Client details
Cressida Brown
Director
| Giles Smart |
Cressida was awarded the Bulldog Prinsep Bursary from the National Theatre Studio and was on attachment there from November 2007 to March 2008. After graduating from UCL with a BA (Hons) in English, Cressida trained as an actor at Central School of Speech and Drama. Whilst there, she founded Offstage Theatre, whose maiden project , HOME, was performed in the vacated St Catherine's tower block on the Beaumont Estate in East London. She received TIME OUT Critics' Choice for her production of Matt Hartley's short play, SENTENCED, at the Union Theatre. Cressida worked as a producer on the 24 Hour Plays and Starbuck's New Voices at the Old Vic from September to November, 2006. Cressida directed a production of PHAEDRE, in a site-specific version staged in the ruins of Craigmillar Castle for the 2007 Edinburgh Festival. She is currently Assistant Director on Gregory Doran's RSC productions of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST and HAMLET. Cressida has both UK and US passports. |
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| THREEPENNY OPERA (2009) | Central School of Speech and Drama, with BA Theatre Practice Students at the Trinity Buoy Lighthouse | by Bertolt Brecht; site-specific production |
| ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (2009) | Novello Theatre | by Tom Stoppard; site-specific production |
| LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST (2008) | Royal Shakespeare Company | by William Shakespeare; as Assistant Director; directed by Gregory Doran |
| HAMLET (2008) | Royal Shakespeare Company | by William Shakespeare; as Assistant Director; directed by Gregory Doran |
| A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (2008) | Royal Shakespeare Company | by William Shakespeare; as Assistant Director; directed by Gregory Doran |
| ("YOU") (2008) | National Theatre Studio | Workshop |
| THE WHISPER OF AN ANGEL'S WINGS (2008) | National Theatre Studio | by Nick Stafford; reading |
| SWIMMERS (2008) | National Theatre Studio | Workshop |
| BOILING FROGS (2007) | National Theatre Studio | by Steven Bloomer; rehearsed reading |
| RIVEN COURT (2007) | National Theatre Studio | by Cecily Hobbs; rehearsed reading |
| RIPPER (2007) | Union Theatre | by Mark Ravenhill; as Associate Director; part of the 2007 Terror Season directed by Tamara Harvey |
| GUNS OR BUTTER (2007) | Union Theatre | by Lucy Kirkwood; as Associate Director; part of the 2007 Terror Season directed by Tamara Harvey |
| STILL LIFE (2007) | Hampstead Theatre | by Anouke Brook; s part of Upstart Night |
| PHAEDRE (2007) | Craigmillar Castle, Edinburgh | by Racine; site-specific production |
| DOUBT: A PARABLE (2007) | Tricycle Theatre | by John Patrick Shanley; as Assistant Director; UK premiere directed by Nicolas Kent |
| THE CHANGELING (2007) | Rose Theatre, Kingston | by Middleton and Rowley; extract |
| GATES OF GOLD (2006) | Trafalgar Studios - Studio 2 | by Frank McGuinness; as Assistant Director; directed by Gavin McAlinden |
| SENTENCED (2006) | Union Theatre | by Matt Hartley |
| HOME (2006) | St Catherine's Tower, Beaumont Estate, London | by Cressida Brown, Ghobolan Obeisan & Emily Randall; site-specific play |
| CHICKEN SOUP WITH BARLEY (2005) | Tricycle Theatre | by Arnold Wesker; as Assistant Director; directed by Giles Croft |
| THE TEMPEST (2001) | Garage Theatre | by William Shakespeare |
| THE GLASS MENAGERIE (2001) | Garage Theatre | by Tennessee Williams |
