Directing: Theatre
Trailers and videos
Trailers and videos
The Importance of Being Earnest for Grosvenor Park Theatre - Audience Reactions Trailer 2024
Now and Then Trailer: English Theatre Frankfurt 2023
Richard II Trailer: Guildford Shakespeare Company 2023
The Prince Trailer: Southwark Playhouse 2022 and Nebula 2023
The Tale of the Beauty and the Tail of the Beast: Creation Theatre, 2022/3
The Prince Making of Documentary Trailer: 2022
Boeing Boeing Gone Trailer: 2023
Click here to watch Hollie McNish talking about her reimagining of Antigone, directed in a world premiere for Storyhouse 2021
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
DIRECTED FOR GROSVENOR PARK OPEN AIR THEATRE, PART OF STORYHOUSE.
AUGUST - September 2024.
CREATIVE TEAM:
Producer: Helen Redcliffe
Set and costume design: Elizabeth Wright
Costume Supervisor: Therese Dennis
Musical direction and composition: Paula James
Movement director: Paul Isles
Lighting design: Ieuan Reeve
Dialect coach: Nick Trumble
Production photography: Mark McNulty
CAST:
Jack: James Sheldon
Algernon: Lucas Button
Gwendolen: Hanora Kamen
Cecily: Yolanda Ovide
Lady Bracknell: Joanne Howarth
Miss Prism: Natasha Bain
Dr Chasuble: Robert Maskell
Lane/Musician: Tom Benjamin
Merriman: Oisin Thompson
Clara/Musician: Jenny Murphy
EDGE OF TIME
A NEW ONE WOMAN MUSICAL WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY DAISY BOULTON WHICH PLAYED AT EDINBURGH FRINGE IN 2024 AT THE UNDERBELLY
NOW AND THEN
BY SEAN GRENNAN, DIRECTED FOR THE ENGLISH THEATRE FRANKFURT, 2023
CAST
Jamie Oliver Nazareth Aston
Abby Annabelle Terry
Man Mark Pinkosh
Woman Bryonie Pritchard
creatives
Set and costume design Ryan Dawson Laight
Lighting design Jane Lalljee
Sound design and composition Lex Kosanke
Movement and intimacy Christina Fulcher
Musical direction Mal Hall
Casting by Marc Frankum
Dialect by Ben Furey
Stage management Martha Mamo, Leanne Maskin, Gemma Brady
Photography Martin Kaufhold
SCUTTLERS
BY RONA MUNRO. DIRECTED WITH GRADUATING BA ACTORS AT LAMDA, 2024
CAST AND CREATIVES (* = STAFF MEMBER OR FREELANCE PROFESSIONAL)
Cast
Molly Bryson Theresa
Esther Ming Li Polly
Elle Davies Margaret
Ella Boyes Susan
Alex Farrell Thomas
Wesley Ruthven Sean
Roman Asde George
Crispin Glancy Joe
Louis Bisson Jimmy
Ensemble
Nina Ellen Amos
Ailsa Baldwin
Holly Bradley
Evie Desheva
Meryem Ercan
Lisa Gillham
Philippa Haddow
Yusuf Hasabella
Antonia Higham
Samuel Ingamells
Jessica Jane
Emma Judge
Elijah Lifton
Lauren Maguire
Sorcadh Mccarthy
Alissa Mills
Athina Misailidou
Izzie Packer
Sarita Patel
Freya Purdie
Niamh Spilane
Aimee Wright
Creative Team
Designer
Tara Usher*
Lighting Designer
Jennifer Garland
Sound Designer
Summer Collier
Movement Director
Jonnie Riordan*
Fight Director
Joseph Reed*
Voice Director
Molly Parker*
Intimacy Director
Christina Fulcher*
Assistant Director
Irina Mikheeva
Costume Supervisor
Sesselja Fanneyjardóttir*
Photography: Sam Taylor
Production Team
Stage Manager
Erin Blake
Deputy Stage Manager
Anya Williams
Assistant Stage Manager
Velia De Nicola
Production Manager
Jasmin Meara-Wall
Production Lx
George Rogers
Deputy Lx / Programmer
James Imber
Production Sound Engineer
Jacob Eckardt
Production Carpenter
Callum Duncan
Lighting Crew
Jay Cheung
Angelika Marr
Ace Turner
Charlie Henley-Castleden
Patrick McAneny
Sound Assistants
Abigail Brophy
Alexander Hoppe
Amelia Thorpe
Olly Griffiths
Danielle Small
Construction Crew
Holly Higgs
Annabel Smeaton
Chloe Wood
Cameron Mackenzie
Heather Trevelyan
richard ii
adapted and directed for guildford shakespeare company at holy trinity, guildford in february 2023.
