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
  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. 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. Vincentelli, Elisabeth (18 December 2015). "The year's best theater wasn't on Broadway".
  11. Kroll, Justin (25 May 2016). "Nicole Kidman to Adapt Off-Broadway Vampire Drama 'Cuddles'".
  12. "Guardian Culture Blog: Rebecca Atkinson-Lord". the Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  13. Cole, Emily. "Theatre News: Rebecca Atkinson-Lord and Rachel Briscoe leave Ovalhouse". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  14. Discover.film. "Award Winners and Officials selections". Retrieved 3 October 2017.
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