Marsha Norman recently retired after 25 years co-directing the Playwright Program at the Juilliard School. Her students have won 3 Pulitzer Prizes, 2 Macarthur Grants, and numerous other gifts and
Read moreKatie Mitchell
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
Read moreKumiko Mendl
Kumiko Mendl graduated with a BA Hons in Education Studies and trained at the Jacques Lecoq Theatre School in Paris. Since then she has worked as an actor, teacher, director,
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Rachael Maza is a Yidinji from North Queensland and Meriam from Torres Strait Island of Mer. Maza is Artistic Director for Ilbijerri Theatre (2008 – present) and brings with her
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Rhea Lewis is a creative producer working interdisciplinary across dance, theatre and performance. She collaborates with artists and with communities to create ambitious, large-scale, often socially-engaged cross art-form projects and
Read moreBryony Lavery
Bryony Lavery is an award-winning British dramatist. Her play Frozen won the TMA Best Play Award and the Eileen Anderson Central Television Award and was produced at Birmingham Rep, the
Read moreJude Kelly
Jude Kelly OBE, CBE is Founder and Director of The WOW (Women of the World) Festival. She founded WOW to celebrate the achievements of women and girls and confront global
Read moreVicky Ireland
Vicky Ireland MBE trained as a drama teacher at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London. Her career began as the youngest actor/teacher in the newly established Theatre-in-Education (TiE)
Read moreJill Greenhalgh
Jill Greenhalgh has been a professional theatre-maker since 1978. Her career as a performer, director and producer primarily focuses on experimental physical practice and, since her mid-20s, a specific interest
Read moreDenise Gough
Denise Gough is an Irish actress. She was born in Ennis, County Clare and is the seventh of eleven siblings. One of her sisters is the actress Kelly Gough. She
Read morePaule Constable
Paule Constable is an Associate Director of the Royal National Theatre and an associate of the Lyric Hammersmith and for Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures. Her work includes theatre, opera and
Read moreMoira Buffini
Moira Buffini is an English playwright and writer. Born in Cheshire, Buffini was educated at St. Mary’s College in Wales and Goldsmiths, University of London where she studied English and
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