Rosina Piovani

Actor / Director / Producer /
Teacher / Broadcaster

Actor

Rosina has been working in theatre since 2006. She was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, where she gained a BA in Drama and BSc in Biochemistry. She founded her own theatre company, 3er Drama, with which she put on several shows in Uruguay and the UK. She has worked professionally as an actress within 3er Drama or working independently invited by other theatre companies and ensembles. Rosina acted in "General Darcy and the Girl" (2013-2014), a 3er Drama production, as part of the Hotbed Festival at Cambridge Junction. Her other acting credits include "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" (2016) with Historyonics Theatre Company, "Oh! What a Lovely War" (2013) with Combined Actors of Cambridge, Williams’ "Suddenly Last Summer" (2012) and Chekhov’s "The Seagull" (2011), both presented in Uruguay.

DIRECTOR

Rosina directed the play “Nothing Great is Easy” written by Chris Hudson and produced by Historyonics Theatre Company. Performed at the Corpus Playroom Theatre in Cambridge. This play was selected by the Library Presents Programme in Cambridgeshire and was presented as part of the programme in Autumn 2021 (2020/2021). The play was also presented at the Cambridge Drama Festival as an invited company in 2022 and has toured around different venues in Cambridgeshire. Two performances of “Nothing Great is Easy” were done in the summer of 2023 at the Cambridge Lido, as part of the Centenary celebrations of the pool.
Her other direction credits include “Waiting for Pavlov" (2018), written byt neuroscientist Martin O'Neill, and performed at at the Cambridge Pint of Science and Oxford Festival of Ideas. A standout credit of her directing career is "Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett performed at the Festival Theatre in Cambridge (2016/2017). Rosina was assistant director of the theatre play “Los Heridos” written and directed by Valeria Fontan and performed in El Mura theatre in Montevideo, Uruguay (2015/2016).
Rosina's latest direction was "Hansard" by Simon Woods, be presented at the Corpus Playroom in Cambridge in July 2024.

PRODUCER

Rosina has been executive producer to multiple theatre and multi-disciplinary shows both in Uruguay and UK. Some of her executive producer credits include: Executive producer of play “Waiting for Godot” performed at the Festival Theatre in Cambridge, UK. This was a crowdfunded project (2016/2017),. Rosina was part of the production team of the show called "Selfie" of the magazine group Revista Krisis run by 3er Drama. This show participated in the Official Carnival Contest in Uruguay in February 2015 and Rosina's work involved the executive production, stage management and logistics of all its presentations during the contest (2015). Rosina was the executive producer of “Friendly Flashback”. A project run by 3er Drama which was selected and granted by Uruguayan Government (Bicentenary Commission) to celebrate the 200 years of Uruguayan Independence. The project involved more than 20 arttists, 4 artistic interventions of dancing and acting displayed in Montevideo and other Uruguayan cities (2011).
Rosina has also worked as stage manager in some instances and she also directed the Carnival Parade for Krisis in the Official Contest of 2015.

Broadcaster

Rosina has a diploma in broadcasting and has been a radio presenter and producer in Uruguay and the UK since 2015. She has co-hosted shows, worked as a roving reporter and columnist.