Sophie Hunter | |
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| Born | Sophie Irene Hunter 16 March 1978 Hammersmith, London, England |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq |
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| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Timothy Carlton (father-in-law) Wanda Ventham (mother-in-law) |
| Family | Julius Drake (uncle) Michael Gow (maternal grandfather) J. E. B. Seely (maternal great-great grandfather) |
Sophie Irene Hunter (born 16 March 1978)[1] is an English theatre director,[2] playwright and former actress and singer. She made her directorial debut in 2007 co-directing the experimental play The Terrific Electric at the Barbican Pit after her theatre company Boileroom was granted the Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award. In addition, she has directed an Off-Off-Broadway revival of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts (2010) at Access Theatre, the performance art titled Lucretia (2011) based on Benjamin Britten's opera The Rape of Lucretia at Location One's Abramovic Studio in New York City, and the Phantom Limb Company's 69° South also known as Shackleton Project (2011) which premièred at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Harvey Theatre and later toured North America.
In August 2015, Hunter directed Phaedra and The Turn of the Screw to critical acclaim for the Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival and Aldeburgh Music, respectively.
- ^ Mosley, Charles (1 December 2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage. p. 3680. ISBN 978-0971196629.
- ^ "Sophie Hunter: the opera director who has to dodge paparazzi". the Guardian. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2022.