Rebecca Atkinson-Lord
Rebecca Atkinson-Lord is an award-winning British theater and film director and writer.
She grew up in Wolverhampton and was a scholarship pupil at St Dominic's High School for Girls in Brewood, Staffordshire. She read 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 Director of Theatre 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] In May 2016 Nicole Kidman and her production company Blossom Films announced that she had optioned the rights to "Cuddles" and that Wilde would be adapting the play for screen. [11]
Since February 2015, she has been a regular contributor to the Guardian newspaper's online theatre blog[12] 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.[13]
In September 2017, Atkinson-Lord's first film, "Domesticity", written by Chisa Hutchinson, won the award for Best Micro Drama at London's Discover.film Festival. [14]
References
- ^ Rose, Charlotte. "A Woman of Great Direction". Everything Theatre. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ Wohead, Greg. "Recorded Chats #1: Interview with Rebecca Atkinson-Lord". gregwohead.com. Greg Wohead. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Who I am. Where I come from". rebeccaatkinsonlord.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ "Arch 468 About". arch468.com. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ "It's Not About Sex". Intelligent Life. The Economist. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ "Ovalhouse Theatre What's On: Cuddles". Ovalhouse.com. Ovalhouse. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Arch 468: Cuddles". Arch 468.
- ^ Isherwood, Charles. "Review: 'Cuddles,' Not Your Typical Vampire Drama, Opens at 59E59". New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ The New York Times (17 December 2015). "The Stage's Best Moments This Year" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (18 December 2015). "The year's best theater wasn't on Broadway".
- ^ Kroll, Justin (25 May 2016). "Nicole Kidman to Adapt Off-Broadway Vampire Drama 'Cuddles'".
- ^ "Guardian Culture Blog: Rebecca Atkinson-Lord". the Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ Cole, Emily. "Theatre News: Rebecca Atkinson-Lord and Rachel Briscoe leave Ovalhouse". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ Discover.film. "Award Winners and Officials selections". Retrieved 3 October 2017.