CV
Anna was most recently the Jerwood Associate Artist for ThickSkin and works as a freelance theatre director and theatre maker. She is currently Project Managing Outdoor Opera House, an outdoor arts festival with Buxton Opera House in Association with Buxton Civic Association. She is also currently studying towards her Level 4 British Sign Language qualification.
Directing
2026 Title not yet announced
Role: Director
Storyhouse
2026 It Walks Around the House at Night
Role: Associate Director
Writer: Tim Foley
ThickSkin / UK Tour
2026 Witchy Killer R&D
Role: Director
Writer: Anna Berentzen with Company
Supported by ThickSkin
2026 Smiley Face R&D
Director
Writer: Joseph Walsh
Supported by ThickSkin
2025 Generator
Role: Associate Director
Writer: Devised by The Company
ThickSkin
2025 It Walks Around the House at Night
Role: Associate Director
Writer: Tim Foley
ThickSkin / The Engine Room
2025 UNTITLED R&D
Associate Director
ThickSkin
2025 Pigeon
Associate Director
Writer: Joseph Walsh
ThickSkin / Royal Exchange Theatre / The Den
2025 The Tempest
Role: Director
Buxton Opera House / High Peak tour
2025 Hamlet Hail to the Thief
Role: Assistant Director
Created by: Christine Jones, Steven Hoggett & Thom Yorke
Manchester Factory International & Royal Shakespeare Company
2025 NT Connections
Mentor Director
National Theatre
2024 Rumpelstiltskin
Role: Associate Director
Writer: Robin Kingsland
Buxton Opera House & High Peak Tour
2024 Leave No Trace
Co-Director
Writer: Devised with Company
Buxton Opera House and Buxton Civic Association, Pooles Cavern & Grinlow Woods
2024 In Space R&D
Assistant Director
Writer: Tim Foley
Ransack Theatre, National Theatre
2023 Forest R&D
Director
Headlong Theatre
2023 Friendship R&D
Director
Writer: Hannah Donelon
Hawkseed Theatre & supported by The Met
2023 Hare & Tortoise
Associate Director
Writer: Brendan Murray
Buxton Opera House & High Peak Tour
2023 In Space R&D
Assistant Director
Writer: Tim Foley
Ransack Theatre, The Lowry, National Theatre
2023 NT Connections
Mentor Director
National Theatre
2022 A Very Odd Birthday Party
Director
Writer: Hannah Donelon
England Tour, Hawkseed Theatre Ltd.
2022 Astronauts
Director
Writer: Alice Birch
The Studio / East Manchester Academy, Royal Exchange Theatre
2021 Survivor’s Guide to Living
Director
Writer: Ntombizodwa Nyoni
The Module, Royal Exchange Theatre
2021 A Very Odd Birthday Party R&D
Director
Writer: Hannah Donelon
Hawkseed Theatre Co.
2021 Billy Buckle & the Stolen Mandolin R&D
Director
Writer: Jim English
Hawkseed Theatre Co.
2021 Catalyst Residency
Director
North Wall Theatre
2020 All I Want for Christmas
Director
Royal Exchange Theatre / Online
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
Writer: Chris Thorpe, Atri Banerjee & The Company
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.