Jennie Darnell

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Jennie Darnell studied at the Universities of London and Sheffield where she gained her Master of Arts Degree in Theatre and Film.

 

TV WORK following her recent BBC Director’s Training Course
EASTENDERS – Currently filming another block of episodes, having directed three previous blocks
DOCTORS – BBC TV series

RECENT THEATRE WORK
THE NEW STATESMAN – new play starring Rik Mayall, ATG tour & now at Trafalgar Studios
ON THE CEILING by Nigel Planer – Birmingham Rep and Garrick Theatre, West End
ONE UNDER by Winsome Pinnock – Tricycle Theatre
CLOUDS by Michael Frayn - No 1 tour starring Tara Fitzgerald and Lloyd Owen

HAMPSTEAD THEATRE – AS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR until May 2004
U.S AND THEM by Tamsin Oglesby - extended run in new Theatre building
THE DEAD EYE BOY by Angus MacLachlan

 

OTHER LONDON THEATRE
LIFE X 3 – Savoy Theatre (and No 1 tour)
ART as Associate Director - Wyndhams

 

PLYMOUTH THEATRE ROYAL – as ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
BLOOD RED, SAFFRON YELLOW; the UK premiere of Wedekind’s MUSIK; THE IMPOSTOR by Pete Lawson (a contemporary spin on Moliere’s Tartuffe); UNION STREET - a community theatre project; TRUE WEST by Sam Shepherd (co-production with Salisbury Playhouse); ALL MY SONS by Arthur Miller; BURN THIS by Lanford Wilson and THE WOMAN WHO COOKED HER HUSBAND by Debbie Isitt

 

CO-FOUNDER OF THE STEAM FACTORY
TELEPHONE BELLES and TRAFFIC HEARTS by Pete Lawson
THE MAN WHO WORKED WITH FOOD by Stuart Worden

 

OTHER DIRECTING CREDITS
LADY WINDEMERE’S FAN by Oscar Wilde - Salisbury Playhouse
UP ON THE ROOF by Jane Prowse & Simon Moore - Mercury Theatre, Colchester
MARAT/SADE, FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY& ONE FOR THE ROAD
- Central School of Speech and Drama
PLAYHOUSE CREATURES by April de Angelis - Welsh College of Music and Drama
WALLFLOWERING by Peta Murray - National Tour
‘TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE by John Ford - Derby Playhouse
DEJAVU by Eduardo Erba - Croydon International Playwright Festival)

 

Resident Associate Director at WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE (Arts Council Bursary)
OFFICE SUITE by Alan Bennett and THE MESSIAH by Patrick Barlow

 

NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE - Regional Theatre Young Director’s Scheme
RUMPELSTILTSKIN and PANDORA by Mike Kenny, TELLING TALES by Pete Lawson and THE WOMAN WHO COOKED HER HUSBAND.