Rebecca Atkinson-Lord

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Rebecca Atkinson-Lord is a 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 the New York Times. [9] 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. [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]

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. [13]

In May 2021 Atkinson-Lord was appointed Artistic Director and Chief Executive of An Tobar & Mull Theatre on the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Hebridies. [14]

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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. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  9. ↑ The New York Times (17 December 2015). "The Stage's Best Moments This Year" – via NYTimes.com.
  10. ↑ Kroll, Justin (25 May 2016). "Nicole Kidman to Adapt Off-Broadway Vampire Drama 'Cuddles'".
  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.
  13. ↑ Discover.film. "Award Winners and Officials selections" . Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  14. ↑ comar.co.uk. "Introducing our new Chief Executive And Artistic Director for Mull Theatre: Rebecca Atkinson-Lord" . Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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