Ingunn Lára Kristjánsdóttir is a writer, librettist and director. Her previous work includes #echochamber, a twitter opera that premiered at Tjarnarbíó in May and toured the UK in August 2018, ending at Tete-a-tete opera festival. She is a member of the writers' association of Iceland and a 2018 recipient of the Martha's Vineyard Creative Writing Institute fellowship. Ingunn has a bachelors degree in American Theatre Arts from Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance and is finishing her master studies in creative writing at the University of Iceland. Her work has been described as "Brilliantly effective... and beautifully written." (Canal Street News)" and "...stunningly poetic"(Matthew Cleverly reviews).
Projects
- #echochamberWhen Justie sends a misguided tweet she employs her colleague Talon to try and fix the mounting backlash on social media. Meanwhile his wife Finna, a famous lifestyle vlogger, begins an online affair with recluse Freyja. ‘#echochamber’ explores how we ‘make mistakes’ online inspired by Jon Ronson’s book ’So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed’. This Anglo-Icelandic opera invites audiences to tweet their ‘deepest, darkest secrets’ onto a live twitter feed as we contemplate: “where do we live nowadays? On
Skills
- Editing
- Writing Poetry
- Writing
- Directing Actors
- Opera
- Music
- Musical Direction
- Playwriting
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Marketing