"A fantastic play has been given new life with this fabulous production."
* * * * London theatre1
“modern retelling of betrayal and debauchery..stunning visuals..exquisite performances”
* * * * REVIEWS HUB
“"The chaos, regime changes and background of unrelenting treachery make this a play for our times."
Plays International
"This cast makes electric Shakespeare’s dialogue… [it’s] clever and imaginative"
Surrey Advertiser
"Gripped from beginning to end"
British Theatre Guide
CAST
Richard II DANIEL BURKE
Bagot/Queen/Salisbury SALLY CHENG
Duchess of York SARAH GOBRAN
Joan of Gaunt/Northumberland ANNE KAVANAGH
Duke of Aumerle LUKE LATCHMAN
Henri Bolingbroke LAURA MATTHEWS
Thomas Mowbray/Henry Percy/Green/Stephen Scroop EDDY PAYNE
Bushy/Bishop of Carlisle/Gardener 1/Duke of York/Nurse MATT PINCHES
CREATIVES
Set & Costume Design NEIL IRISH
Assistant Designer/Costume Supervisor ANETT BLACK
Lighting MARK DYMOCK
Sound MATT EATON
Movement Director SUNDEEP SAINI
Musical Director ALEX BEETSCHEN
Voice Coach STERRE MAIER
Fight Director PHILIP D’ORLÉANS
Production & Company Stage Manager HANNAH WALKER
Deputy Stage Manager LISA COCHRANE
Assistant Stage Manager EL WALDOCK
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Photography by Mark Dean
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The prince
“A play that is both charming and challenging…Put it on your must see list!”
* * * * * London Living Large
“The Prince is an entertaining and smart take on a history play. Not merely an adaptation, it is a bold, new and thought-provoking piece of writing.”
* * * * WhatsOnStage
A world premiere by Abigail Thorn at Southwark Playhouse, September/October 2022 before release of the professionally recorded stream on Nebula worldwide, along with a ‘making of’ documentary.
Cast: Abigail Thorn, Mary Malone, Joni Ayton-Kent, Tianna Arnold, Corey Montague-Sholay, Che Walker, Richard Rees, Tyler Luke Cunningham
Dramaturg: Donnacadh O’Briain
Writer: Abigail Thorn
Executive producer: David Wiskus
Producers: George Warren and Simon Paris for Metal Rabbit Productions
General Manager: Rae Lee
Lighting and video design: Martha Godfrey
Sound design: Rodent
Set design: Lulu Tam
Costume design (pre Brighton): Rebecca Cartwright
Costume design (Brighton): Lulu Tam
Associate and movement director: E.M. Williams
Fight director: Bethan Clark
Intimacy director: Tigger Blaize
Electric guitar composer and understudy: Frances Bolley
Fight assistant: Robin Hellier
Casting consultant: Harrison Knights
Associate video design: Douglas Baker
Associate lighting design: Ben Garcia
Hair and make up design: Nicki Buglewicz
Dialect coach: Nick Trumble
Voice coach: Victoria Woodward
Costume design associate and dresser: Asher Thomas
Production managers: Andreas Ayling and Charlie Earl
Company stage manager: Lois Sime
Assistant stage manager: Paris Linxuan Wu
Press and Marketing: Madelaine Bennett and Natalie Yalden
Photography courtesy of Mark Senior
the tale of the beauty and the tail of the beast
the christmas show for creation theatre company at the north wall arts centre, written by paul boyd, christmas 2022.
