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'''Irina Brook''' is a actress, director and producer. She was named [[Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres]] in 2002 by the French Ministry of Culture.
'''Irina Brook''' (born 5 April 1962) is a Franco-British stage director, producer, and actress. She was named [[Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres]] in 2002 by the French Ministry of Culture. In May 2017 Brook was upgraded to Officier de l'ordre des Arts et Lettres and awarded the [[Légion d'honneur]].


==Acting==
== Personal life ==
Brook was born in Paris to film and theatre director [[Peter Brook]] and actress [[Natasha Parry]] and grew up between England and France. Her family is of [[Lithuanian Jews|Lithuanian Jewish]] descent.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/24/arts/24iht-bookwed.html?_r=0 | work=The New York Times | first=Arnold | last=Aronson | title=Peter Brook: A Biography | date=25 May 2005}}</ref><ref name=Kustow2013>{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Kustow|title=Peter Brook: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JV15AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA5|year=2013|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-4088-5228-6|pages=5–7}}</ref> She was educated at [[Bedales School]] and went to New York City to study drama with [[Stella Adler]].
Daughter of director [[Peter Brook]] and actress Natasha Parry, '''Irina Brook''' virtually grew up in theatres. Born in Paris, she grew up between England and France and at eighteen she went to New York to study drama with [[Stella Adler]]. She played in several off [[off-Broadway]] shows. A couple of years later, she returned to Paris to act in her father's production of the [[Cherry Orchard]] followed by [[Molière]]’s [[Don Juan]] at the Bouffes du Nord.


== Career ==
She then moved to London,where she played in films,tv and numerous theatre productions.
She played in several [[off-Broadway]] shows, including the lead in ''Irish Coffee''.<ref name="Shepard1981">{{cite web|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?_r=2&res=9905E4D91339F935A15750C0A967948260|title='Irish Coffee,' a step beyond simple alienation|last=Shepard|first=Richard F.|date=26 March 1981|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=30 November 2010}}</ref> She returned to Paris to act in her father's production of ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' followed by [[Molière]]'s ''[[Dom Juan]]'' at the [[Bouffes du Nord]]. She then moved to London, where she appeared in films, TV (including an episode of [[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]] 'My Friend Charlie' in 1990) and theatre productions. Her film roles include ''[[The Girl in the Picture (1985 film)|The Girl in the Picture]]'' (1985), ''[[Underworld (1985 film)|Underworld]]'' (1985), ''[[Captive (1986 film)|Captive]]'' (1986), ''[[Maschenka (1987 film)|Maschenka]]'' (1987) and ''[[The Fool (1990 film)|The Fool]]'' (1990). She also appeared as Michelle Réage in a 1989 episode<ref>{{Citation|title=Ghost in the Machine|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0611641/|access-date=2019-07-27}}</ref> of the British TV series ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]].''


In 1996, Brook directed and produced her first show, ''Beast on the Moon'' by Richard Kalinoski, at the [[Battersea Arts Centre]], London. She also directed ''Madame Klein'' by Nicholas Wright (Watford) and Shakespeare's ''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]'' (Oxford).<ref name="Bruce">{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/only-beginning-and-all-s-well-1.376215|title=Only beginning and all's well|last=Bruce|first=Keith|date=7 October 1997|work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|accessdate=30 November 2010}}</ref> In 1998, she directed the French version of ''Beast on the Moon'' at the Théâtre de Vidy-Lausanne and Bobigny, Paris. After several national and international tours, the show returned for a six-month sell-out at the Theâtre de l'Oeuvre, Paris, where it won five [[Molière Award|Molière theatre awards]], including best director and best show. Brook also directed a television version of the play, for which she was awarded the prix Mitrani at the International Festival of Audiovisual Programs (FIPA), a film festival in [[Biarritz]].
==Director producer==
In the mid 90’s, she directed and produced her first show, at the BAC,London: Beast on the moon by Richard Kalinoski. She also directed Madame Klein by Nicholas Wright(Watford) and Shakespeare All’s Well that Ends Well(Oxford).
In 1998, she directed the French version of Beast on the moon at the Theatre de Vidy- Lausanne and Bobigny,Paris
A few years later,after several lengthy national and international tours, the show returned for a six month sell-out at the Theatre de l’Oeuvre ( Paris), where it won five prestigious “Molière” theatre awards (including best director and best show).


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Brooks premiered a new American play, ''Resonance'' (''Morphic Resonance''), by Katherine Burger, at the Theâtre de l'Atelier, for which she also received a Molière award and the [[SACD (Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques)|Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques]] award for new talent.
She also directed the TV version of the play, for which she was awarded the prix Mitrani at the F.I.PA .(Biarritz film festival)


Brook produced a version of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' for six men, which was first produced by the Festival Dedans-Dehors, [[Brétigny-sur-Orge]], and performed outdoors in France and Switzerland.<ref name="Taylor2008">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/peter-brook-isnt-an-easy-act-to-follow-but-his-daughter-irina-is-doing-an-impressive-job-767862.html|title=Peter Brook isn't an easy act to follow, but his daughter Irina is doing an impressive job|last=Taylor|first=Paul|date=3 January 2008|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=30 November 2010}}</ref> The show toured Europe and Canada afterwards.
She is one of the few directors to be invited by Ariane Mnouchkine to direct her [[Theatre du Soleil]] company, with whom she put on a French version of “All’s Well that Ends Well” for the Avignon Theater Festival.


