Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir has been working as a director since her debut Kjöt (Meat) in 2006. As artistic director of Brite Theater she has directed all of the company's shows. Kolbrún was awarded the Edwin Rudd Scholarship following her outstanding work at University of Exeter where she did her masters in Staging Shakespeare which enabled her to continue to make work with the company immediately after graduating. Brite Theater is continually touring with Richard III (a one-woman show). The show was awarded the Creative Award, Inspiration Award and Performance Award at the Prague Fringe Awards and the Bobby Award at Edinburgh Fringe 2015. The company also has two more shows on the road, (Can This Be) Home and Hamlet (an experience).
Kolbrún works freelance and is currently directing Knots for Theatre Sans Accents, opening at Hidden Door this summer. She is also an associate artist at Annexe Arts Hub, you can catch their work at the Formation Festival at Assembly Roxy the first week of July. She runs a group and website for theatre directors in Scotland.
Kolbrún is also a budding playwright. Her original plays include Kjöt; Bitter Sweet; Chet Baker, Love; My Only Love Sprung from My Only Hate and Shakespeare in Hell, with many more in the works. Kolbrún was chosen as one of six playwrights to be mentored at the Playwrights' Studio Scotland to develop Troubles of the Female Variety under Alan McKendrick's guidance. Since she has had her work staged at the Tron Theatre, Stage to Page and by In Motion Theatre Company and had further mentoring with Zinnie Harris at the Traverse Theatre.
Kolbrún is based in Edinburgh but has worked in Iceland, Sweden, Thailand and the UK and her work has toured in the US, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Italy and Pakistan, with dates in Romania on the horizon. You can contact her here.
Kolbrún works freelance and is currently directing Knots for Theatre Sans Accents, opening at Hidden Door this summer. She is also an associate artist at Annexe Arts Hub, you can catch their work at the Formation Festival at Assembly Roxy the first week of July. She runs a group and website for theatre directors in Scotland.
Kolbrún is also a budding playwright. Her original plays include Kjöt; Bitter Sweet; Chet Baker, Love; My Only Love Sprung from My Only Hate and Shakespeare in Hell, with many more in the works. Kolbrún was chosen as one of six playwrights to be mentored at the Playwrights' Studio Scotland to develop Troubles of the Female Variety under Alan McKendrick's guidance. Since she has had her work staged at the Tron Theatre, Stage to Page and by In Motion Theatre Company and had further mentoring with Zinnie Harris at the Traverse Theatre.
Kolbrún is based in Edinburgh but has worked in Iceland, Sweden, Thailand and the UK and her work has toured in the US, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Italy and Pakistan, with dates in Romania on the horizon. You can contact her here.
