing creativity. I work with a large range of collaborators, from composers, performers, sound artists, digital artists and people within the community.
I have created award-winning projects for spaces including The Linbury Studio Theatre - Royal Opera House, The Lawrence Batley Theatre and The Eden Project. Working with artists and communities internationally, my productions have been featured on BBC Radio 3, ITV and Channel 4.

Awards
| Youth Audiences Music Award | 2020
Nomination, "Best Opera"
"Best Opera"
| Youth Audiences Music Award | 2018
| Foundation Bursary | 2017/18
lnternational Opera Awards
Creative Entrepreneurship Award
| Amati Global Investors | 2017
Stephen Oliver Award
| 2017