Natalie Abrahami
Natalie Abrahami is a British theatre director.
Career
Abrahami 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.[1]
Abrahami is Associate Director at the Young Vic and Associate Artist at Hull Truck Theatre. From 2007–12 she was joint Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, London with Carrie Cracknell.[2][3] 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.[4]
Credits
Selected directing credits include:
- Hitchcock Blonde by Terry Johnson, Hull Truck Theatre, Regional Premiere, 2013.[5]
- Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Creation Theatre Company, 2012.[6]
- After Miss Julie by Patrick Marber, Classics for a New Climate, Young Vic, 2012.[7][8][9]
- 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.[10][11][12][13]
- Yerma in a new version by Anthony Weigh – after Federico García Lorca, Hull Truck Theatre and Gate Theatre, World Premiere 2011.[14][15]
- Pericles by William Shakespeare, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, 2011.[16][17]
- A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Headlong Theatre, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton and Hull Truck and Regional Tour, 2011.[18]
- How To Be An Other Woman by Lorrie Moore (adapted by Abrahami), Gate Theatre, World Premiere 2010.[19]
- Vanya by Sam Holcroft (inspired by Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya) Gate Theatre, World Premiere 2009.[20]
- Guardians by Lucy Caldwell HighTide Festival, Halesworth, World Premiere 2009.[21]
- Unbroken by Alexandra Wood (inspired by Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde) Gate Theatre, World Premiere 2009.[22]
- Women in Love by Mark Ravenhill, site specific production, Pembridge Square, London, 2008.[23]
- The Internationalist by Anne Washburn, Gate Theatre, UK Premiere 2008.[24]
- The Eleventh Capital by Alexandra Wood, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, World Premiere, Winner of the 2007 George Devine Award 2007.[25]
- Play and Not I by Samuel Beckett, Battersea Arts Centre, 2005.
- Human Rites by Amélie Nothomb, Southwark Playhouse, UK Premiere 2005.
References
- ↑ Winner 2005 | The JMK Trust
- ↑ "New faces 2008: Theatre". The Guardian (London). 29 December 2007.
- ↑ Gardner, Lyn (20 April 2007). "It's time we got angrier". The Guardian (London).
- ↑ Paul Hamlyn Breakthrough Fund for Creative Entrepreneurs
- ↑ Hitchcock Blonde What's On Hull Truck
- ↑ Creation Theatre Merchant of Venice
- ↑ Young Vic Classics For A New Climate
- ↑ Lyn Gardner (22 March 2012). "After Miss Julie – review | Stage". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ↑ Young Vic After Miss Julie
- ↑ Taylor, Paul (12 November 2009). "The Kreutzer Sonata, Gate Theatre, London". The Independent (London).
- ↑ 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