Deborah Bruce
Writer / Director
Photograph: Lesley Bruce
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Deborah is a theatre director and playwright. Her most recent play DIXON AND DAUGHTERS went on at the Dorfman at the National Theatre in Spring of this year directed by Roisin McBrinn. DIXON AND DAUGHTERS was a co-production with Clean Break and was initially conceived when Deborah was their Writer in Residence between 2016 and 2018.
Theatre work includes RAYA (Hampstead Theatre); OUR FATHER (Rada); THE HOUSE THEY GREW UP IN (Headlong/Chichester Festival Theatre); THE DISTANCE (Orange Tree/Sheffield Theatres/Melbourne Theatre Company); JOANNE (Soho Theatre/Clean Break); SAME (National Theatre – NT Theatre Connections Festival) and GODCHILD (Hampstead Downstairs).
Most recent work as director includes PRIDE AND PREDJUDICE (Regent’s Park).
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
UNTITLED COMMISSION | Headlong Theatre | As part of Headlong's digital project UNPRECEDENTED. |
BIG AMY | House Productions | Original series in development |
SPY SHOP | Chapter One | Original series in development |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
DIXON & DAUGHTERS 2023 | Clean Break / National Theatre | Dorfman Theatre |
RAYA 2021 | Hampstead Theatre | Directed by Roxana Silbert |
OUR FATHER 2018 | RADA | Written for the RADA Elders. |
THE HOUSE THEY GREW UP IN 2017 | Chichester / Headlong | Dir. Jeremy Herrin. |
THE DISTANCE 2016 | Melbourne Theatre Company | Dir. Leticia Cáceres |
JOANNE 2015 | Clean Break | One of five writers chosen to write monologues to be performed at Latitude Festival. |
THE DISTANCE 2015 | Sheffield Theatres/ The Orange Tree Theatre | Revival Dir. by Charlotte Gwinner |
THE LIGHT 2015 | Live Theatre | Short play commission for Rendezvous (Julia Darling Anniversary event) |
THE DISTANCE 2014 | Orange Tree Theatre | Dir. Charlotte Gwinner |
SAME 2014 | NT Connections Festival 2014 - National Theatre | Published by Methuen Drama (as part of NT Connections 2014 collected works) |
GODCHILD 2013 | Hampstead Theatre Downstairs | Dir. Michael Attenborough |
AS DIRECTOR | ||
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 2016 | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre | As Director |