Carrie Cracknell
Carrie Cracknell (born 1980) is a British theatre director. She is an Associate Director of the Royal Court Theatre, and was joint Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre from 2007 to 2012.
Background
Cracknell was born in Carlisle and was raised in Oxford. She read history at the University of Nottingham where she was president of The Nottingham New Theatre. She later studied directing at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.
She is married and has three children. She lives in London.
Career
Cracknell is currently an Associate Director of the Royal Court.
In 2007 Cracknell and Natalie Abrahami, then aged 26 and 27 respectively, became joint Artistic Directors of the Gate Theatre in Notting Hill, London, UK. There Cracknell became known for her work blending contemporary dance with theatre and for reinterpretations of classic international plays.[1] Cracknell's first dance/theatre show, I Am Falling, was nominated for a South Bank Show Award in the dance category in 2009.
From 2011–2013 Cracknell was an Associate Director of the Young Vic theatre. For her Young Vic production of A Doll's House she was nominated as Best Director in the Evening Standard Awards.
Theatre credits [2]
- Medea - 14 July - 4 September 2014 (National Theatre)
- Birdland - 2014 (Royal Court)
- Blurred Lines - 2014 (National Theatre)
- Searched – 2013 (Royal Court Rough Cuts)
- A Doll's House by Ibsen – 2012 (Young Vic)
- Electra – 2011 (Gate Theatre/Young Vic)
- Elektra – 2010 (Gate Theatre/Headlong)
- Breathing Irregular – 2009/2010 (Gate Theatre)[3]
- Dolls – 2009 (National Theatre of Scotland)[4]
- Hedda by Ibsen, adapted by Lucy Kirkwood and starring Cara Horgan – 2008 (Gate Theatre)[5]
- I Am Falling – 2008 (Gate Theatre and Sadler’s Wells) Nominated for Southbank Show Award[6]
- Armageddon by Mark Ravenhill – 2008 (Gate Theatre)
- The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents – 2007 (Gate Theatre)
- Death and the City – 2005 (Tron Theatre)
- Stacy by Jack Thorne – 2005 (Tron Theatre)
- Broken Road by Ryan Craig – 2005 (British Council Showcase, BAC) Fringe First Award
- A Mobile Thriller – 2004 (Traverse, BAC, Harbourfront Toronto, Bristol Old Vic, National Tour)
- The Hush – 2002 ( BAC, Ohio Theatre New York)
- Macbeth – 2002 (Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham)
