Catherine Alexander, BA
Catherine Alexander has taught at the Central School of Speech & Drama since 2006. She trained at L'Ecole Jacques Lecoq (including two years at the Laboratory of Movement Studies) and participated in the National Theatre Studio Director's Programme.
She is an Associate Director for Complicite, Artistic Director of Quiconque and has worked nationally and internationally as a performer, director and teacher for 18 years.
Research areas
- New methodologies for creating devised and compositional theatre
- Applying theatre-making practice to models of actor training
Funding awards
- BID writing scheme award 2009 (Central Research 2007)
- CETT funding for Mr Pye and The Boy from Centreville (CETT/Central School of Speech & Drama)
- TQEF sabbatical award to work on A Disappearing Number (Central Research 2007)
- Winner of the Jerwood Prize (Young Vic/Jerwood Foundation 2006)
- John Fernald Award for Directors (Complicite 2003)
- Newcomer Award from London Arts for Hideaway (Quiconque 2003)
- Recipient of Zochonis Scholarship and Prudhoe Award for projects in Poland and Russia (University Of Manchester)
Publications
2010 ''Complicite/The Elephant Vanishes' in Harvie, J. and Lavender, A. (eds.) Making Contemporary Theatre: International Rehearsal Processes, Manchester University Press: Chapter 3
2000 Devising written in consultation with Simon McBurney: available as a pdf from www.complicite.org
Productions
Work with Complicite includes:
2011 -12 (Associate Director) Avignon Festival and Tour, The Master and Margarita, Barbican
2007-2008 (Associate Director) BITE festival, A Disappearing Number, Barbican
2004-2005 (Associate Director) BITE and Lincoln Centre Festival, The Elephant Vanishes, Setagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo
2000–2008 (Creative Development and Casting) Shunkin
1997 (Artistic Collaborator) Royal Court and Broadway, The Chairs
1997 (Assistant Director) National Theatre and Tour, The Caucasian Chalk Circle
1994-1995 (Assistant Director) Out of a house walked a man..., National Theatre
As Artistic Director of Quiconque she has performed in most of the shows: Fundamental, Last Laughs, Window Play, Big Bad Duvet Terror, Hideaway and Biscuits of Love. Currently working on a stage adaptation of Mr Pye by Mervyn Peake.
Other work includes:
2012 (Movement Director) Wild Oats, Bristol Old Vic
2011-12 (Director) SOLD, Pleasance Theatre (Winner of the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award and Media Award for best play)
2010 (Director) Opera North, The Gypsy Bible
2008 (Director) Royal Academy of Arts, Touching Space
2008 (Director) Edinburgh Fringe, The Boy from Centreville
2006 (Staff Director) National Theatre, Coram Boy
2002 (Director) Dissecting Anatomies, Goldsmiths College
2001 (Director) Unity Theatre, The Man of Iron, Liverpool