“Guffawingly funny, poignant and ridiculous, we are enchanted by this mismatched bunch and their trials and tribulations until the very end. So yes, Creation has done it again, proving overwhelmingly why we are so lucky to have them, as the local theatre company sprinkles a little Christmas magic over Oxford. An absolute must for the festive season.” Ox In A Box Magazine
“Off we went to the North Wall in our mittens and hats in search of something sparkly and cheering. We were not disappointed. The Tale of the Beauty and the Tail of the Beast is a little gem of a show in that it manages to deliver a sprinkling of Christmas magic without being garish or clichéd.” Daily Info, Oxford
CAST
Delvene Pitt - Suzanne/Marie
Kofi Dennis - Barbot/Beast
Anna Tolputt - Gabrielle/Grizelda The Grim
Emily Woodward - Michelle/Evadne The Just
Nicholas Osmond - Monsieur Affable/Claude
Heather Conder - Swing
Charlotte Miranda Smith - Swing
Yves Morris - Swing
CREATIVE
Book, Music and Lyrics by Paul Boyd
Costume and Set Designer – Ryan Dawson Laight
Lighting Designer – Ashley Bale
Sound Designer – Matt Eaton
Musical Director - Tristan Jackson-Pate
Choreographer - Paul Isles
Production Manager: Giles Stoakley
Deputy Stage Manager – Judith Volk
Assistant Stage Manger: Elsie O’Rourke
Little women
“A production by Natasha Rickman that is as raucous as it is ultimately moving”
* * * * The Guardian
“Heartfelt and joyous - gloriously fresh and engaging”
* * * * * The Stage
A new adaptation by Anne Odeke for Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre, 2022
Cast: Paislie Reid, Haylie Jones, Molly Madigan, Nicola Blackman, Alice Keedwell, Joelle Brabban, Eddy Payne, Oliver Nazareth-Aston, Samuel Awoyo, Robert Maskell, Samantha McIlwaine, Lucy Joy.
Set and costume designer - Jess Curtis
Music direction and composition - Zoe West
Movement direction - Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster
Movement associate - Hayley Chilvers
Voice coach - Victoria Woodward
Dialect coach - Natalie Grady
Casting director - Kay Magson
Producer - Helen Redcliffe
Photos below courtesy of Mark McNulty
antigone
A new reimagining by Hollie McNish
Storyhouse, 2021
This production featured creative captioning and was BSL integrated throughout. It was a co-production between Storyhouse and TripleC
Cast: Fatima Niemogha, Raffie Julien, Amy Helena, Rachael Merry, Jim Findley, Ken Christiansen, Bart Lambert, Matt Crosby, Harry Bharat and Storyhouse Young Company.
Lighting - Jane Lalljee
Set and costume design - Adam Wiltshire
Sound design - Tingying Dong
Musical director and composer - Alex Beetschen
Movement director - Paul Isles
Associate movement director - Raffie Julien
BSL director - Amy Helena
BSL Consultant - Mia Ward
Access director - Lily Levin
Video director - Lee Isserow
Video consultant - Cate Blanchard
Photographs below courtesy of Mark McNulty.
