Alessandra Davison

Alessandra (she/her) is a theatre maker from Birmingham, primarily working in London as a theatre director, dramaturg and photographer. She completed dramaturgy training with the Paines Plough Re:Assemble professional development programme and is also an experienced facilitator and programme leader, specialising in work with marginalised communities and at risk groups.

As a director, her interests include work that focuses on heritage and human relationships, especially that which interrogates our nature and the way we react and respond to each other. She is also interested in theatre that is about or works with science and new technology. Her style often reflects a close collaboration with sound design. She enjoys working on new writing and text focused projects, and aims to make work that can hold multiple truths and stages a conversation.

Her most recent work as an Associate Director includes the West End musical Next to Normal (Donmar Warehouse and Wyndham's Theatre), Bodies of Water (for Actors Touring Company) and The Snowflake (Birmingham REP). Her most recent Assistant Director credit is on Macbeth (Starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo, Donmar Warehouse).

She's an Associate Artist at Pentabus Theatre, a reader for Park Theatre and a committee member of Stage Sight (aiming to create a more diverse off-stage workforce). She is also part of the GRT Equity group, working towards better representation of Romani travellers in the arts. In 2023 she became the Resident Assistant Director at the Donmar Warehouse.

In 2024 she was awarded a DYCP grant to develop a collaborative, design-led process for creating New Work (primarily focused on sound design). Alongside her work making theatre, she runs a photography business specialising in rehearsal and production shots.

Credits

DIRECTOR / Last Goal Wins (reading) by Justice Ezi / The Other Palace / 2024

DIRECTOR / Coven (reading) by Rebecca Brewer & Morgan Lloyd Malcolm (Book), Rebecca Brewer & Daisy Chute (Music & Lyrics) / Seven Dials Playhouse (in development with Kindred Partners) / 2024

DIRECTOR / The Decider (Rehearsed reading with David Morrissey, Samuel West and Andrew Lincoln) by Edward Morgan / Hosted by Donmar Warehouse / 2023

DIRECTOR / The Christmas That Got Forgot by Martha Allpress Watson (devised with inmates of HMP Springhill) / HMP Springhill / 2022

DIRECTOR / Tipping Point (staged reading in translation with Fabulamundi) by Francesca Capriolo & Vaeria Belardelli (translated by Margherita Laera) / Royal Court Theatre (International Residency) / 2022

DIRECTOR / Carbon (staged reading in translation with Fabulamundi) by Pier Lorenzo Pisano (translated by Atri Banerjee) / Royal Court Theatre (International Residency) / 2022

DIRECTOR / TAMZARA (piece in translation) by Aleksander Varadian Johnsen / Unge Viken & Presence Theatre at the Norwegian Embassy / 2022

DIRECTOR / SCRATCH (Jamie Lloyd Company EMERGE Showcase) by Rida Hamidou / Harold Pinter Theatre / 2022

DIRECTOR / Ephemera (Living Archive) by Anchuli Felicia King / Royal Court Theatre / 2022

DIRECTOR / Live at the Royal Court (Living Archive) by Monsay Whitney / Royal Court Theatre / Covid cancellation / 2022

DIRECTOR / Three Sisters (Evolution Festival) by Anton Chekov (adapted by Alessandra Davison) / Lyric Hammersmith and Wimbledon College of Arts / 2022

DIRECTOR / The Amazing Invisible Woman by Caitlin Magnall-Kearns / Pentabus Theatre / 2022

DIRECTOR / Three Wishes (co-direction with Sammy Glover) with Lyric START Company / Lyric Hammersmith (Main Stage) / 2021

DIRECTOR / Hot Off The Press (co-direction with Sammy Glover) by Alessandra Davison & Sammy Glover / Lyric Hammersmith (Studio) / 2021

DIRECTOR / Drylands (co-direction with Andre Pink) by Newton Moreno (translated by Mark O’Thomas) / Tramshed Theatre / 2021

DIRECTOR / Call Me Maybe by Martha Watson Allpress / Arcola Theatre / 2021

DIRECTOR / SWAY - a live action audio play by Alex Critoph & Molly Sweeney / Virtual Collaborators Festival / 2020

DIRECTOR / Moving In/On by Katie Hawke & Tom Taplin / Bunker Theatre & Lion and Unicorn Theatre / 2020

DIRECTOR / Hatch by Elizabeth Jackson / Barons Court Theatre / 2019

DIRECTOR / By Way of Kensal Green by James Reynolds / Theatre 503 / 2019


ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (dir. Matt Aston) / The Snowflake by Matt Aston / Birmingham REP / 2024

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (dir. Matthew Xia) / Bodies of Water by Warsan Shire & devised with the company / Actors Touring Company / 2024

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (dir. Michael Longhurst) / Next to Normal by Brian Yorkey (Book/Lyrics) & Tom Kitt (Music) / Wyndham’s Theatre (West End Transfer) / 2024

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (dir. Michael Longhurst) / Next to Normal by Brian Yorkey (Book/Lyrics) & Tom Kitt (Music) / Donmar Warehouse) / 2023

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (dir. Drew McOnie) / Torch Song by Harvey Fierstein / Turbine Theatre / 2019


ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (dir. Max Webster) / Macbeth by William Shakespeare / Donmar Warehouse / 2024

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (dir. Dadiow Lin) / Henry V: School’s Tour / Donmar Warehouse & London Schools / 2023

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (dir. Michael Longhurst) / Private Lives by Noël Coward / Donmar Warehouse / 2023

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (dir. Omar Elerian) / two Palestinians go dogging by Sami Ibrahim / Royal Court Theatre / 2022

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (dir. Lyndsey Turner) / A Number by Caryl Churchill / Old Vic Theatre / 2022

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (dir. Elle While) / Idyll by Matt Hartley / Pentabus Theatre & Rural Tour / 2021

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (dir. Alasdair Pidsley) / Me for the World by Molly Taylor / Young Vic Theatre / 2020

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (dir. Kane Husbands) / CARE, devised by the company / The Pappy Show: VAULT & Latitude Festivals / 2019

Training

Donmar Warehouse Resident Assistant Director, 2023
Bayliss Assistant Director (Old Vic), 2022
Jamie Lloyd EMERGE Programme (mentored by Jamie Lloyd), 2022
Re:Assemble (Paines Plough - dramaturgy professional development programme), 2020/2021
Associate Agitator (Royal Court), 2020/2022
Springboard Directors Programme (Young Vic - mentored by Sacha Wares & Jennifer Tang), 2020/2021
Fresh Direction (Young Vic - mentored by Kwame Kwei-Armah), 2020
Young Agitator (Royal Court), 2019/2020
Intro to Directing (Young Vic), 2018/2019
Training in diverse practise (Diverse City & Extraordinary Bodies), 2018