Natalie Abrahami

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

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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

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Selected directing credits include:

Theatre

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Short films

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Opera

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References

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  1. ^ "Genesis Fellow | Young Vic website". www.youngvic.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019.
  2. ^ "New faces 2008: Theatre". The Guardian. London. 29 December 2007.
  3. ^ Gardner, Lyn (20 April 2007). "It's time we got angrier". The Guardian. London.
  4. ^ "Natalie Abrahami: In the right direction | Ink Pellet".
  5. ^ Winner 2005 | The JMK Trust
  6. ^ Paul Hamlyn Breakthrough Fund for Creative Entrepreneurs
  7. ^ "Sewn for the throne: The RSC's Queen Anne costumes – in pictures". The Guardian. 17 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Photoshoot Behind the Scenes | Queen Anne". YouTube. 9 February 2017.
  9. ^ "ANNA". 15 January 2019.
  10. ^ "The Meeting". 6 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Machinal".
  12. ^ "Wings". 14 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Queen Anne | Royal Shakespeare Company".
  14. ^ "Ah, Wilderness!". 13 April 2015.
  15. ^ "Happy Days". 23 January 2014.
  16. ^ Young Vic Classics For A New Climate
  17. ^ Lyn Gardner (22 March 2012). "After Miss Julie – review | Stage". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  18. ^ Young Vic After Miss Julie
  19. ^ Taylor, Paul (12 November 2009). "The Kreutzer Sonata, Gate Theatre, London". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022.
  20. ^ Cavendish, Dominic (12 January 2012). "The Kreutzer Sonata, Gate Theatre, review". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  21. ^ The Kreutzer Sonata
  22. ^ The Kreutzer Sonata
  23. ^ Yerma, Gate – review | Theatre
  24. ^ Yerma
  25. ^ View Production :: Open Air Theatre
  26. ^ Billington, Michael (11 July 2011). "Pericles – review". The Guardian. London.
  27. ^ Headlong – Exhilarating, provocative and original touring theatre :
  28. ^ How To Be An Other Woman
  29. ^ Vanya
  30. ^ HighTide Festival Theatre: Guardians
  31. ^ Unbroken
  32. ^ Shoot/ Get Treasure/ Repeat
  33. ^ The Internationalist
  34. ^ The Eleventh Capital at The Royal Court Theatre
  35. ^ "The Roof".
  36. ^ "Mayday".
  37. ^ "Technical error".
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