Maltese-born, Marco Calleja is a director, producer, educator and performer currently following an MA in Advanced Theatre Practice at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. In Malta, he has worked with various companies on several plays, pantomimes, musicals and ballets. He set up his theatre company, Hoi Polloi Theatre Productions in 2004 and . branched out into performing arts e
ducation for children and teens for year ago when he set up the Hoi Polloi Academy (which he is currently managing from London … a long-distance relationship of sorts!)
Moving to London in 2016 has fuelled Marco’s passion for theatre-devising, movement and interdisciplinary work. He is greatly interested in re-visiting existing work through a new contemporary lens and in creating new theatre-work which critiques and questions current issues whilst engaging and moving its audiences. Having an undergraduate degree in the life sciences, Marco is also interested in exploring how the arts and the sciences can cross over and inform each other – a pretty exciting and ‘explosive’ combination he admits! When not on stage, or in the rehearsal studio, Marco is either watching movies, reading, telling stories, swimming, dreaming and socialising - basically enjoying this crazy adventure called life.
