Katie Mitchell explains her approach to the two pieces

Katie Mitchell

Directing Waves and ...some trace of her

Go behind the scenes on Katie Mitchell's production of 'Hansel and Gretel' and watch the puppet makers at work.

Making Hansel and Gretel

Katie Mitchell describes her approach to the play

Katie Mitchell on Pains of Youth

Cinematography - the image and the word

A complex multitude of objects construct the pieces of theatre.

Props in Waves and ...some trace of her.

The cast crew the show supported by stage management.

Stage Managing a multimedia production

Paul Clark's music in Waves and ...some trace of her

Each script is unique, like an Elizabethan cue script

The reinvention of the script

Sound design for Waves and ...some trace of her

Devising a multimedia production

Arts

Performing Arts

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.

Directing Waves and ...some trace of her

Katie Mitchell

More episodes from "Katie Mitchell"

Making Hansel and Gretel

Katie Mitchell on Pains of Youth

Cinematography - the image and the word