Oliver Hymans

Oliver Hymans is a theatre artist, performer and a teacher.

He was awarded a Masters degree in Stenography from Central Saint Martins in 2006.

Oliver is interested in the spaces in which performance happen, and is committed to exploring work in unusual or non-theatre spaces. He is the co-founder and artistic director of animate: SPACE, dedicated to infusing life in the forgotten spaces of the city. With the company, Oliver was recently commissioned by the Barbican, in collaboration with their blockbuster show ‘Seduced: Art and Sex

from Antiquity until Now’ to create a new performance ’Draw Me Baby’ @ The Window Gallery, in Central London.

Past projects include: video design on ‘The Cows Come Home’ by Zeb Fontaine (Udder Belly @ Brighton Fringe Festival 2008); production assistant on ‘The Other is You’ (Brighton, Berlin, Groningen; 2007) with internationally renowned performance company Station House Opera;

Stenographer for ‘Palm Grove Tales’ (Kerala, India 2006).

Oliver is committed to inspiring young people to be passionate about theatre and has led several education projects with students across London. A recent project involved children from inner city London designing and installing a new public art work, commissioned by British Land which was displayed in Euston, Central London during the summer of 2007.

He is currently working as a teacher in Elephant and Castle, London.