Sally Cookson is a British theatre director, known for her devised adaptations of literary works, in particular, ''

A Monster Calls ''A Monster Calls'' is a low fantasy novel written for young adults by Patrick Ness (from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd) illustrated by Jim Kay and published by Walker in 2011. Set in present-day England, it features a boy who struggles ...

'' (2018) and ''

Jane Eyre ''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first ...

'' (2014).

Early life and education

Cookson attended the

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. It is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. LAMDA's Principal is ...

(LAMDA).

Career

Cookson began her career as an actor. Her first professional show as a director was ''Cloudland'', a production for early years staged with Travelling Light in 2003.

Directing credits

* ''Dracula: Mina's Reckoning'' (2023) –

National Theatre of Scotland The National Theatre of Scotland, established in 2006, is the national theatre company of Scotland. The company has no theatre building of its own; instead it tours work to theatres, village halls, schools and site-specific locations, both at h ...

* ''Birthmarked'' (2023) – Bristol Old Vic * ''Emilia'' – Bristol Old Vic Theatre School * ''Wonder Boy'' (2022) – Bristol Old Vic * ''Peter Pan'' (2019) –

Royal National Theatre The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. I ...

/Bristol Old Vic * ''

'' (2018) – The Old Vic * ''Boing!'' (2018) – Travelling Light Theatre Company * ''

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. It is the first published and best known of seven novels in ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' (1950–1956). Among all the ...

'' (2017) –

West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds Playhouse is a theatre in the city centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire. Having originally opened in 1970 in a different location in Leeds, it reopened as West Yorkshire Playhouse, on Quarry Hill, in March 1990. After a refurbishment in 2018-20 ...

* ''

La Strada ''La strada'' () is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Federico Fellini and co-written by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano. The film tells the story of Gelsomina, a simple-minded young woman (Giulietta Masina) bought from her mother ...

'' (2017) – The Other Place * ''Peter Pan'' (2016) – Royal National Theatre * ''

Hetty Feather ''Hetty Feather'' is a book by English author Jacqueline Wilson. It is about a young red-haired girl who was left by her mother at the Foundling Hospital as a baby and follows her story as she lives in a foster home before returning to the Fou ...

'' (2016) – Rose Theatre Kingston * ''Jane Eyre'' (2015) – Royal National Theatre * ''Sleeping Beauty'' (2015) – Bristol Old Vic * ''Jane Eyre'' (2014) – Bristol Old Vic * ''The Boy Who Cried Wolf'' (2013) – Bristol Old Vic * ''

We're Going on a Bear Hunt ''We're Going on a Bear Hunt'' is a 1989 children's picture book written by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. It has won numerous awards and was the subject of a ''Guinness World Record'' for "Largest Reading Lesson" with a book-re ...

'' (2013) * ''Hetty Feather'' (2014) – Duke of York's Theatre/

Vaudeville Theatre The Vaudeville Theatre is a West End theatre on the Strand in the City of Westminster. As the name suggests, the theatre held mostly vaudeville shows and musical revues in its early days. It opened in 1870 and was rebuilt twice, although each ...

* ''Peter Pan'' (2012) – Bristol Old Vic * ''Cinderella: A Fairy Tale'' (2011) –

Tobacco Factory Theatre Tobacco Factory Theatres is located on the first floor of the Tobacco Factory building on the corner of North Street and Raleigh Road, Southville, Bristol, Southville in Bristol, England. The theatre itself is a studio-style space, with a low ce ...

* ''Cloudland'' (2003) – Travelling Light Theatre Company

Awards and nominations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cookson, Sally Living people British theatre directors British women theatre directors Date of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art