Caroline Summerfield

Caroline is a playwright and the resident director of Natura Contemporary Theatre based in North Gloucestershire and was awarded Arts Council Lottery funding in 2019 and 2020 for the tour of her stage play 'Jane Austen and The Cheltonians'. As a playwright she has a strong working knowledge of the plays of Ibsen and is interested in directing new plays, plays set in the world of politics and new versions of the classics. She actively casts BAME actors in her productions.

Credits

Myself and Other Parts, Evesham Festival of Words December 2020
Director, Jane Austen and The Cheltonians, Bath Jane Austen Festival September 2020
The Mission Theatre Bath
Director, Jane Austen and The Cheltonians, Churchill Theatre Bromley, March 2020
Director, Jane Austen and The Cheltonians, Everyman Cheltenham , February 2020
Director, Jane Austen and The Cheltonians, Museum in the Park 7th Stroud Theatre Festival, 3 days 2020
Director, Jane Austen and The Cheltonians, Parmoor House Cheltenham, Anthology Extended Literary Festival, 3 days 2020
Director, Myself and Other Parts, ( Christmas Play), Holst Museum Cheltenham, 2 days, 2018
Director, Myself and Other Parts (Christmas Play), The Suffolk Anthology, 2 days 2018
Director, An Honest Politician, 6th Stroud Theatre Festival Old Town Hall, 3 days2018
Director, The Tree Charter Tapestry, Canwood Open-Air Theatre Herefordshire, 2 days 2018
Director, The Cycle of the White Rose, Worcester Arts Workshop Theatre, two performances 2016
Director, Four Characters Having Fun?, Birmingham Rep DOOR Studio, single performance 2015
Director, Myself and Other Parts, Man in the Moon Theatre, Chelsea, 2 weeks 1999

Training

RADA Scriptwriting & Directing Summer School

Masters in Research in Playwriting University of Birmingham (included some directing)