CV
Anna is currently working as a freelance theatre director. She is also currently studying towards her Level 4 British Sign Language qualification.
Directing
2025 The Tempest
Director
Buxton Opera House
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2025 Hamlet Hail to the Thief
Assistant Director
Manchester Factory International and Royal Shakespeare Company
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2025 NT Connections
Mentor Director
National Theatre
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2024 Rumpelstiltskin
Associate Director
Buxton Opera House
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2024 Leave No Trace
Co-Director
Buxton Opera House and Buxton Civic Association, Pooles Cavern and Grinlow Woods
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2024 In Space R&D
Assistant Director
Ransack Theatre, National Theatre
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2023 Forest R&D
Director
Headlong Theatre
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2023 Friendship R&D
Director
Hawkseed Theatre and The Met
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2023 Hare & Tortoise
Associate Director
Buxton Opera House
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2023 In Space R&D
Assistant Director
Ransack Theatre, The Lowry, National Theatre
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2023 NT Connections
Mentor Director
National Theatre
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2022 A Very Odd Birthday Party
Director
England Tour, Hawkseed Theatre Ltd.
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2022 Astronauts
Director
The Studio / East Manchester Academy, Royal Exchange Theatre
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2021 Survivor’s Guide to Living
Director
The Module, Royal Exchange Theatre
2021 A Very Odd Birthday Party R&D
Director
Hawkseed Theatre Co.
2021 Billy Buckle & the Stolen Mandolin R&D
Director
Hawkseed Theatre Co.
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2021 Catalyst Residency
Director
North Wall Theatre
2020 All I Want for Christmas
Director
Royal Exchange Theatre / Online
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2020 Page to Stage
Director
The Studio, Royal Exchange Theatre
2019 Bruntwood Prize Ceremony
Assistant Director
The Module and Livestream, Royal Exchange Theatre
2019 Utopia
Associate Director
The Den, Royal Exchange Theatre
2018 The Tempest
Associate Director
Abraham Moss, Royal Exchange Theatre
2018 See Me After
Co-Director
HOME Theatre
Facilitating
Anna has facilitated workshops, events, and activities for a wide range of participants. Most notably, these include spending 3 years as Director of the Royal Exchange Theatre Young Company training actors, directors, technicians, and designers, and Guest Lecturing at The University of Manchester for the Writers for Stage.
Anna has worked as a Mentor Director for the National Theatre, led the Buxton Opera House Young Company, and delveloped and delivered workshops for schools, community groups, and theatre programs across the UK. These have included sell out theatre training workshops for actors in training and people over 60 interested in acting, acting workshops for visually impaired communities, Speech and Language Therapy Assistant workshops in forests for pre and nonverbal children and their families, choral workshops, reading groups and theatre based workshops in schools across the UK.