Biography

Niall Fallon

Project examples:

2023 | Orfeo Ed Eurydice | Assistant Director | Salzburger Festspiele | Christof Loy, Cecilia Bartoli

2023 | Das Wunder der Heliane | Actor | Deutsche Oper | Christof Loy

2023 | Arabella | Actor | Teatro Real Madrid | Christof Loy

2022 | Königskinder | Dancer | Dutch National Opera | Christof Loy

2022 | Der Schatzgräber | Deutsche Oper | Christof Loy

2022 | Fledermaus | Choreographer | Alte Münze Berlin | Berlin Opera Academy

2022 | Der Zauberflöte | Choreographer | Alte Münze Berlin | Berlin Opera Academy

2022 | Antigone’s Of the Pandemic | Assistant Director | IDFA + Westerkerk, NL | World Opera Lab

2021 | Hansel und Gretel | Choreographer | BOA (Switzerland) | Berlin Opera Academy

2021 | Der Zauerflöte | Choreographer | BOA (Switzerland) | Berlin Opera Academy

2021 | Becoming Anima | Co-director / Performer | OPAF, PAF Berlin

2021 | Abstand Bitte Performance Festival | Co-curator / Co-director | Spinner und Weber, PAF Berlin

2021 | Anthropocosmic | Co-director / Performer | Nau Coclea Spain

2021 | Škoda | Actor | Cobblestone Films | Europe Wide

2021 | Bitch, I love you (Sonic Opera) | Musician / Performer | Resonance FM.

2020 | Artist in Residence | Nau Coclea Spain

2020 | Integrated Movement and music research | Artist | Tanz Fabrik Berlin / Nau Coclea

2019 | Artist in Residence | Nau Coclea Spain

2019 | Artist in Residence | Destelheide Belgium

2019 | The Whilst Walking Theatre Festival | Co-director / Performer | The Collaborators | National Tour of India

2019 | The Elephant’s Workshop | Director / Performer | Destelheide Belgium

2018 | Dancing with the Shadows | Deviser / Performer | Julia Van de Hof | English Theater Berlin

2016 - 2017 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Actor | White Horse Theater | Tour Germany

2016 - 2017 | Spot the Dog | Actor | White Horse Theater | Tour Germany

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Rose Bruford College London (2016-2018)

MA Distinction Devising Theatre and Performance

Arthaus.Berlin (LISPA) (2016 – 2018)

Advanced Devising Practice and Devising Theatre

University of Kent (2012 - 2015)

BA 1st Class (Hons) Drama and Theatre Studies

Extra Merits

Director of Studio at Berlin Opera Academy

Arts Council England DYCP grant winner

Music composer. Piano Grade 6

Anti-Gentrification Tour Guide

Theatre Anthropology (ISTA, Odin Theatret)

Qualified TEFL Teacher

Black Belt in Taekwondo

Part of the Edinburgh team for Fleabag

Niall Fallon is a performer, musician, facilitator and director. His work focuses on merging physical theatre with interdisciplinary practices, using visual poetry as a means to question society, stretching metaphors and our capacity to empathise through experimental, performance making. He is often combining physical collage, site-specific work, opera, clown, and film with theatre anthropology. He has curated and performed in festivals and collaborations around the world. He grew up in the north of England and trained as a theatremaker and physical performer receiving an MA (Distinction) from Rose Bruford, University of Kent (BA 1st Class) and LISPA (Arthaus.Berlin) where he was awarded a scholarship, training in the meeting points between Devising Theatre, the Lecoq pedagogy and artistic practise. His work has been supported by organisations including Arts Council England, Nau Coclea Spain (NCS), Destelheide Belgium (DB), Erasmus+, Arragua Art Centre, Company Theatre India, and IYAF. His work has been performed in UK venues: Wakefield Theatre, Marlowe Theatre, Sweet Venues and Resonance FM, The English Theatre Berlin, Dock 11 and Spinner und Weber in Berlin. He co-founded the award-winning absurdist physical theatre company Bacterial Factory in 2016. His work has won a Best of Brighton Fringe Award, which amongst other pieces of his, toured India in 2019. He has worked on the marketing team for the original production of Fleabag, and in 2019 was the featured artist in residence at Destelheide Belgium and Nau Coclea Spain. In 2021-2022 he was the choreographer and movement director for the Berlin Opera Academy, later becoming the co-Director of the Berlin Opera Academy Opera Studio. In 2022 he was working as the Assistant Director for the World Opera Lab and as an actor for the Deutsche Oper and Teatro Real Madrid and as a dancer for the Dutch National Opera and as Assistant Director for the production Orfeo Ed Eurydice at the Salzburger Festpiele starring Cecilia Bartoli. He also provides speech and voice coaching for professionals in film, theatre, digital media, advocacy, and diplomacy. He is influenced by the work of Punchdrunk, Peeping Tom, Gecko, Thom Monckton, La Re-Sentida, and Derevo inspiring him to change how audiences creatively participate in performance. He is based both in Berlin and England.