Natalie Abrahami is a British theatre, film and opera director. She was Associate Director and Genesis Fellow [1] at the Young Vic in London 2013-16 and Associate Artist at Hull Truck Theatre. From 2007–12 she was joint Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre with Carrie Cracknell.[2][3]
Career edit
Abrahami attended Ibstock Place School, Roehampton before sixth form at Latymer Upper School in west London.[4] She read English Literature at Christ's College, Cambridge before joining the Royal Court Theatre as a Graduate Trainee and then continuing her training at the National Theatre Studio and the Young Vic. Abrahami was awarded the James Menzies-Kitchin Trust Award for Directors for her production of Samuel Beckett's Play and Not I.[5] Abrahami and Cracknell were awarded a grant from the Paul Hamlyn Breakthrough Fund for Creative Entrepreneurs in 2009 to develop their vision of the Gate Elsewhere, involving co-production, touring and off-site presentations.[6]
In 2015, Abrahami directed the debut production of Helen Edmundson's play Queen Anne for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre.[7] In 2017, she directed the play's revival at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.[8]
Credits edit
Selected directing credits include:
Theatre edit
- Anna created by Ella Hickson, Ben and Max Ringham, Dorfman Theatre, National Theatre 2019, cast includes; Phoebe Fox, Max Bennett, and Diana Quick.[9]
- The Meeting by Charlotte Jones, Minerva Theatre, Chichester, Chichester Festival Theatre, 2018, cast includes: Lydia Leonard, Gerald Kyd and Jean St Clair.[10]
- Machinal by Sophie Treadwell, Almeida Theatre 2018, cast includes: Emily Berrington, Jonathan Livingstone and Kirsty Rider.[11]
- Wings by Arthur Kopit, Young Vic 2017, cast includes Juliet Stevenson and Lorna Brown.[12]
- Queen Anne by Helen Edmundson, Royal Shakespeare Company 2015 and Theatre Royal Haymarket 2017, cast includes: Emma Cunniffe, Romola Garai and Beth Park.[13]
- Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill, Young Vic 2015, cast includes: Janie Dee, George MacKay, and Martin Marquez.[14]
- Happy Days by Samuel Beckett, Young Vic 2014 and revived 2015, cast: Juliet Stevenson and David Beames.[15]
- After Miss Julie by Patrick Marber, Classics for a New Climate, Young Vic, 2012, cast: Natalie Dormer, Kieran Bew, and Polly Frame.[16][17][18]
- The Kreutzer Sonata by Nancy Harris (adapted from Leo Tolstoy's novella), Gate Theatre (World Premiere 2009) and La MaMa E.T.C, New York 2012, cast: Hilton McRae, Tobias Beer, and Sophie Scott.[19][20][21][22]
- Yerma in a new version by Anthony Weigh – after Federico García Lorca, Hull Truck Theatre and Gate Theatre, World Premiere 2011.[23][24]
- Pericles by William Shakespeare, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, 2011.[25][26]
- A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Headlong Theatre, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton and Hull Truck and Regional Tour, 2011.[27]
- How To Be An Other Woman by Lorrie Moore (adapted by Abrahami), Gate Theatre, World Premiere 2010.[28]
- Vanya by Sam Holcroft (inspired by Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya) Gate Theatre, World Premiere 2009.[29]
- Guardians by Lucy Caldwell HighTide Festival, Halesworth, World Premiere 2009.[30]
- Unbroken by Alexandra Wood (inspired by Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde) Gate Theatre, World Premiere 2009.[31]
- Women in Love by Mark Ravenhill, site specific production, Pembridge Square, London, 2008.[32]
- The Internationalist by Anne Washburn, Gate Theatre, UK Premiere 2008.[33]
- The Eleventh Capital by Alexandra Wood, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, World Premiere, Winner of the 2007 George Devine Award 2007.[34]
- Play and Not I by Samuel Beckett, Battersea Arts Centre, 2005.
- Human Rites by Amélie Nothomb, Southwark Playhouse, UK Premiere 2005.
Short films edit
- The Roof by Nigel Williams, A Young Vic Film, 2016, cast includes: David Lan, Peter Brook, Natalie Dormer, Noma Dumezweni, Jude Law, Sinead Matthews, Ian McKellen, and Hugh Skinner.[35]
- MAYDAY by Nancy Harris, A Young Vic Film,[36] 2014, cast: Juliet Stevenson, David Beames, and Tanya Moodie.
- Life's a Pitch by Olivia Poulet, A Young Vic Film, 2013, cast includes David Lan, Jane Horrocks, Rory Kinnear, and Eddie Redmayne.
Opera edit
- How The Whale Became by Ted Hughes, composer Julian Philips, libretto Ed Kemp, Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, 2013.[37]
References edit
- ^ "Genesis Fellow | Young Vic website". www.youngvic.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019.
- ^ "New faces 2008: Theatre". The Guardian. London. 29 December 2007.
- ^ Gardner, Lyn (20 April 2007). "It's time we got angrier". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "Natalie Abrahami: In the right direction | Ink Pellet".
- ^ Winner 2005 | The JMK Trust
- ^ Paul Hamlyn Breakthrough Fund for Creative Entrepreneurs
- ^ "Sewn for the throne: The RSC's Queen Anne costumes – in pictures". The Guardian. 17 December 2015.
- ^ "Photoshoot Behind the Scenes | Queen Anne". YouTube.
- ^ "ANNA". 15 January 2019.
- ^ "The Meeting". 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Machinal".
- ^ "Wings".
- ^ "Queen Anne | Royal Shakespeare Company".
- ^ "Ah, Wilderness!".
- ^ "Happy Days".
- ^ Young Vic Classics For A New Climate
- ^ Lyn Gardner (22 March 2012). "After Miss Julie – review | Stage". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ Young Vic After Miss Julie
- ^ Taylor, Paul (12 November 2009). "The Kreutzer Sonata, Gate Theatre, London". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022.
- ^ Cavendish, Dominic (12 January 2012). "The Kreutzer Sonata, Gate Theatre, review". The Daily Telegraph. London.
- ^ The Kreutzer Sonata
- ^ The Kreutzer Sonata
- ^ Yerma, Gate – review | Theatre
- ^ Yerma
- ^ View Production :: Open Air Theatre
- ^ Billington, Michael (11 July 2011). "Pericles – review". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Headlong – Exhilarating, provocative and original touring theatre :
- ^ How To Be An Other Woman
- ^ Vanya
- ^ HighTide Festival Theatre: Guardians
- ^ Unbroken
- ^ Shoot/ Get Treasure/ Repeat
- ^ The Internationalist
- ^ The Eleventh Capital at The Royal Court Theatre
- ^ "The Roof".
- ^ "Mayday".
- ^ "Technical error".