Helena Kaut-Howson
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Helena Kaut-Howson is a British
theatre and opera director.
in London. She has worked extensively in the UK and Poland, as well as the USA, Canada, Israel, Ireland and Japan. She has directed over 100 theatre and opera productions, also venturing into television. Several of her productions won prestigious awards in the UK and abroad. From 1992 to 1995 Helena was artistic director of Theatr Clwyd, Wales. Her vision and adventurous policy raised the profile of that theatre to an international league and attracted many major artists, including Sir Anthony Hopkins and Julie Christie
. Currently working as a freelance director she divides her time between the UK and Poland
. Helena's work featured in several radio programmes and in a 60 minute BBC documentary Breaking the Mold. Parallel with her professional career, Helena pursues her commitment to the training of actors by regularly teaching at LAMDA and RADA
where she is an Associate.
United Kingdom
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theatre and opera director.
Biography
Internationally acclaimed theatre and opera director Helena Kaut-Howson was born in Poland, and trained at the Polish Academy of Theatre in Warsaw and RADARada
Rada is the term for "council" or "assembly"borrowed by Polish from the Low Franconian "Rad" and later passed into the Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages....
in London. She has worked extensively in the UK and Poland, as well as the USA, Canada, Israel, Ireland and Japan. She has directed over 100 theatre and opera productions, also venturing into television. Several of her productions won prestigious awards in the UK and abroad. From 1992 to 1995 Helena was artistic director of Theatr Clwyd, Wales. Her vision and adventurous policy raised the profile of that theatre to an international league and attracted many major artists, including Sir Anthony Hopkins and Julie Christie
Julie Christie
Julie Frances Christie is a British actress. Born in British India to English parents, at the age of six Christie moved to England, where she attended boarding school....
. Currently working as a freelance director she divides her time between the UK and Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. Helena's work featured in several radio programmes and in a 60 minute BBC documentary Breaking the Mold. Parallel with her professional career, Helena pursues her commitment to the training of actors by regularly teaching at LAMDA and RADA
Rada
Rada is the term for "council" or "assembly"borrowed by Polish from the Low Franconian "Rad" and later passed into the Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages....
where she is an Associate.
Awards
- Peter Brook Open Space Award 1994 for the Outstanding Body of Work at Theatr Clwyd
- Liverpool Post and Echo Arts Award 1992 for the Best Director ('The Devils')
- TMATMA AwardsThe TMA Awards, established in 1991, are presented annually by the Theatrical Management Association in recognition of creative excellence and outstanding work in United Kingdom theatres...
Regional theatre Awards 1995 for Best Director ('The Rose Tattoo') - Contact International Festival, Torun 1994 Critics Award – (‘Full Moon)
- Manchester Evening News Award 1996 for Best Production ('The Hindle Wakes')
- Manchester Evening News Awards 1997 for Best Production (Much Ado About Nothing')
- Polish Festival of Premieres, Bydgoszcz 2004 - Grand Prix for Best Director ('Victory')