Anna Himali Howard

Director Dramaturg Theatremaker

Anna Himali Howard is a director, theatremaker and dramaturg. Her work has been staged at theatres including the Bush Theatre, the Gate Theatre, the Orange Tree and Birmingham REP. She trained on the Birmingham REP Foundry, as the Paines Plough Trainee Director, on the NT Studio Directors’ Programme and the Royal Opera House Directors’ Course. She was a Creative Associate at the Gate Theatre and is currently an Associate Artist at Brixton House. Her work with international companies includes directing for BE Festival, New Nordics, and the Royal Court International Playwrights Residency. She is interested in new writing, co-creation and working across genres to uproot classic texts.

Credits

DIRECTOR, Kabul Goes Pop by Waleed Akhtar, Brixton House, 2022 (upcoming)
DIRECTOR, Orpheus after Monteverdi, Opera North, 2022 (upcoming)
DIRECTOR, curious by Jasmine Lee-Jones, Soho Theatre, 2021
DIRECTOR, I Stand For What I Stand On, Strike A Light/UKSCN, 2020-21
DIRECTOR, Inside, Orange Tree Theatre, 2021
DIRECTOR, I Wanna Be Yours by Zia Ahmed, Paines Plough/Tamasha/Bush Theatre, Oct 2019-Jan 2020
STAFF DIRECTOR, Small Island, National Theatre, Apr-Aug 2019
DIRECTOR, A Small Place, Gate Theatre, Nov-Dec 2018
DIRECTOR, Albatross, RWCMD/Paines Plough/Gate Theatre, Apr 2018

Training

Making Theatre with Young People, Company Three, 2020
Aix-en-Provence Women Opera Makers' Course, 2020
Royal Opera House Directors' Course, 2019-20
National Theatre Studio Directors' Course, 2019
Making Accessible Theatre with house and Include Arts, November 2016
Directing Shakespeare with Thomas Ostermeier, August 2016
RTYDS Intro to Directing Course at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, led by Tessa Walker, Daniel Bailey and Alexander Zeldin
REP Foundry Artist Development Programme 2015-16

Location

West Midlands

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Opera
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Working with young people

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