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Esther Richardson (born 1974) is a British theatre director and script editor. She directed an adaptation of Stephen Poliakoff's Breaking the Silence, and A Pair of Pinters. In 2016, she was appointed the artistic director of Pilot Theatre.

Biography

Richardson was born in Manchester. She attended Bristol University, where she studied English. She earned her master's in theatre arts from Goldsmiths, University of London. She began working with the Royal Shakespeare Company as a literary assistant in 2000. She began working on the Theatre Writing Partnership (TWP), which allowed her to discover new play writers. TWP won the Peggy Ramsay award for Momentum in 2004. In 2007, she quit working with TWP, and began working with Derby LIVE, Nottingham Playhouse, Royal and Derngate, the Soho Theatre and the Cast Theater in Doncaster, directing its first show, The Glee Club in 2013.

In 2011, Richardson and Andy Barrett created Skybus, which is a play that took place on a bus running between Derby and the East Midlands Airport. Richardson was the director, and the play takes the form of "eavesdropped" conversations between characters heading to the airport.

Her film, The Cake, was selected for the Moscow International Film Festival, Rushes Soho Shorts and was one of the UK finalists for the Women in Film and Television International Short Film Showcase.

During the European recession, Richardson gathered stories from across Europe in 2013, collecting testimonies about how austerity has impacted people's lives. The project was called All Across Europe and Richardson planned to develop a theatre piece based on what she collected.

In 2016, she was appointed the artistic director of Pilot Theatre.

Selected stage credits

• Noughts and Crosses 2019 UK Tour (director)
• Private Lives (2016) Mercury Theatre (director).
• Blood (2015) Belgrade Theatre (director).
• Dancehall (2015) The Cast in Doncaster (director).
• How to Breathe (2015) Nottingham Playhouse (director).
• Glory Dazed (2014), Right Up Our Street (director).
• The Glee Club (2013) The Cast in Doncaster (director).
• Be My Baby (2011), Derby LIVE (director).
• Skybus (2011) Derby LIVE (director).
• Bones (2010) Fifth Word / Derby LIVE (director).
• Town (2010) Royal & Derngate (director).
• The Dumb Waiter (2010) Derby LIVE (director).
• A Kind of Alaska (2010) Derby LIVE (director).
• Everything Must Go! (2009) Soho Theatre (co-director).
• Wasteland (2009) New Perspectives/Derby LIVE (director).
• Breaking the Silence (2008) Nottingham Playhouse (director).
• I Capuleti e i Monetecchi (2007) Pimlico Opera at The Lowry (director).
• Earl of Mo'Bay (2006) Theatre Writing Partnership (director).
• Satin 'n' Steel (2005) Nottingham Playhouse (director).
• Momentum Project and Festival (2004) Lakeside Arts Centre (director).

Film work

• Wings (2011) Anthem Films (director).
• The Cake (2011) Anthem Films.

References

1. ^ Marlowe, Sam (22 May 2008). "Breaking the Silence". The Times (United Kingdom). Retrieved 21 May 2016 – via EBSCO.
2. Bonner, Neil (10 February 2010). "A Pair of Pinters Review at Guildhall Derby". The Stage. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
3. ^ Hutchinson, Charles (15 February 2016). "York Company Pilot Theatre Appoints Esther Richardson as New Artistic Director". The Press (York). Retrieved 21 May 2016.
4. ^ Smurthwaite, Nick (2016). "Esther Richardson: 'You Don't Need to Be Posh in the Arts. You Just Need to Be You'". The Stage. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
5. Turner, Cathy; Behrndt, Synne K. (2008). Dramaturgy and Performance. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 136. ISBN 9781403996558.
6. ^ "All Aboard for Theatrical Treat". Eastwood Advertiser. 15 October 2011. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
7. ^ "Last Chance for Local Filmmakers". Ripley & Heanor News. 16 November 2011. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
8. ^ Pantelildes, Poly (7 July 2013). "Snapshots of Austerity". Cyprus Mail. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
9. Snow, Georgia (15 February 2016). "Esther Richardson Appointed Artistic Director of Pilot Theatre". The Stage. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
10. BWW News Desk. "Malorie Blackman's NOUGHTS & CROSSES To Be Adapted For The Stage By Sabrina Mahfouz". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
11. "Ten Things to Do in the Colchester Area This Weekend". Daily Gazette. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
12. "Blood is Still Much Thicker Than Water in New Pakistani Play". Eastern Eye. 27 March 2015. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
13. ^ "Theatre Credits". Esther Richardson. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
14. "Doncaster's Cast Theatre in Call for Budding Writers". Doncaster Free Press. 8 January 2014. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
15. Hickling, Alfred (5 May 2011). "Be My Baby - Review". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
16. Upton, Jane. "Bones". Jane Upton. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
17. Cavendish, Dominic (29 June 2010). "Town at Royal & Derngate, Northampton and Wild Horses at Theatre503, Battersea, Review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
18. ^ "Double the Directing on a Pair of Pinters". Derby Telegraph. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
19. Billington, Michael (26 June 2009). "Everything Must Go!". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
20. Fisher, Neil (18 August 2007). "Top Opera". The Times (United Kingdom). Retrieved 21 May 2016 – via EBSCO.
21. Adenekan, Shola (2006). "Review: Earl of Mo'Bay". The New Black Magazine. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
22. Orme, Steve (2005). "Satin 'n' Steel". British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
23. "Film, Studio and Live Sound". Alex Ashcroft. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

External links

• Official site
• Interview about Blood (video)
• Wings (video)

• 1974 births
• Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
• Alumni of the University of Bristol
• English theatre directors
• Living people
• Mass media people from Manchester
• People from Durham, England
• Writers from Manchester