Robin norton biography
Robin Norton is known for Téléfrançais (), Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show () and Prisoners of Gravity ().
Robin Norton-Hale is an English writer and director for opera and theatre....
Robin Norton-Hale
English theatre and opera director
Robin Norton-Hale is an English writer and director for opera and theatre.
She is the Artistic Director of OperaUpClose, having founded the company alongside Adam Spreadbury-Maher and Ben Cooper in October 2009[1] and was previously Artist in Residence at Oxford Playhouse. She studied English Literature at Hertford College, Oxford and was a Clore Cultural Leadership Fellow (2013/14).
Career
For OperaUpClose Norton-Hale has written new English librettos and directed productions including La Bohème (Soho Theatre, Cock Tavern Theatre and King's Head Theatre), winner of the 2011 Olivier Award for Best Opera,[2] and Best Off-West End Production in the 2011 Whatsonstage.com Awards; a production of Carmen in partnerships with the End Violence Against Women Coalition ("radical...
a gripping, thought-provoking achievement" WhatsOnStage); Mary, Queen of Scots in partnership with the National Trust ("supe