Clare Lizzimore

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Clare Lizzimore (born 1980) is a British theatre director and writer. Her production of 'Bull' by Mike Bartlett, won 'Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre' at the 2015 Olivier Awards. [1] Lizzimore has been resident director at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, and staff director at the Royal National Theatre. [2]

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Background

Lizzimore was born in Watford. She studied Film and Drama at Reading University, and also gained an MA in Advanced Theatre practice at The Central School of Speech and Drama. [3] She became a professional Theatre director in 2005 when she left the BBC to produce Duncan Macmillan’s 'The Most Humane Way to Kill a Lobster'.

Career highlights

Lizzimore won the 2005 Channel 4 Directors Award (also known as the Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme) [4] and became resident director at The Glasgow Citizens Theatre where her production of Tom Fool by Franz Xaver Kroetz was nominated for four CATS Awards, for Best director, Best Male performance, Best Female performance, and Best Design. It transferred to the Bush Theatre in 2007. [5] [6] [7] [8] In 2008 Lizzimore became the associate director at Out of Joint and co-directed The Mother by Mark Ravenhill, with Max-Stafford Clark, at The Royal Court theatre. She went on to win the Arts Foundation Theatre Directing Fellowship for Innovation in 2009. [9] Lizzimore is well known for directing premiers of new writing including Jonah and Otto by Robert Holman at The Royal Exchange Manchester, Faces in The Crowd by Leo Butler at The Royal Court Theatre, [10] One Day When We were Young by Nick Payne as part of the Paines Plough/Sheffield Roundabout Season and On the Rocks , a play written by Amy Rosenthal about the turbulent life of writer D.H. Lawrence. [11] [12]

Lizzimore is also a playwright, her first play Mint premiered at The Royal Court Theatre in 2013. [13] A debut that was praised as 'cumulatively devastating' and 'worthy of Edward Bond'. [14] Her radio play Missing in Action aired on BBC Radio 4 in 2014, and was play of the week. [15] Lizzimore’s second play Animal premiered at The Studio Theatre in Washington D.C in 2015 and was nominated for The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical. [16] Her second radio play The Rage, aired in 2016 on BBC Radio 4, and was shortlisted for Best Single Drama at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2017. [17]

Personal life

Lizzimore is married to writer Mike Bartlett. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ "Olivier awards 2015: all the winners – in pictures | Stage". The Guardian. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Clare Lizzimore | National Theatre | South Bank, London". National Theatre. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Artist Clare Lizzimore Profile | 2009". Arts Foundation. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Directors, alumni and past participants – RTYDS".
  5. ↑ "Tempest in a tiny flat | Theatre | Going Out | London Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Lyn Gardner. "Theatre review: Tom Fool / Bush, London | Stage". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  7. ↑ Hemming, Sarah (4 April 2007). "Tom Fool, Bush Theatre, London". FT.com. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Tom Fool captures the dynamics of life under capitalism". Socialistworker.co.uk. 17 March 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Artist Clare Lizzimore Profile | 2009". Arts Foundation. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Theatre review: Leo Butler's Faces in the Crowd at the Royal Court Upstairs, London". Telegraph. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  11. ↑ Michael Billington (2 July 2008). "On the Rocks at Hamstead, London". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  12. ↑ Charles Spencer (3 July 2008). "On the Rocks: the dark delights of DH Lawrence in love - and at war". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "Mint, Royal Court Theatre | Theatre reviews, news & interviews". The Arts Desk. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  14. ↑ Paul Taylor (3 July 2013). "Theatre review: Mint, Open Court Festival, Royal Court, London | Reviews | Culture". The Independent. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, Missing in Action". Bbc.co.uk. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  16. ↑ The Washington Post: 2016 Helen Hayes Awards nominations
  17. ↑ The BBC Audio Drama Awards - The 2017 Shortlist
  18. ↑ The Times
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