Katie Mitchell OBE has directed over 100 productions in a career spanning 30 years.
She directs mainstream text-based theatre, opera, and live cinema productions (a
unique combination of video and theatre techniques). In the UK, she has directed
9 productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, 19 for the National Theatre and 12
for The Royal Court – and she has been an Associate Director at all three organizations.
In opera, she has directed for English National Opera, Glyndebourne Opera, Welsh
National Opera, and the Royal Opera House.
Since 2008, she has split her time between working in the UK and in Europe in
countries including Germany, France, Holland, and Scandinavia. She is currently
a resident director at the Schaubühne (Berlin), the Deutsches Schauspielhaus
(Hamburg) and she has just finished a seven-year residency at the Aix-en-Provence
Festival (France).