https://www.annarydertheatre.co.uk/about daily 0.75 2025-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/1629305271399-R9WR30ZDR6330EDL3A8B/image-asset.jpeg About Photo credit: Ben Wulf https://www.annarydertheatre.co.uk/directing daily 0.75 2025-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/1593089171994-7HHVMMFG87DNL0D4LHFC/JS64829410.jpg Directing - Rendezvous Live Theatre 2015 Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/1634392256251-MK7470HSOSAZGGVMHK8O/IMG_7730.jpg Directing - Look, No Hands Written and Performed by Lila Clements Produced by Watersmeet Productions in association with The Actor’s Centre, Pleasance and Pitlochry Festival Theatre When Vee embarks on her cycling commute, she has no idea she’ll never make it home. Appearing in a Nightingale Court to face the driver - suffering from amnesia, armed only with her hospital notes, a surprise appearance on 24 Hours in A&E and a bag of ripped clothes - she tries to piece together what happened to her that day. But what she can’t work out, is why something so awful… can make her feel so fantastic. And if that was dying. What is this? What is this magic? An uplifting story of hope and survival, this new one person play explores the female cycling experience and the phenomenon known as Post Traumatic Growth. A Younger Theatre - 4* Four Stars “Clever and engaging…A genuinely exciting piece of theatre” The Scotsman - 4* Four Stars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/1593088271688-054RZ9P3Y9YKGVOAE12V/IMAGE+1.jpg Directing - Stupid Written and Performed by Sian Armstrong Produced by Mortal Fools, 2018 Tour: Northern Stage; Alphabetti Theatre; Washington Arts Centre and Prudhoe High School Stupid's world has been turned upside-down. She's muddling through the chaos - one lesson at a time - but she's stuck and everything is feeling more and more confused. She's working on a theory, a theory to fix it...relatively speaking. Stupid is a quick-witted, mood-lifting, “not-just-me-then” tale of one woman's journey to figure it all out. Attempting to express the unexpressed, trying to own up to things she doesn't know, and questioning whether being an adult will ever really make sense. “Kept a packed Alphabetti Theatre enthralled as she took the audience on a rollercoaster ride of humour, awkwardness and deep sadness that is real life….every adult on every seat could relate. ” NARC Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/2801cc12-3b77-46e8-bfdc-67ed012bbc07/SIL+FL+067.jpg Directing - Shakespeare in Love By Lee Hall (adapted from the film by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard) ArtsEd, Andrew Lloyd Webber Theatre 2025 MA Graduating company Set & Costume Design - Carla Goodman Lighting Design - Simeon Miller Movement Director - Sarah Lamb Fight Direction - Alison de Burgh Intimacy Direction - Raniah Al-Sayed Production photography - Robin Savage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/0de24465-0fc5-4169-9eda-9d19af1418c3/Enron Directing - Enron By Lucy Prebble Mountview, Mack Theatre 2022 Third Year graduating company Movement Director: Sara Green Set and Costume Designer: Alison Taylor Lighting Designer: Adam King Sound Designer: Michael Livermore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/1aa67a41-e4a8-4e18-80d1-a134d7832678/Cheer+Up+Slug Directing - Cheer Up Slug By Tamsin Daisy Rees. Live Theatre 2021 Designer: Anna Orton Fight/ Intimacy direction: Rachel Brown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown Lighting Design: Drummond Orr Sound Design: David Flynn “Not that I’m saying I know more about you than you do, I’m not saying, that’s not what I’m saying, like, at all! Just that I do know you better than maybe you know yourself.” Will and Bean have been friends forever.  But they’re not kids anymore and the adult world is a scary place. In a tent in County Durham, a Duke of Edinburgh Award trip becomes more complicated than either of them planned.  A new play about boundaries and behaviour. 4 * The Guardian “The tone goes from comic to troubling, taking in bold strokes of muddy theatricality on the way” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/1593167784602-2XPC8ZBQYS05A50EWILQ/Melva+Front+street+front+.jpg Directing - Melva By Danielle Burn Produced by Mortal Fools 2017 Front Street Pop-Up Theatre, Prudhoe Melva is for children aged 7-11, their teachers and families. It's a boisterous, mischievous and funny story of one girl’s adventure to find out what she’s really capable of. Do you have worrits? You know - that uncontrollable churning in the pit of your tummy like you have 341 worms squirming about? Melva Mapletree has them too, and right now they won’t let her leave the house. But then, one night, something happens which changes her world forever. “Fantastic production in a unique setting. Bringing affordable theatre to the local area is a great idea” “A well-written story with an important and emotional message, not only for children, but for adults!” Audience feedback https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/c8f8ddd8-d643-4ef1-b372-89ac24636d36/The+Seagull_Dress+Rehearsal-7084.JPG Directing - The Seagull By Anton Chekov in version by Simon Stephens Drama Centre, London 2022 Performed in the Platform Theatre, Kings Cross Third Year Graduating company Set and Costume design: Peter Butler Lighting design: Fifi Thorsteinsson Sound design: Federica Lippi Movement: Matthew Wenham Costume supervisor: Jida Akil Photography credit: Michael John White