Annie North

Director Writer

My name is Annie and I was born, bred and currently live in Brighton. My preferred pronouns are she/her.

I am currently an Assistant Director at True Story Theatre, a company in Brighton who create epic stories on a shoe-string budget and perform shows in a deconsecrated church turned art space, where we try to reach out to the poorer areas of Brighton and get them in to see the shows.

I am also part of a Queer, Feminist theatre collective called Clap Back Club; we devise original pieces of comedic theatre (and accidentally write musicals), where we satirise the current state of politics and aim to create safe and inclusive environments to open up conversations surrounding feminism and what we can do to keep fighting. I am interested in contemporary, political works that comment on the current state of the world or any work that aims to make a difference in the daily lives of people.

Credits

DIRECTOR & WRITER, Season of the Witch, FemFest, 2022
DIRECTOR, A Trans Fairytale, FemFest & Brighton Fringe, 2022
DRAMATURG, I Can't Believe It's Not Gender, FemFest & Brighton Fringe, 2022
DIRECTOR, R&D, Death and The Giant, 2022
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Blu and the Magic Web, ACCA, 2021
DIRECTOR & WRITER, Retrain Reduce Recycle, The Warren, 2021
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Frankenstein, The Spire, 3 weeks, 2019.
DIRECTOR, In Loving Memory of Pat Riarchy, One Church, 3 days, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Dracula, The Spire, 3 weeks, 2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Love Letters to Rappers, The Caxton, 3 days, 2018
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, Christmas Carol, The Spire, 3 weeks, 2017

Training

2:1, in Film Studies at Queen Mary University of London, 2014.
Completion of Introduction to Directing course at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2018.
Theatre Royal Young Writers Programme in Brighton, 2016.

Location

East Sussex

Experience

2-5 years

What I do

  • BSL interpretation
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Performance Art
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Street Theatre
  • Theatre making
  • Working with Deaf artists
  • Working with Deaf non-professional adults / children
  • Working with young people
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Can speak basic BSL

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