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

Tuppence Middleton

Tobias Menzies

Fisayo Akinade

Denise Gough

Genevieve O'Reilly

Paapa Essiedu

Emily Berrington

Jade Anouka

Juliet Stevenson

Romola Garai

Phoebe Fox

Seb De Souza

James Massiah

Dougray Scott

Andrew Burnap

John Standing

Jamie Winstone

Adriana Bertola

Alexandra Roach

George Mackay

Kyle Soller

Gala Gordon

Grace Savage

Ollie Feather

Danny Kirrane

Harry Treadaway

Director
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.