theatre director
A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...
and
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
best known for her work with the
Shared Experience Shared Experience is a British theatre company. Its current joint
theatre company, of which she was an
artistic director
An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the ...
.
Career
In 2002, Teale directed a production of
Helen Edmundson
Helen Edmundson (born 1964) is a British people, British playwright, screenwriter and Television producer, producer. She has won awards and critical acclaim both for her original writing and for her adaptations of various literary classics for t ...
's award-winning play ''The Clearing'' at the
Tricycle Theatre
The Kiln Theatre (formerly the Tricycle Theatre) is a theatre located in Kilburn, in the London Borough of Brent, England. Since 1980, the theatre has presented a wide range of plays reflecting the cultural diversity of the area, as well as n ...
. In 2012, she directed Edmundson's ''Mary Shelley'', which was produced by Shared Experience on tour, including at the Tricycle Theatre and the
Liverpool Playhouse
The Liverpool Playhouse is a theatre in Williamson Square in the city of Liverpool, England. It originated in 1866 as a music hall, and in 1911 developed into a repertory theatre. As such it nurtured the early careers of many actors and actre ...
Nick Hern Books
Nick Hern Books is a London-based independent specialist publisher of plays, theatre books and screenplays. The company was founded by the former Methuen drama editor Nicholas Hern in 1988.
History
Nick Hern Books was founded in June 1988,Sara ...