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Robyn Archer

2023-05-23 37

Robyn Archer (1948 – ) is a singer, writer, director and arts advocate. She was born Robyn Smith in Prospect, South Australia and began performing as a singer, semiprofessionally, from

Yvonne Brewster

2023-05-23 39

Yvonne Brewster OBE (1938-) is an actor and director who co-founded the theatre companies Talawa in the UK and The Barn Theatre in Jamaica where she was born. Brewster came

Caryl Churchill

2023-05-23 46

Caryl Churchill (1938–) was born in England but her family moved to Montreal, Canada when she was ten years old. On her return, she studied English at Lady Margaret Hall,

Barbara Ann Teer

2023-05-23 47

Barbara Ann Teer (1937–2008) was a renowned writer, director, producer, actor and visionary. She was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, to parents who were teachers and she graduated High

Glenda Jackson

2023-05-23 41

Glenda Jackson CBE (1936–), actor and politician, has earned the ‘Triple Crown of Acting’, one of the very few performers to have ever done so. Born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, to

Dame Judi Dench

2023-05-23 49

Dame Judi Dench (1934–) is an English actress, who has received wide popular and critical admiration for a career marked by outstanding performances in both classical and contemporary roles. Dench

Chita Rivera

2023-05-23 46

Chita Rivera (1933–) is a theatrical icon and one of Broadway’s greatest talents. She is one of the most nominated performers in Tony Award history having earned ten nominations, won

Thelma Holt

2023-05-23 33

Thelma Holt CBE (1932–) is a graduate of RADA and co-founder of the Open Space Theatre. She became director of the Roundhouse in 1976 before joining Peter Hall at the

Julia Miles

2023-05-23 40

Julia Miles (1930–2020) was a visionary theatre director who enabled women to have a voice and more importantly, a space for their work, in American theatre. She acted as a

Cicely Berry

2023-05-23 40

Cicely Frances Berry CBE (1926 – 2018) was a hugely significant British Voice director whose radical approach to delivering the text using an actor’s physicality had farreaching influence around the

Dame Gillian Lynne (1926-2018) was a dancer, choreographer and director whose imaginative choreography had a huge impact on contemporary musical theatre both in London’s West End and on Broadway, where

Ellen Stewart

2023-05-23 46

Ellen Stewart (1919 – 2011) made an immense contribution to theatre both in the US and internationally. As the founding creative force and fundraiser for La MaMa, she had the