about freya
Freya Stang is an actor / director, writes and teaches.
She has a passion for creating stories, characters and
bringing these to life.
Freya works across genres, has a firm base in
movement theatre, devises original theatre and
also works with classical and modern text.
She performs equally Shakespeare or Chekov
as she does a silent mime performance.
When performing she sometimes
uses masks, clown or puppets .
In 2019 she performed live in
PIerre and the Moon, La Voix Humaine,
A Symposium for Three Clowns,
Sunset in Morden, - in three
different countries: UK, France and Norway.
Freya is a specialised trained Hospital Clown and
performs all over Norway with the
There she is also responsible for
recruitment and training for the team of
hospital clowns.
Freya is a highly experienced teacher of adults and is currently a part of the 2 year Easmus Project, setting standards for European medical clown qualifications - in collaboration with Italy, France, Portugal, Latvia and Norway.
She has studied the theatre pedagogy of Jacques Lecoq at Helikos Internationale School of Theatre Creation in Florence (3 year full-time programme) There she worked under the schools multiple branches and influences: Theatre of the Opressed, Gestalt, Bio Energetics and Taoist Martial Arts http://www.helikos.org/
Studied and Performed Shakespeare, Ibsen and Chekov at RADA, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts www.rada.ac.uk
Freya first trained with Desmond Jones School of Mime and Physical Theatre, in London www.desmondjones.co.uk
Later acting as pedagogic assistant to the school, 2 years.
Before and since she has been inspired by a multitude of wide-ranging influences, from the training of Clown through mask / the Pochinko method, the rigour and beauty of Etienne Decroux technique with Mime Corporel to further Shakespearean studies at Shakespeare’s Globe in London, The Actors Centre in London and Oslo.
She holds a Post Graduate Certificate in the training of Adults, awarded by Nottingham University.