Irina Brook

Credits

Directing Credits

Irina Brook: Complete Directorial Works

1996

  • Beast on the Moon (Richard Kalinoski) – Battersea Arts Centre, London (directorial debut, May 1996)
  • Mrs Klein (Nicholas Wright) – Palace Theatre, Watford
  • All’s Well That Ends Well (Shakespeare) – Oxford Playhouse

1998

  • Une Bête sur la lune (French version of Beast on the Moon) – Théâtre de Vidy-Lausanne and MC 93, Bobigny
  • Later toured and played at Théâtre de l’Oeuvre, Paris (won 5 Molière Awards including Best Director)

1999

  • All’s Well That Ends Well (with Théâtre du Soleil) – Avignon Theatre Festival (directed Ariane Mnouchkine’s company)

2000s

  • Resonance (won Molière for Best New Director, 2000)
  • Der Gute Mensch von Sezuan (Brecht) – touring production
  • L’Île des Esclaves (Marivaux) – touring production 
  • Juliette et Romeo – Théâtre de l’Atelier, Paris

2001

  • Une bête sur la lune (TV version) – awarded Prix Mitrani at FIPA

2003

  • Founded Irina’s Dream Theatre Company

2006

  • The Glass Menagerie – New National Theatre Tokyo (February 2006, with Japanese actors)
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (En Attendant le Songe – 6-actor version) – Festival Dedans-Dehors, Brétigny-sur-Orge
    • Toured extensively through France, Switzerland, Europe
    • Bouffes du Nord, Paris
    • Rideau du Spectacle, Quebec City (2010)
    • Toured Canada (2010)

Opera Productions - Mid 2000s

  • Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) – Nederlandse Reisopera (co-directed with Dan Jemmett, conducted by Ton Koopman)
  • Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) – Aix-en-Provence Festival
  • La Cenerentola (Rossini) – Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
    • Subsequently remounted in Stockholm (Royal Opera), Bologna (Teatro Comunale), and Wroclaw

2007

  • Il Burlero di buon cuore (Martin y Soler) – Teatro Real, Madrid
    • Remounted in Barcelona (2011)

2008

  • Somewhere… la Mancha (based on Don Quixote) – Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Festival (July 2008)
    • Paris premiere (April 2009)
    • Toured France and Europe (Almagro Festival, Yerevan Festival)

2009-2011

  • Une Odyssée (ongoing touring)
  • Tempête! (based on The Tempest)
  • La Traviata (Verdi) – Bologna and Lille
  • Giulio Cesare (Handel) – Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

2010

  • Shakespeare’s Sister ou la vie matérielle (adapted from Virginia Woolf and Marguerite Duras) – Mama, New York

2011

  • PAN (Irina’s version of Peter Pan) – Théâtre de Paris

2012

  • Peer Gynt (Ibsen) – Salzburg Festival (July 2012)
  • Tempête! – Salzburg Festival

2013

  • La Trilogie des Îles (The Islands Trilogy) – Spoleto Festival
    • Includes: Odyssée, Tempête!, and L’Île des esclaves (Marivaux)
    • Won Air France prize for innovative staging

2014-2021: Théâtre National de Nice (Artistic Director)

2014

  • Odyssey (Une Odyssée) – Gardens and museums in Nice (June 2014), then TNN theatre
  • Peer Gynt (Ibsen) – TNN (September 2014)
    • Also performed at Barbican Centre, London (October 2014)
    • Continued touring through 2016
  • Hov Show (with Hovnatan Avedikian) – December 2014

2015

  • Shakespeare’s Sister (La Vie Matérielle) (based on Virginia Woolf and Marguerite Duras) – January 2015
    • Toured in 2016
  • Tempête! – February 2015
  • Terre Noire (Stefano Massini) – 2015/16 season
    • Revived 2016/17 season
  • Lampedusa Beach (with Romane Bohringer) – 2015/16 season
    • Revived 2016/17 season
  • Question Mark (Stefano Massini) – presented in schools and colleges throughout 2015/16

2016-2019

  • Continued productions and curated programming at TNN
  • Opera Productions – Vienna Staatsoper
  • Don Pasquale (Donizetti) – Vienna State Opera
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Britten) – Vienna State Opera

2021

  • Die Sieben Todsünden & Mahagonny-Songspiel (Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht) – Teatro alla Scala (March 18, 2021)
    • Conducted by Riccardo Chailly
    • Filmed/streamed production during COVID lockdown
    • Later presented at New York City Opera (2022)
  • House of Us (Part 1) – Fondazione Sant’Elia, Palermo (Autumn 2021)
    • Multimedia project mixing Chekhov, personal memories, improvisation
    • Continued at Galleria Tre Oci, Venice (November)

2022

  • Il Matrimonio Segreto (Cimarosa) – Teatro alla Scala (September 5-19, 2022)
    • Accademia project
    • Conducted by Ottavio Dantone

2023-2024

  • La Rondine (Puccini) – Teatro alla Scala (April 4-20, 2024)
    • Conducted by Riccardo Chailly

2025

  • Carmen (Bizet) – Tokyo Nikikai Opera (February 20-24, 2025)
    • Stage Director & Costume Designer
    • Conducted by Nodoka Okisawa
  • Weill Triptych (Die Sieben Todsünden / Mahagonny-Songspiel / Happy End) – Teatro alla Scala (May 14-30, 2025)
    • New expanded production
    • Conducted by Riccardo Chailly