Poetry Gala 2019
The stars of the screen & stage take to the Playhouse Theatre to read classic & contemporary poetry in aid of our playwright's prize.
Director
Natalie Abrahami
Location
Playhouse Theatre, London
Date
20th January
2019
Cast
Tuppence MiddletonCast
Tobias MenziesCast
Fisayo AkinadeCast
Denise GoughCast
Genevieve O'ReillyCast
Paapa EssieduCast
Emily BerringtonCast
Jade AnoukaCast
Juliet StevensonCast
Romola GaraiCast
Phoebe FoxCast
Seb De SouzaCast
James MassiahCast
Dougray ScottCast
Andrew BurnapCast
John StandingCast
Jamie WinstoneCast
Adriana BertolaCast
Alexandra RoachCast
George MackayCast
Kyle SollerCast
Gala GordonCast
Grace SavageCast
Ollie FeatherCast
Danny KirraneCast
Harry TreadawayDirector
Natalie
Abrahami
Natalie Abrahami was Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill for five years before joining the Young Vic as Genesis Fellow and Associate Director. She has also been Associate Artist at the Nuffield Theatre and at Hull Truck. Natalie is a recipient of the James Menzies-Kitchin Award for Directors.
Natalie's work for theatre and opera includes: The Meeting (Chichester Festival Theatre), Machinal (Almeida), Wings, Happy Days, After Miss Julie and Ah, Wilderness! (Young Vic); Queen Anne (Royal Shakespeare Company and Theatre Royal Haymarket); How the Whale Became and Other Tales (Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House); The Eleventh Capital (Royal Court); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Headlong); Pericles (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre); Yerma (Hull Truck); Play and Not I (Battersea Arts Centre).
Natalie's productions at the Gate Theatre include Vanya and The Kreutzer Sonata (which later transferred to La MaMa, New York).
Her film credits include Mayday, The Roof and Life’s a Pitch.