Jemima Levick
Jemima Levick (born 1978) is a British theatre director. From 2016 to 2021 she was artistic director of Edinburgh-based Stellar Quines Theatre Company, from 2021 - 2024 she was the Artistic Director of A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór.[1] In April 2024 she became the Artistic Director of the Tron Theatre in Glasgow.[2]
Levick graduated with a BA (Hons) in Drama & Theatre Arts,[3] specialising in Directing,[citation needed] from Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University School of Drama in 2002.[4] She worked as a freelance director for Stellar Quines, the National Theatre of Scotland, the Traverse, Grid Iron, Bordeline and the Royal Lyceum Theatre before being appointed associate director at Dundee Rep in 2009.[4] She became its artistic director until May 2016 when she became artistic director of the Stellar Quines Theatre Company, an Edinburgh-based women's theatre company.[5][6]
In the Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland she was shortlisted as "best director" in 2005-06 for A Christmas Carol at the Royal Lyceum Theatre and in 2008-09 for Beauty and the Beast at Dundee Rep (this production also being shortlisted as "Best production for children and young people"), and in 2009-10 she won "Best director" for The Elephant Man at Dundee Rep.[7] This production was described as "an impressive mixture of artistry and confidence filled with imagination and poignancy".[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Meet our team". A Play A Pie and A Pint. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ Morgan, Fergus (20 December 2023). "Jemima Levick named Tron Theatre artistic director". The Stage. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "50 Years of Drama and Performing Arts: Jemima Levick". www.qmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Jemima Levick intreview[sic]: The direct approach". The Scotsman. 22 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ "Jemima Levick". Stellar Quines Theatre Company. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Artistic Director, Jemima Levick to Leave Dundee Rep Theatre". Dundee Rep. February 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Shortlists by director". Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "2009-10 winners". Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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