You can watch the trailer for Antigone here
**** “A bold and dynamic piece of accessible theatre that celebrates its origins while amplifying its relevance for modern audiences…a vivid, refreshing retelling” The Stage
**** “I have never seen anything like this production of Antigone in my entire life..it will take your breath away”
Daily Advent
“This new production adapts Sophocles’ ancient tragedy with grace, generosity and a few fiery twists. It’s like a multi-layered poetry slam, but with a plot”
The Prickle
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
For RADA with the graduating year of the BA Acting Course
2021
Cast:
Beth Alsbury, Chloe Claudel, Patrick Fleming, Keaton Guimarães-Tolley, Esmé Kingdom, Sam Mitchell, Anna Tolstoy, Perry Williams
Set and costume design - Anita Gander
Assistant designer - Iona Fern Ridley
Lighting - Sammy Emmins
Sound design - Sophie Slobodjani
Assistant director - Sam Edmunds
Photography below courtesy of Linda Carter
The Time Machine
Adapted by Jonathan Holloway from the H.G. Wells novel
Site specific at The London Library
February/March 2020
Creation Theatre Company
A proper immersive experience…the acting was charming and the direction felt creative Theatre Weekly
The Time Machine is a thought provoking piece of theatre and is excellently directed by Natasha Rickman LondonTheatre1
With time glitches, shifting realities, predatory Morlocks just out of sight and colour-changing socks, this is an enjoyable and thought-provoking new take on a classic story British Theatre Guide
Eerily timely The Stage
Natasha Rickman smoothly directs a complicated journey CultureFly
Natasha Rickman’s direction maintains a jaunty intensity Londonist
Rhino
By Leila Nashef
The Kings Head
July 2019
The nuances in the conversations between Jess and Anna are to be celebrated. From singing along to Electric Dreams to wiping teary mascara – it gives an honest insight into female friendships, something that we are refreshingly seeing more and more of thanks to the likes of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and new up and comers like Leila Nashef. It is a combination of Nashef’s wholesome and witty writing and Natasha Rickman’s clever direction that shines throughout the whole play Phoenix Arts Club Reviews
Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
September 2015/July 2017
Rose Playhouse/Crossrail Roof Garden and RSC Dell Stage.
A cast of twelve swapping across four versions of the production
Fun, irreverent The Londonist
In this all-female production, Natasha Rickman, along with the excellent and energetic cast, brings a version of Twelfth Night that engages, amuses, disconcerts and entertains. My only disappointment is that I haven’t yet seen all four nights of experimentation Litro Magazine
Rickman’s production of Twelfth Night is a fantastic experiment and example of reinventing theatre to appeal to more people whilst still retaining the artistic integrity of Shakespeare’s work A Younger Theatre
Photography by Lidia Crisafulli at the Rose Playhouse 2015 Photography by Lee Lennox at the Roof Garden 2017
Associate and Assistant Directing
Associate Director: Shirley Valentine at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
Assistant Director: Romeo and Juliet at The Globe
Assistant Director: The Comedy of Errors at the RSC and tour
Associate Director: A Little Night Music at Storyhouse
further credits
Currently: Carne Associate Director across The Orange Tree Theatre and LAMDA
Previously:
Artistic associate to Tom Littler at Jermyn Street Theatre 2017-2022
Co-founder of Women@RADA 2015-2019, projects included over seventy rehearsed readings, three new writing events in the West End and the industry’s first graduate showcase
Freelance associate text and acting tutor at RADA 2009 - present
Producer of ‘Because We Want To; new writing night at Rose Playhouse 2015-2016
Further directing credits: Hilda and Virginia for Jermyn Street, 2018. Shorts for Royal Court, Park, Southwark Playhouse, Arcola, Theatre 503. ACE funded R&D of Jockstrap by Lucy Davidson, 2022. Readings for BOLD Elephant, The OT, Guildford Shakespeare, Marylebone Theatre and many more. Work in drama schools includes classes, shows and projects for RADA, LAMDA, ArtsEd, Identity, City Academy. Further work includes with Queen Mary University, Bath Spa University, Mercury Theatre, Shakespeare In Schools, West End In Schools, PQA Head Office, Theatre Workout, Theatre Peckham and many more.