Ditte Berkeley

(Denmark, UK) was brought up in Spain. In 2001, she graduated from Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in London. She has since been a leading actress and co-creator with Teatr ZAR in Wrocław, Poland, performing in Teatr ZAR’s works and taking part in their numerous expeditions. Performances include a triptych comprising Gospels of Childhood, Ceasarean Section and Anhelli: The Calling and Armine, Sister.

Since 2006 Ditte has collaborated with the Grotowski Institute in Wrocław as a researcher in the field of voice. As well as being a theatre practitioner, she was the initiator and artistic director of the cyclical VoicEncounters project in Wrocław. In 2009, in collaboration with CPR (Wales), she co-organised the Giving Voice international festival.

Ditte has collaborated with Studio Matejka during the research period of 2010–2013 as voice supervisor and trainer. She leads various workshops with Teatr ZAR, such as Into the Sound, and has engaged in the vocal research line of the BodyConstitution programme at the Grotowski Institute. She is the leader of her workshop Voice Tale (Speaking Song), both in Poland and internationally.