Natalie Abrahami

Abrahami attended Ibstock Place School, Roehampton before sixth form at Latymer Upper School in west London.{{Cite web|url=http://www.inkpellet.co.uk/2011/06/natalie-abrahami-in-the-right-direction/|title=Natalie Abrahami: In the right direction | Ink Pellet}} She read English Literature at Christ's College, Cambridge before joining the Royal Court Theatre as a Graduate Trainee and then continuing her training at the National Theatre Studio and the Young Vic. Abrahami was awarded the James Menzies-Kitchin Trust Award for Directors for her production of Samuel Beckett's Play and Not I.[http://www.jmktrust.org/alumni/winner-2005/ Winner 2005 | The JMK Trust] Abrahami and Cracknell were awarded a grant from the Paul Hamlyn Breakthrough Fund for Creative Entrepreneurs in 2009 to develop their vision of the Gate Elsewhere, involving co-production, touring and off-site presentations.[http://www.phf.org.uk/page.asp?id=1932 Paul Hamlyn Breakthrough Fund for Creative Entrepreneurs]

In 2015, Abrahami directed the debut production of Helen Edmundson's play Queen Anne for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/costume-and-culture/gallery/2015/dec/17/royal-shakespeare-company-rsc-queen-anne-swan-theatre | title=Sewn for the throne: The RSC's Queen Anne costumes – in pictures | newspaper=The Guardian | date=17 December 2015 }} In 2017, she directed the play's revival at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEHCy9z5258 | title=Photoshoot Behind the Scenes | Queen Anne | website=YouTube | date=9 February 2017 }}

Selected directing credits include:

• Anna created by Ella Hickson, Ben and Max Ringham, Dorfman Theatre, National Theatre 2019, cast includes; Phoebe Fox, Max Bennett, and Diana Quick.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/anna|title=ANNA|date=15 January 2019}}
• The Meeting by Charlotte Jones, Minerva Theatre, Chichester, Chichester Festival Theatre, 2018, cast includes: Lydia Leonard, Gerald Kyd and Jean St Clair.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cft.org.uk/archive/the-meeting|title=The Meeting|date=6 February 2022}}
• Machinal by Sophie Treadwell, Almeida Theatre 2018, cast includes: Emily Berrington, Jonathan Livingstone and Kirsty Rider.{{Cite web|url=https://almeida.co.uk/whats-on/machinal/4-jun-2018-21-jul-2018|title = Machinal}}
• Wings by Arthur Kopit, Young Vic 2017, cast includes Juliet Stevenson and Lorna Brown.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/wings|title=Wings|date=14 September 2017 }}
• Queen Anne by Helen Edmundson, Royal Shakespeare Company 2015 and Theatre Royal Haymarket 2017, cast includes: Emma Cunniffe, Romola Garai and Beth Park.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsc.org.uk/queen-anne|title=Queen Anne | Royal Shakespeare Company}}
• Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill, Young Vic 2015, cast includes: Janie Dee, George MacKay, and Martin Marquez.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/ah-wilderness|title = Ah, Wilderness!| date=13 April 2015 }}
• Happy Days by Samuel Beckett, Young Vic 2014 and revived 2015, cast: Juliet Stevenson and David Beames.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/happy-days|title = Happy Days| date=23 January 2014 }}
• After Miss Julie by Patrick Marber, Classics for a New Climate, Young Vic, 2012, cast: Natalie Dormer, Kieran Bew, and Polly Frame.[http://youngviclondon.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/classics-for-a-new-climate/ Young Vic Classics For A New Climate ]{{cite news|author=Lyn Gardner |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/mar/22/after-miss-julie-review |title=After Miss Julie – review | Stage |work=The Guardian |date= 22 March 2012|accessdate=18 August 2013 |location=London}}[http://www.youngvic.org/archive/after-miss-julie Young Vic After Miss Julie ]
• The Kreutzer Sonata by Nancy Harris (adapted from Leo Tolstoy's novella), Gate Theatre (World Premiere 2009) and La MaMa E.T.C, New York 2012, cast: Hilton McRae, Tobias Beer, and Sophie Scott.{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-kreutzer-sonata-gate-theatre-london-1818832.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-kreutzer-sonata-gate-theatre-london-1818832.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | location=London | work=The Independent | first=Paul | last=Taylor | title=The Kreutzer Sonata, Gate Theatre, London | date=12 November 2009}}{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9010243/The-Kreutzer-Sonata-Gate-Theatre-review.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Dominic | last=Cavendish | title=The Kreutzer Sonata, Gate Theatre, review | date=12 January 2012}}[http://www.gatetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the-kreutzer-sonata.aspx The Kreutzer Sonata][http://www.kreutzersonataplay.com/ The Kreutzer Sonata]
• Yerma in a new version by Anthony Weigh – after Federico García Lorca, Hull Truck Theatre and Gate Theatre, World Premiere 2011.[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-24009491-yerma-gate---review.do Yerma, Gate – review | Theatre][http://www.gatetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/show-archive/yerma.aspx Yerma]
• Pericles by William Shakespeare, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, 2011.[http://openairtheatre.org/production/pericles-reimagined View Production :: Open Air Theatre]{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/jul/11/pericles-review | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Michael | last=Billington | title=Pericles – review | date=11 July 2011}}
• A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Headlong Theatre, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton and Hull Truck and Regional Tour, 2011.[http://www.headlongtheatre.co.uk/productions/production_details.php?Title=A_Midsummer_Nights_Dream_&production_id=26 Headlong – Exhilarating, provocative and original touring theatre :]
• How To Be An Other Woman by Lorrie Moore (adapted by Abrahami), Gate Theatre, World Premiere 2010.[http://www.gatetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/show-archive/how-to-be-an-other-woman.aspx How To Be An Other Woman]
• Vanya by Sam Holcroft (inspired by Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya) Gate Theatre, World Premiere 2009.[http://www.gatetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/show-archive/vanya.aspx Vanya]
• Guardians by Lucy Caldwell HighTide Festival, Halesworth, World Premiere 2009.[http://www.hightide.org.uk/index.php?id=77 HighTide Festival Theatre: Guardians]
• Unbroken by Alexandra Wood (inspired by Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde) Gate Theatre, World Premiere 2009.[http://www.gatetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/show-archive/unbroken.aspx Unbroken]
• Women in Love by Mark Ravenhill, site specific production, Pembridge Square, London, 2008.[http://www.gatetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/show-archive/shoot/-get-treasure/-repeat.aspx Shoot/ Get Treasure/ Repeat]
• The Internationalist by Anne Washburn, Gate Theatre, UK Premiere 2008.[http://www.gatetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/show-archive/the-internationalist.aspx The Internationalist]
• The Eleventh Capital by Alexandra Wood, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, World Premiere, Winner of the 2007 George Devine Award 2007.[http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/the-eleventh-capital The Eleventh Capital at The Royal Court Theatre]
• Play and Not I by Samuel Beckett, Battersea Arts Centre, 2005.
• Human Rites by Amélie Nothomb, Southwark Playhouse, UK Premiere 2005.

• The Roof by Nigel Williams, A Young Vic Film, 2016, cast includes: David Lan, Peter Brook, Natalie Dormer, Noma Dumezweni, Jude Law, Sinead Matthews, Ian McKellen, and Hugh Skinner.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youngvic.org/young-vic-films/the-roof|title = The Roof}}
• MAYDAY by Nancy Harris, A Young Vic Film,{{Cite web|url=https://www.youngvic.org/young-vic-films/mayday|title = Mayday}} 2014, cast: Juliet Stevenson, David Beames, and Tanya Moodie.
• Life's a Pitch by Olivia Poulet, A Young Vic Film, 2013, cast includes David Lan, Jane Horrocks, Rory Kinnear, and Eddie Redmayne.

• How The Whale Became by Ted Hughes, composer Julian Philips, libretto Ed Kemp, Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.roh.org.uk/productions/how-the-whale-became-by-natalie-abrahami|title=Technical error}}

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• [http://unitedagents.co.uk/natalie-abrahami United Agents profile]
• [https://natalieabrahami.co.uk/ Natalie Abrahami website]

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