TITANIA KRIMPAS trained at the University of Birmingham and Central School of Speech and Drama and is currently studying for an MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University. Her writing credits include an adaptation of THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL (Salisbury Playhouse) and THE REAL BOY, a version of Pinocchio for 7-11 year olds (RADA and London schools tour). Titania also wrote and directed BEAUTY SLEEPS at the Young Vic in 2002. It was translated into German and performed at the Theater der Jungen Welt in Leipzig in 2005. More recently Titania directed Diane Samuels’ play HOW TO BEAT A GIANT (Unicorn Theatre, 2007) and worked with Pentabus and Kindle theatre companies as Dramaturg and Associate Director of their summer project UNDERLAND, a site-specific piece at Clearwell Caves (2008).Titania works regularly with drama schools across London as a director and tutor. She has also assisted on several projects at the RSC, Lyric Hammersmith and Young Vic and was Arts Council Trainee Director with Shared Experience and Salisbury Playhouse in 1998. She recently completed writing project, SOMETHING WILD...at the Walker Gallery in Liverpool, a storybook that encourages children to engage with the art work.