Emma by Jane Austen
18 April – 10 May, 2009
LISA WARRINGTON
Lisa Warrington has directed over 120 plays, including 27 at the Fortune Theatre, in
a wide variety of genres from Shakespearean comedy, to massive-cast pantomimes
at the Regent Theatre, to contemporary solo shows. She is a long-time supporter of
New Zealand drama, and has directed many NZ productions, as well as
commissioning new work and acting as director or dramaturg with Playmarket on
many new play workshops. She directed the opening productions at the Fortune from 2004 to 2006 - Three Days of Rain, Auntie and Me and Bombshells – and in 2007 directed the successful production of Alison Quigan's Mum's Choir. Other favourite productions include Cherish, Bruised, Gulls, Arcadia, Wednesday To Come, Much Ado About Nothing,One Flesh and Dancing at Lughnasa. She has been named in the NZ Listener as best director for Daylight Atheist, Cherish and Auntie and Me and Mum's Choir. Lisa is Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at Otago University and is also a founder member of WOW!
