Annabel Arden
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Annabel Arden | |
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| Born | 11 November 1959 London, England |
| Education | St Paul's Girls' School Newnham College, Cambridge |
| Occupations | Theatre and opera director, actress |
| Spouse | Stephen Jeffreys (died 2018) |
Annabel Arden (born 11 November 1959)[1] is a British actress, theatre and opera director, and one of the co-founders of Théâtre de Complicite.
Arden was born in London in 1959 and studied English from 1978 to 1981 at Newnham College, Cambridge.
Career
Théâtre de Complicité
After university, she trained at Jacques Lecoq's theatre school in Paris[2] with Monika Pagneux and Philippe Gaulier. She then toured internationally with Neil Bartlett. In 1983 Arden founded Théâtre de Complicité with Simon McBurney and Marcello Magni.
Opera
For Opera North, Arden has directed The Magic Flute, The Return of Ulysses, La Traviata and The Cunning Little Vixen.[2] In addition, for the English National Opera, she has directed The Rake’s Progress. At Glyndebourne Festival Opera, she has directed Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Rachmaninov’s The Miserly Knight, Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore.[2]and Rossini's The Barber of Seville.
Theatre
As well as acting and directing for Théâtre de Complicité, Arden has also worked with plays at the National Theatre, the Arcola, the Royal Court as well as for BBC Radio.[3]
