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Katie Mitchell National Theatre
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Katie Mitchell is an English theatre director and an Associate of the National Theatre. She has been described as "the closest thing the British theatre has to an auteur". Her career started at the Kings Head Theatre, progressing to Paines Plough and the RSC. Her productions have been described as "distinguished by the intensity of the emotions, the realism of the acting, and the creation of a very distinctive world". This collection offers an insight into Katie Mitchell’s processes. It features video exploring her approach to mixed media productions Waves and …some trace of her as well as films about her recent devised productions of Beauty and the Beast and Hansel and Gretel.
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Making Hansel and Gretel
Go behind the scenes on Katie Mitchell's production of 'Hansel and Gretel' and watch the puppet makers at work.
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Katie Mitchell on Pains of Youth
In Pains of Youth Katie Mitchell returns to straight theatre and focuses on the substance of this dynamic and strongly political play.
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Cinematography - the image and the word
Katie Mitchell states that theatre isn't about doing plays, but about representing human behaviour. And that behaviour is conveyed mainly by what is seen, not what is said.
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Directing Waves and ...some trace of her
In Waves and ...some trace of her Katie Mitchell experiments with multimedia, exploring new ways of organising narratives. Featured in this film are: Katie Mitchell, Ben Wishaw, Hattie Morahan
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Props in Waves and ...some trace of her.
The assistant stage managers have a busy time keeping track of all the props used in Waves and ... some trace of her.
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Stage Managing a multimedia production
A Deputy Stage Manager 'calls the show' for every performance. It is a complex job at the best of times, but on a multimedia production like Waves or ... some trace of her it requires nerves of steel and perfect concentration.