Felicity Normington

I am a theatre director interested in making important work that is both entertaining and inspiring. Vanya, a play written by Sam Holcroft was the first professional production that I directed and co-produced with The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury. This was an amazing artistic opportunity that allowed me to take risks, hone my craft and develop new skills in producing. The production was carefully composed with movement, fusing text with devised material, enhanced by original songs and live music from a local singer/songwriter.

Credits

Role: Director
Play: A City of Foxes
Venue: The Roundhouse, The Last Word Festival
The Free Edinburgh Festival
Reading Fringe Festival
Wise Words Festival
Reading Arts Venues
Length of Run: One Night
Funded by The Arts Council England

Role: Director and Co-producer
Play: Vanya by Sam Holcroft
Venue: The Marlowe Theatre
Length of run: Three nights
Initial two night run in the Lumley Studio

Role: Assistant Director
Play: Contract by Trevor Danby and Queens of France by Thornton Wilder
Venue: The Leatherhead Theatre
Company: Leatherhead Repertory Theatre Company
Length of run: Six nights

Role: Directing Intern
Play: Aged by The Paper Birds Theatre Company
Venue: The West Yorkshire Playhouse
Length of run: One performance

Role: Director
Play: In a Forest, Dark and Deep by Neil LaBute
Venue: The Aphra Theatre
Length of run: Two nights

Role: Director of Play Reading
Play: Postcards to the Edge by Kit Walkham
Venue: Cafe Eterno, Covent Garden
Length of run: One performance

Role: Director
Music Video: Hope
Venue: Rochester Prison
Company: Inside Out Theatre Company

Training

2008-2012 University of Kent First Class Degree: Masters of Drama and Theatre with an approved year abroad (University of California, San Diego) - Masters Specialism in Theatre Directing
Directing Master Classes: Thomas Ostermeier, Ian Rickson, Irina Brown, Richard Schechner and Natalie Abrahami
Observed rehearsal for Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth, directed by Ian Rickson (Apollo Theatre, 2nd run)
Observed Open Rehearsal for Tree by Idris Elba & Kwame Kwei-Armah (Young Vic 2019)
The North Wall, Oxford: Summer Residency Acting Ensemble 2012
Inside Out Theatre Company touring productions and delivering workshops in Women's Prison and Young Offenders Institutes across the UK