Annabel Arden
Annabel Arden | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 November 1959 London, England |
| Education | St Paul's Girls' School Newnham College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Theatre and opera director, actress |
| Spouse | Stephen Jeffreys (died 2018) |
Annabel Arden (born 11 November 1959)[1] is a British actress, theatre and opera director, and one of the co-founders of Théâtre de Complicite.
Early life and education[edit]
Arden was born in London in 1959 and studied English from 1978 to 1981 at Newnham College, Cambridge.
Career[edit]
Théâtre de Complicité[edit]
After university, she trained at Jacques Lecoq's theatre school in Paris[2] with Monika Pagneux and Philippe Gaulier. She then toured internationally with Neil Bartlett. In 1983 Arden founded Théâtre de Complicité with Simon McBurney and Marcello Magni.
Opera[edit]
For Opera North, Arden has directed The Magic Flute, The Return of Ulysses, La Traviata and The Cunning Little Vixen.[2] 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, Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore.[2]and Rossini's The Barber of Seville.
Theatre[edit]
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.[3]
Personal life[edit]
Arden was married to playwright Stephen Jeffreys, until his death on 17 September 2018.[4][5]
Awards
- Time Out Award 1987
- Olivier Award 1991
- Olivier Nomination The Rakes Progress 2002
- European Woman of Achievement Award in recognition of an outstanding contribution to pan-European understanding and progress that provides and inspiration to others 2003
Productions with Théâtre de Complicité[edit]
- 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, Hong Kong, 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 Hong Kong 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[edit]
- ^ "ARDEN, Annabel Kate, (Mrs Stephen Jeffreys)". Who's Who 2015. A & C Black. 2014.
- ^ a b c "The Decline of the Theatre Director?". Inside Out Festival. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ "Annabel Arden – Director". Performing Arts. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ "Portrait of the artist: Annabel Arden, director". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ Coveney, Michael (18 September 2018). "Stephen Jeffreys obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
