Theatre and Opera Director
Biography
A director in opera and theatre, Seta 's work has at its core a strong emphasis in devising & multidisciplinary work. With her company, Link in my Bio Productions, Seta developed and directed Link in my Bio, a new interactive opera, that premiered at Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg (TVL) in December 2024, produced by TVL and Britten Pears Arts. The opera had been developed as part of enoa’s (European Network of Opera Academies) inaugural Opera Creation Journey. A blueprint of Link in my Bio's working practices to develop new opera, initially focusing on working within communities to develop opera, as well as practical ways of developing and implementing non-traditional scoring, was also undertaken in collaboration with University of Greenwich with additional support from the Arcola Theatre. Prior to enoa, Seta had received ACE funding for R&D to develop the work and partnering with Streatham Space Project, she ran a series of workshops with 4 different schools and a creative team which culminated in material being shared at Streatham Space Project and was followed by an Arcola Lab Residency.
Seta is Director and Trustee at London Armenian Opera (LAO). Since 2012, Seta has directed 7 UK premieres with LAO including The Ring of Fire and Anoush (Marylebone Theatre), Fire Ring (Grimeborn, Arcola Theatre) & Davit Bek (Britten Theatre, RCM). LAO works with a community chorus, the development of which has been an important part of Seta's work with them.
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Seta developed, devised & directed a new opera, 1000 Songs (Grimeborn 2018 & Britten Pears Arts 2019).
In 2022, Seta developed this into a short music film, directing The Enchantress and the Nightingale. Exploring the relationship of nurture and destruction between humans and their environment in Suffolk, it premiered at The Lookout, Aldeburgh as part of Threatened Landscapes, Threatened Lives (2023) presented by Stop Sizewell C.
Seta was invited to devise and direct Armania (2014) for the inaugural season at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, exploring Armenian music and poetry in the context of Shakespeare. Seta also conceived of and devised Salon Mashup, a 3 day performance and art event involving over 40 artists and looking at the Armenian experience of displacement and regeneration (Shoreditch Town Hall 2013) & devised and directed a verbatim work taken from interviews on loss and resettlement especially for the event. (Walnuts, Shoreditch Town Hall 2013).
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As an actor, Seta has worked across theatre, film, television and in site-specific first person interpretation. She has worked as a scriptwriter and drama workshop leader, and has developed and run music and drama workshops for people living with dementia for Arts4Dementia.
Seta performed in and produced Namus, a work devised over a 5 week residency at NPAK in Armenia where research was undertaken into the theme of violence against women with women's shelters across Armenia. She has been the UK artistic consultant for the British Council on Unlimited: Making the Right Moves, where working alongside Candoco Dance Company, Seta helped to establish Armenia’s first inclusive theatre dance company.
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