Miranda Cromwell is a British theatre director with particular interests in new writing, musicals and reinterpreting traditional material.[1] She is one of only six women who have won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director.
Career
[edit]After a role at the Bristol Old Vic encouraging young talent her artistic breakthrough came with her co-direction of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic. This cast the Logan family as Black, taking a fresh view of the barriers to achieving the American Dream. She was awarded the Olivier Award for Best Director for this production (with co-director Marianne Elliott),
Bristol Old Vic
[edit]Miranda was Young Company Director at the Bristol Old Vic for seven years.[2]
Bristol School of Acting
[edit]Miranda is co-artistic director at the Bristol School of Acting[3]
Chichester Festival Theatre
[edit]She is co-Artistic director at the Chichester Festival Theatre[4]
National Theatre
[edit]She is a Artistic Associate at the National Theatre, where she works with other Associates to shape the creative vision.[5]
Works
[edit]- 2019 Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic - Director[6]
- 2021 Rockets and Blue Lights by Winsome Pinnock at the Dorfman Theatre about the Atlantic slave trade[7]
- 2021 and breathe... at the Almeida Theatre[8]. Director.[9]
- 2021 This is a Love Story at the Dundee Rep.
- 2023 The Beekeeper of Aleppo at the Nottingham Playhouse[10]
Awards
[edit]- Nominated, with Marianne Elliott for Milton Shulman Award for Best Director at the 65th Evening Standard Theatre Awards in 2019
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival and Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director in 2020 for Death of a Salesman
- Best Director for a Play or Musical for and breathe at the 2021 Black British Theatre Awards
References
[edit]- ^ "Miranda Cromwell: The Visionary Director Redefining Modern Theatre". NetVol. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ "Miranda Cromwell". Bristol Old Vic.
- ^ "MIRANDA CROMWELL". Bristol School of Acting. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ "Our new Associate Directors, Miranda Cromwell and Hannah Joss". Chichester Festival Theatre.
- ^ "Meet our new Artistic Associates". National Theatre. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ Billington, Michael. "Death of a Salesman review – Miller's masterwork is given urgent new life". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ Akbar, Arifa. "Rockets and Blue Lights review – radical retelling of Britain's slavery history". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ "and breathe..." Almedida Theatre.
- ^ Akbar, Arifa. "And Breathe… review – powerful tale of family grief is poetry in motion". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ "Miranda Cromwell: The Beekeeper Of Aleppo". This Week in Culture. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
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