Esther Richardson

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Esther Richardson
Born
Esther Richardson

1974 (age 49–50)
Occupation(s) Theatre director, playwright, script editor, screenwriter, film director
Years active1990–present

Esther Richardson (born 1974) is a British theatre director and script editor. She directed an adaptation of Stephen Poliakoff's Breaking the Silence, [1] and A Pair of Pinters. [2] In 2016, she was appointed the artistic director of Pilot Theatre. [3]

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Biography

Richardson was born in Manchester. [4] She attended Bristol University, [3] where she studied English. [4] She earned her master's in theatre arts from Goldsmiths, University of London. [4] She began working with the Royal Shakespeare Company as a literary assistant in 2000. [4] She began working on the Theatre Writing Partnership (TWP), which allowed her to discover new play writers. [5] TWP won the Peggy Ramsay award for Momentum in 2004. [4] In 2007, she quit working with TWP, and began working with Derby LIVE, Nottingham Playhouse, Royal and Derngate, the Soho Theatre and the Cast Theater in Doncaster, directing its first show, The Glee Club in 2013. [4]

In 2011, Richardson and Andy Barrett created Skybus, which is a play that took place on a bus running between Derby and the East Midlands Airport. [6] Richardson was the director, and the play takes the form of "eavesdropped" conversations between characters heading to the airport. [6]

Her film, The Cake, was selected for the Moscow International Film Festival, Rushes Soho Shorts and was one of the UK finalists for the Women in Film and Television International Short Film Showcase. [7]

During the European recession, Richardson gathered stories from across Europe in 2013, collecting testimonies about how austerity has impacted people's lives. [8] The project was called All Across Europe and Richardson planned to develop a theatre piece based on what she collected. [8]

In 2016, she was appointed the artistic director of Pilot Theatre. [9]

Selected stage credits

Film work

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  2. ↑ Bonner, Neil (10 February 2010). "A Pair of Pinters Review at Guildhall Derby". The Stage. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 Hutchinson, Charles (15 February 2016). "York Company Pilot Theatre Appoints Esther Richardson as New Artistic Director". The Press (York). Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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  10. ↑ BWW News Desk. "Malorie Blackman's NOUGHTS & CROSSES To Be Adapted For The Stage By Sabrina Mahfouz". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  11. ↑ "Ten Things to Do in the Colchester Area This Weekend". Daily Gazette. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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  18. 1 2 "Double the Directing on a Pair of Pinters". Derby Telegraph. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
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