Irina Brown

Summary

Irina Brown, theatre and opera director, dramaturg, translator and theatre pedagogue. A former Artistic director of the Tron theatre, Glasgow, and Natural Perspective TC, London, she also directed for the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Opera House, in the London West End and internationally. At the Tron Irina focused on developing and directing New Writing, and creating international collaborations.

She commissioned and directed Zinnie Harris’ award-winning play Further than the Furthest Thing. Her most recent production was Donizetti’s opera Anna Bolena at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Germany. Throughout her career, Irina continued to teach acting, directing and theatre design in many leading British drama schools (RBC, RCSSD, BADA, RADA, LAMDA and Guildhall) as well as USA (UC Davis and Georgetown University).

Her ex-students include Monica Dolan, Natasha Little, Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Daniel Craig, Geraldine Sommerville and many others. In 2021 Irina’s celebrated course Unlocking the Director’s Imagination led her to create the MA/MFA Contemporary Directing Practice at Rose Bruford College. Irina’s ongoing commitment to exploring the art and craft of directing resulted in her translation of  Active Analysis by Maria Knebel, published by Routledge in 2022.