https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/1591627331092-F7ZQWPQ9MIIQ81XCJSZ9/56706248_10157101158479643_3717262515009224704_n.jpg Directing - Locker Room Talk By Gary McNair. Produced by Live Theatre, 2019 The locker room. A space for men. A space for harmless “banter”. It’s all just a bit of fun really, nothing meant by it. In the wake of the #metoo and #TimesUp movements - and with a world leader who ‘banters’ that he can “grab them by the pussy” - Locker Room Talk is an urgent response to everyday misogyny. In 2017, Gary McNair interviewed hundreds of men across the UK and asked them to talk about women. He has distilled these conversations into a verbatim play in which the men’s words are given to an all-female cast to perform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/e0bd97c1-8fae-4ab3-bdf7-bc0e517b1625/Anna+Fordham+and+Sabrina+Wu+in+The+Good+John+Proctor+at+Jermyn+Street+Theatre%2C+photo+by+Jack+Sain+2.jpg Directing - The Good John Proctor By Talene Monahon UK Premiere Jermyn Street Theatre 2024 Set & Costume Design - Natalie Johnson Sound Design - Bella Kear Lighting Design - Laura Howard Salem. 1691. It’s one year before the witch trials begin. Betty Parris and Abigail Williams’ adolescent world is full of sin and suspicion. Satan is everywhere – in their friends’ homes, in the poppets they play with, and in the woods which they certainly won’t enter. Their New England world is turned upside down when Abigail starts working for a local farmer, John Proctor… 4* The Stage “Ryder’s taut, claustrophobic staging makes good use of the intimate stage… an unflinching account of the often-silent suffering of women” Nominated for 4 Off-West End Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/1593088482710-P7NVEBNX66364RJQS8U3/GET+YOURSELF+TOGETHER-27.jpg Directing - Get Yourself Together By Josh Coates Dramaturgy: James Varney Designer: Jenny Swindells In Association with Manchester Royal Exchange 2016 Tour: Royal Exchange Theatre; Northern Stage; Paines Plough Roundabout; Hull Truck Studio; CPT One Christmas, Josh was diagnosed with depression and then hit by a car. The following year he was on Jobseeker’s whilst attempting to balance his sanity and gift-buying. This is a show about being ill and being fit for work. This is a show about the DWP and being from Bolton. This is a show that explores the thin line between mental health as a clinical and a political issue. Part stand-up, part spoken-word and part-teenager in his room pretending he’s in a punk band. “So many shows are noted for their supposed “call to arms”; Get Yourself Together does this without ever demanding from, or pressuring, the audience…Anna Ryder’s meticulous direction compliments the whole idea behind taking control” Exuent Magazine https://www.annarydertheatre.co.uk/associate-assistant-directing daily 0.75 2025-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/4bfccbdd-a82a-42aa-8035-7c8cf83a0bd4/Broken+Biscuits.jpeg Associate/ Assistant Directing - Broken Biscuits By Tom Wells Director - James Grieve Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/1593174346520-EQCW7SXVUE7JE4R5DLYD/Man+on+the+moon+2.jpg Associate/ Assistant Directing - Man On The Moon Adaptation - Zoe Cooper from Simon Bartram’s book Director - Ruth Mary Johnson Children’s show touring of Northern libraries and community spaces. Produced by New Writing North, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/1592826186932-1MV7GXA6S2LJ3Z79086S/king-john-production-photos_2019_295578.tmb-img-1824.jpg Associate/ Assistant Directing - King John By William Shakespeare RSC Winter Swan Season 2019/20 Director - Eleanor Rhode Photo by Steve Tanner © RSC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/0ca58eb2-0715-4455-b851-5fdbce0bcb48/Manhunt+1.webp Associate/ Assistant Directing - Manhunt Written & directed by Robert Icke Royal Court, 2025 Production photograph - Manuel Harlan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/c78256f5-11f1-4322-bef5-44f672c0ff51/Ben+Caplan_ASherlockCarol2024_Photography+by+Steve+Gregson.jpg Associate/ Assistant Directing - A Sherlock Carol By Mark Shanahan DEM Productions, Marylebone Theatre, 2024 Photo - Steve Gregory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/1593172296717-A1GRGJTO18JHT82ME6CW/Get+Carter.jpg Associate/ Assistant Directing - Get Carter Adapted by Torben Betts Director - Lorne Campbell Northern Stage and national tour, 2016 Anna was the recipient of a JMK Regional Directors Bursary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/b5cc9522-28c1-40da-9796-fc4467c4e68a/the-whip-production-photos_-2020_2020_photo-by-steve-tanner-_c_-rsc_304169.tmb-img-1824.jpg Associate/ Assistant Directing - The Whip By Juliet Gilkes-Romero RSC Winter Swan Season 2019/20 Director - Kimberly Sykes Photo by Steve Tanner © RSC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/1593173796301-1922Z8JQCXPVUXYUN9J9/Miracle+2.jpg Associate/ Assistant Directing - Miracle! An Opera For Sunderland Words - David Almond Music - Marcos Fernandez Director - Annie Rigby Performed with a community chorus in Sunderland Minster, 2015 https://www.annarydertheatre.co.uk/contact daily 0.75 2020-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ede427ed043e523840de38e/1593171670242-TSNYX06SLW9525JAKQVV/king-john-rehearsal-photos_-2019_2019_photo-by-sam-allard-_c_-rsc_290016.tmb-img-1824.jpg Contact If you would like to contact me about directing work, script development or to book a workshop, please get in touch. https://www.annarydertheatre.co.uk/home daily 1.0 2020-06-22 https://www.annarydertheatre.co.uk/facilitation daily 0.75 2024-12-21