Annabel Arden

Annabel Arden (born 11 November 1959)[1] is a British actress, theatre and opera director, and one of the co-founders of Théâtre de Complicite.

Annabel Arden
Born (1959-11-11) 11 November 1959
London, England
EducationSt Paul's Girls' School
Newnham College, Cambridge
OccupationTheatre and opera director, actress
Spouse(s)Stephen Jeffreys (died 2018)

Early life and education

Arden was born in London in 1959 and studied English from 1978 to 1981 at Newnham College, Cambridge.

Career

Théâtre de Complicité

After university, she trained at Jacques Lecoq's theatre school in Paris[2] with Monika Pagneux and Philippe Gaulier. She then toured internationally with Neil Bartlett. In 1983

Arden founded Théâtre de Complicité with Simon McBurney and Marcello Magni.

Opera

For Opera North, Arden has directed The Magic Flute, The Return of Ulysses, La Traviata and The Cunning Little Vixen.[2] In addition, for the English National Opera, she has directed The Rake’s Progress. At Glyndebourne Festival Opera, she has directed Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Rachmaninov’s The Miserly Knight, Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore.[2]and Rossini's The Barber of Seville.

Theatre

As well as acting and directing for Théâtre de Complicité, Arden has also worked with plays at the National Theatre, the Arcola, the Royal Court as well as for BBC Radio.[3]

Personal life

Arden was married to playwright Stephen Jeffreys, until his death on 17 September 2018.[4][5]

Awards

  • Time Out Award 1987
  • Olivier Award 1991
  • Olivier Nomination The Rakes Progress 2002
  • European Woman of Achievement Award in recognition of an outstanding contribution to pan-European understanding and progress that provides and inspiration to others 2003

Productions with Théâtre de Complicité
  • 1983: Put It On Your Head (The Almeida Theatre, London) — as actress
  • 1985: A Minute Too Late (until 2005 all over Europe, in the USA, South Amerika, Israel and Sri Lanka) — co-director
  • 1986: Foodstuff — actress
  • 1986: Please, Please, Please — director and actress
  • 1987: Anything For A Quiet Life (The Almeida Theatre, London, and in 1989 as TV production for Channel 4) — actress
  • 1988: Burning Ambition
  • 1989: Dürrenmatt: The Visit (London, Zürich, Hong Kong, Australien) — director (with Simon McBurney)
  • 1989: The Phantom Violin — actress
  • 1992: The Street of Crocodiles, a both the life and work of writer Bruno Schulz (Royal National Theatre, thereafter on a worldwide tour) — actress
  • 1992: Shakespeare: The Winter's Tale (Seymour Theatre Centre Sydney, thereafter in Hong Kong and London) — director
  • 1994: The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol (Manchester and thereafter tour til 1996) — collaboration
  • 1994: Out of a house walked a man … — collaboration
  • 1997: John Berger: To The Wedding (Radio production for BBC Radio 3) — speaker
  • 1999: Mnemonic
  • 2013: The Lionboy (Bristol Old Vic, thereafter on Tour) — director

References
  1. "ARDEN, Annabel Kate, (Mrs Stephen Jeffreys)". Who's Who 2015. A & C Black. 2014.
  2. "The Decline of the Theatre Director?". Inside Out Festival. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  3. "Annabel Arden – Director". Performing Arts. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  4. "Portrait of the artist: Annabel Arden, director". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  5. Coveney, Michael (18 September 2018). "Stephen Jeffreys obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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