Vicky Featherstone

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Vicky Featherstone

Vicky Featherstone (born 5 April 1967) is a theatre and artistic director. She has been artistic director of London's Royal Court Theatre since April 2013. Prior to that she was founding artistic director of the National Theatre of Scotland, and before that artistic director of the UK new writing touring theatre company Paines Plough. Her career has been characterised by significant involvement wi…

Known For

Off the Page: Groove Is in the HeartOff the Page: Groove Is in the Heart · 2014
Off the Page: Groove Is in the Heart
2014
MovieDrama
A tale of music and memory is unspooled through a schoolgirl's mixtape.
Off the Page: Death of EnglandOff the Page: Death of England · 2014
Off the Page: Death of England
2014
MovieDrama
A grieving son's funeral speech turns into an elegy for his father, the national football team, and a country torn apart by its identity crisis. Rafe Spall stars in a 'microplay', written by Roy Williams and directed by Clint Dyer after a conversation with Barney Ronay. Death of England is the latest in a series of plays made in collaboration between The Guardian journalists and Royal Court Theatre-makers.
MarylandMaryland · 2022
Maryland
7.02022
MovieDrama
Two women named Mary -- both recently sexually assaulted by the same man -- meet at the police station and enter into the world that victims of assault have to endure, guided by a police constable and his colleague. As the action unfolds, it is commented on by the Furies -- a chorus of murdered women seen and heard only by the viewer. Flashes of wit and humour temper a dark and difficult subject.
Cyprus AvenueCyprus Avenue · 2019
Cyprus Avenue
9.02019
MovieComedyDrama
David Ireland's award-winning dark comedy about sectarian hatred in Northern Ireland. Eric Miller, a Belfast loyalist, mistakes his five-week-old granddaughter for Gerry Adams.
Where the Heart IsWhere the Heart Is · 1997
Where the Heart Is
7.71997
SeriesDrama
In the small, fictional Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite is an engaging story of life, love, family and people’s ever-changing fortunes in rural England. Set against the rugged landscape of Yorkshire, it follows the busy professional and family lives of District Nurses, as they bring nursing and emotional care to young and old alike. The first four series concentrates on the lives of district health nurses Peggy Snow and Ruth Goddard. The story expands to focus on the lives of more Skelthwhaite residents, particularly those related to the nurses as well as those employed in a local toilet tissue factory.

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