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Mick Zijdel

Student Theatre

Various theatrical productions I've been involved with during university.

Image from the Glangtivity 2024

As a student, and for a little bit after, I took part in many productions as production manager, producer, technician, and actor.

Shows marked * took place in the Bedlam Theatre

Festivals

  • Paradok Platform - Fringe Director - August 2024 (Just the Tonic during the Edinburgh Fringe)
  • Bedlam Festival - Festival Director and Co-Programmer - January 2024 *
  • Paradok Platform - Fringe Coordinator - August 2023 (Just the Tonic during the Edinburgh Fringe)
  • Bedlam Festival - IT Manager - January 2023 *
  • Give it a Go Week - Venue Manager - January 2023 *
  • Paradok Platform - Treasurer - August 2022 (Just the Tonic during the Edinburgh Fringe)
  • Freshers’ Plays - Creative Director/Coordinator - September 2022 *
  • Welcome Week - Creative Director/Coordinator - September 2022 *
  • Festival of New Theatre in Scotland - Programmer - March 2022 (Teviot Underground)
  • Scottish Online Student Drama Festival - March 2021 (Online)

Shows

  • Glangtivity - Director - December 2023 *
  • The Welkin - Sound and Projection Manager - October 2023 *
  • Guards, Guards! - Composer - October 2023 *
  • Julius Caesar - Production Manager - March 2023 (Teviot Debating Hall)
  • Into the Pantoverse - Producer - December 2022 *
  • The Rip Current - Co-Sound Designer - August 2022 (Pleasance Above)
  • Ondine - Producer - March 2022 (Teviot Underground)
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Production Manager - March 2022 (Assembly Roxy - Central)
  • Bedlam Haunted House - Composer/Sound Designer - October 2021 *
  • Songs from the Bedlam - Creative Director - October 2021 *
  • Catching Up - Tech Manager/Sound Designer - August 2021 (theSpace @ Symposium Hall)
  • Zoogmalion - Producer - February 2021 (online)
  • Trials and Tribulations - Lighting Designer - January 2020 *
  • The Odyssey in 60 Minutes - Co-Director/Writer - January 2020 *
  • William Shakespeare’s Christmas Carol - Sound Designer - November 2019 *

Acting

  • Princess Ida - April 2025 (Pleasance Theatre)
  • Glangtivity - December 2024 *
  • Biolanthe - April 2024 (Summerhall)
  • HMS Pinafore - April 2023 *

Committees

I was President (2022-2023) and Business Manager (2021-2022) for the Edinburgh University Theatre Company, who fully operate the Bedlam Theatre, and Treasurer (2022-2023), President (2021-2022), and Secretary (2020-2021) for Theatre Paradok. During my time, we reopened the theatre after the covid-19 pandemic and I led the efforts for our return as a venue to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023.