BETHANY PITTS
The Production Exchange
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Bethany Pitts is a theatre director specialising in new work, both scripted and devised. She recently completed the National Theatre Studio Directors' Course and was awarded a 'Developing Your Creative Practice' grant by the Arts Council. She was Assistant Director at Theatre Royal Plymouth from 2012–2013, working under Artistic Director Simon Stokes, and prior to that worked as Resident Assistant Director at Theatre 503.
Last autumn she directed the triple Offie nominated European premiere of Halley Feiffer’s A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Gynecologic Oncology Unit at the Finborough Theatre Directing credits include: Fuck You Pay Me by Joana Nastari (VAULT & Edinburgh Festivals) Brutal Cessation by Milly Thomas (Edinburgh 2017); Spine (Underbelly Edinburgh / Soho Theatre / UK Tour – Fringe First Winner 2014); Tether (Underbelly Edinburgh); Much Further Out Than You Thought (Underbelly, Edinburgh & UK Tour); FreeFall (Pleasance Islington – Nominated for Off West End Best Director); DESERT (National Tour / Latitude Festival). Assistant / Associate directing includes: Souvenir by Tristan Bernays - Any One Thing 2019, Abi by Athia Sen Gupta (Derby Theatre / Queens' Theatre Hornchurch) Frogman by curious directive (Shoreditch Town Hall / Norwich Theatre Royal / UK Tour) Dark Vanilla Jungle by Philip Ridley (Soho / Pleasance - Fringe First winner 2013); Theatre Uncut (Traverse Theatre Fringe First Winner 2012 / Young Vic 2013). |
Credits
3 Billion Seconds Vault Festival / North Wall / Wilton's Music Hall
Director
Fuck You Pay Me Vault Festival / Assembly Edinburgh / Bunker
Director
A Song At Twilight Theatre Royal Bath / UK Tour
Associate Director to Stephen Unwin
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Gynecologic Oncology Unit Finborough Theatre
Director
Abi Derby Theatre
Associate Director to Sarah Brigham
The Here and This and Now Drum Theatre Plymouth / Southwark Playhouse
Director
Tether Underbelly Edinburgh
Director
Free Fall Pleasance Theatre
Director
Dark Vanilla Jungle Soho Theatre / UK tour
Assistant Director to David Mercatali
Theatre Uncut Young Vic
Assistant Director to Hannah Price
Forever House Theatre Royal Plymouth
Assistant Director to Joe Murphy
The Astronaut's Chair Theatre Royal Plymouth
Assistant Director to Simon Stokes
Director
Fuck You Pay Me Vault Festival / Assembly Edinburgh / Bunker
Director
A Song At Twilight Theatre Royal Bath / UK Tour
Associate Director to Stephen Unwin
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Gynecologic Oncology Unit Finborough Theatre
Director
Abi Derby Theatre
Associate Director to Sarah Brigham
The Here and This and Now Drum Theatre Plymouth / Southwark Playhouse
Director
Tether Underbelly Edinburgh
Director
Free Fall Pleasance Theatre
Director
Dark Vanilla Jungle Soho Theatre / UK tour
Assistant Director to David Mercatali
Theatre Uncut Young Vic
Assistant Director to Hannah Price
Forever House Theatre Royal Plymouth
Assistant Director to Joe Murphy
The Astronaut's Chair Theatre Royal Plymouth
Assistant Director to Simon Stokes
REVIEWS
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED...
★★★★ “The beats and rhythms of Bethany Pitts’s production are very appealing.” Fiona Mountford, Evening Standard
SPINE
★★★★ “a production by Bethany Pitts that reminds that we can change the world beginning with ourselves and our own community.” - Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
BRUTAL CESSATION
★★★★“Directed with an eye for the humour found in moments of bleakness by Bethany Pitts" - The Independent
★★★★ “The beats and rhythms of Bethany Pitts’s production are very appealing.” Fiona Mountford, Evening Standard
SPINE
★★★★ “a production by Bethany Pitts that reminds that we can change the world beginning with ourselves and our own community.” - Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
BRUTAL CESSATION
★★★★“Directed with an eye for the humour found in moments of bleakness by Bethany Pitts" - The Independent
