Rebecca Atkinson-Lord (theater director)

Rebecca Atkinson-Lord is a British theater director and writer.

She grew up in Wolverhampton and attended St Dominic's High School for Girls in Brewood, Staffordshire and studied ancient history at the University of Bristol.[1] before training as a theater director at RADA.[2]

In 2008 she founded Arch 468, a theatre production and development hub in Brixton.[3][4]

In 2010 she was appointed co-artistic director at Ovalhouse in London[5]

In 2012 she was nominated for the Off-West End Award for Best Director[6] for her production of Cuddles by Joseph Wilde at Ovalhouse. The production subsequently toured the UK before transferring to 59E59 Theatres in Manhattan in 2015[7] where it was awarded a New York Times Critic's Pick[8] and named as one of the best theater shows of 2015 by both the New York Times [9] and the New York Post.[10]

Since February 2015, she has been a regular contributor to the Guardian newspaper's online theatre blog[11] and has written extensively on theatre and arts politics issues for both the Guardian and The Stage newspapers.

In November 2015 Atkinson-Lord and her co-director Rachel Briscoe announced that they were stepping down from Ovalhouse to concentrate on individual projects.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Rose, Charlotte. "A Woman of Great Direction". Everything Theatre. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Wohead, Greg. "Recorded Chats #1: Interview with Rebecca Atkinson-Lord". gregwohead.com. Greg Wohead. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Who I am. Where I come from.". rebeccaatkinsonlord.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Arch 468 About". arch468.com. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "It's Not About Sex". Intelligent Life. The Economist. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ovalhouse Theatre What's On: Cuddles". Ovalhouse.com. Ovalhouse. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Arch 468: Cuddles". Arch 468.
  8. ↑ Isherwood, Charles. "Review: ‘Cuddles,’ Not Your Typical Vampire Drama, Opens at 59E59". New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  9. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/20/theater/the-stages-best-moments-this-year.html?_r=0
  10. ↑ http://nypost.com/2015/12/18/the-years-best-theater-wasnt-on-broadway/
  11. ↑ "Guardian Culture Blog: Rebecca Atkinson-Lord". the Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  12. ↑ Cole, Emily. "Theatre News: Rebecca Atkinson-Lord and Rachel Briscoe leave Ovalhouse". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
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