Annabel Arden
| Annabel Arden | |
|---|---|
| Born |
11 November 1959 London, United Kingdom |
| Education | St Paul's Girls' School |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Occupation | Theatre and opera director, actress |
Annabel Arden (born 11 November 1959)[1] is a British actress, theatre and opera director, and one of the founders of Théâtre de Complicité.
Early life and education
Arden was born in London in 1959 and studied at the University of Cambridge.[2] After university, she trained at Jacques Lecoq's theatre school in Paris.[3]
Career
Théâtre de Complicité
Arden founded Théâtre de Complicité in 1983, along with Simon McBurney and Marcello Magni, and worked with it exclusively for ten years, and as of 2007 was still an associate artist.[2]
Opera
For Opera North, Arden has directed The Magic Flute, The Return of Ulysses, La Traviata and The Cunning Little Vixen.[3] In addition, for the English National Opera, she has directed The Rake’s Progress. At Glyndebourne Festival Opera, she has directed Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Rachmaninov’s The Miserly Knight and Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore.[3]
Theatre
As well as acting and directing for Théâtre de Complicité, Arden has also worked with plays at the National Theatre, the Arcola, the Royal Court as well as for BBC Radio.[4]
Personal life
Arden is married to playwright Stephen Jeffreys.[2]
Productions with Théâtre de Complicité
- 1983: Put It On Your Head (The Almeida Theatre, London) — as actress
- 1985: A Minute Too Late (until 2005 all over Europe, in the USA, South Amerika, Israel and Sri Lanka) — co-director
- 1986: Foodstuff — actress
- 1986: Please, Please, Please — director and actress
- 1987: Anything For A Quiet Life (The Almeida Theatre, London, and in 1989 as TV production for Channel 4) — actress
- 1988: Burning Ambition
- 1989: Dürrenmatt: The Visit (London, Zürich, Hongkong, Australien) — director (with Simon McBurney)
- 1989: The Phantom Violin — actress
- 1992: The Street of Crocodiles, a both the life and work of writer Bruno Schulz (Royal National Theatre, thereafter on a worldwide tour) — actress
- 1992: Shakespeare: The Winter's Tale (Seymour Theatre Centre Sydney, thereafter in Hongkong and London) — director
- 1994: The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol (Manchester and thereafter tour til 1996) — collaboration
- 1994: Out of a house walked a man … — collaboration
- 1997: John Berger: To The Wedding (Radio production for BBC Radio 3) — speaker
- 1999: Mnemonic
- 2013: The Lionboy (Bristol Old Vic, thereafter on Tour) — director
References
- ↑ "ARDEN, Annabel Kate, (Mrs Stephen Jeffreys)". Who's Who 2015. A & C Black. 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Portrait of the artist: Annabel Arden, director". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- 1 2 3 "The Decline of the Theatre Director?". Inside Out Festival. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ↑ "Annabel Arden – Director". Performing Arts. Retrieved 7 April 2014.