She was Director-in-Residence at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts<ref name="Kennedy">{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/10/04/fun_ghost_story_is_wilde_at_heart/|title=Fun ghost story is Wilde at heart|last=Kennedy|first=Louise|date=4 October 2008|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|accessdate=30 November 2010}}</ref> and currently working on a new production of the British classic ''Toad of Toad Hall''. In 2012, she produced ''[[The Tempest]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]] and ''[[Peer Gynt]]'' by [[Henrik Ibsen]] at the [[Salzburg Festival]].
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Meanwhile she premiered a new American play Resonance (Morphic Resonance), by Katherine Burger at the Theatre de l’Atelier ,for which she also received a Molière award and the prestigious SACD (society of authors) award for new talent.


Renaming her company ''Irina’s Dreamtheâtrè'', she was invited to the Spoleto Festival in 2013 with a new creation: ''La Trilogie des Îles'' (The Islands Trilogy), consisting of ''Odyssey'', ''The Tempest'' and ''Island of Slaves'' by [[Pierre de Marivaux]]. She and her company were awarded the Air France prize for innovative staging.<ref>{{cite news|work=Petites Affiches des Alpes-Maritimes|title=Irina Brook, Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur|url=https://www.petitesaffiches.fr/nominations,079/irina-brook-chevalier-de-la-legion,9604.html?lang=fr}}</ref>
She created a version of [[Homer]]s’ Odyssee for young audiences at the Sartrouville Theater Festival, followed by Romeo and Juliette (retitled:”Juliette et Romeo”) for Lausanne and the National Theatre of Chaillot (Paris)
For the same coproducers, she directed Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel, which was then invited to perform in Tokyo.


Brook became the artistic director of the Théatre National de Nice (TNN) in January 2014.<ref>{{cite web|work=Theatre National de Nice|title=Le Theatre: Irina Brook|url=https://www.tnn.fr/fr/le-theatre/irina-brook}}</ref> There she directed a production of the ''Odyssey'' in June 2014 across gardens and museums in Nice, then in the TNN theatre, a production of ''Peer Gynt'' in September 2014 (shown at the Barbican Centre, London, that October).
She returned to the Atelier Theatre with the Glass Menagerie of Tennessee Williams (also coproduced by Vidy-Lausanne) ,which was invited to play in Moscow.


She ended her tenure at TNN with a production of ''Romeo and Juliet'' starring her daughter [[Maïa Jemmett]].<ref>{{cite news|work=L'Oeil d'Olivier|title=La derrière romance d'Irina Brook au TNN|date=8 April 2019|url=http://www.loeildolivier.fr/la-derniere-romance-dirina-brooks-au-tnn}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=Riviera Buzz|title=TNN: Curtain Call for Outgoing Director Irina Brook|date=8 May 2019|last1=Igney|first1=Natja|url=http://riviera-buzz.com/features/arts-culture/item/tnn-curtain-call-irina-brook.html}}</ref>
In the last few years, she has directed Brecht’s the Good Person of Szechuan for Lausanne and the national theatre of Chaillot, followed by a highly successful year-long tour.


Brook directed the opera ''[[The Magic Flute]]'' for the Dutch Reisopera, co-directed by her partner, Dan Jemmett.<ref name="von Uthmann">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aL6IXt9X4hb8&refer=muse|title=Caesar Sports a Beard, High-Pitched Voice in Paris Opera|last=von Uthmann|first=Jorg|date=20 October 2006|work=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]|accessdate=30 November 2010}}</ref>
She then adapted [[Thornton Wilder]]’s [[novella]], [[The Bridge of San Luis Rey]] for Vidy-Lausanne and the Theatre de Sceaux.(Paris)


==References==
Last year she directed Marivaux L’ile des esclaves, for the Atelier Theatre (Paris).
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==External links==
In February 2006 she was invited to recreate her production of the Glass Menagerie with Japanese actors at the New National Theatre of Tokyo.
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Her most recent production is a version of [[a Midsummer Nights Dream]] for six men, which was first produced by the Festival Dedans-Dehors (Bretigny) and performed outdoors in France and Switzerland. It will play this summer for three weeks at the Avignon Festival, followed by a year long tour, in an indoor theatre version(including a month at the Bouffes du Nord (December 2007).


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==Opera==
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She has also ventured successfully into the world of [[opera]]. She started with [[The Magic Flute]] in Holland (Reisopera), codirected by her partner Dan Jemmet. She was then invited to direct Eugene Onegin, for the Aix en Provence Festival. This was followed by a Cenerentola,for the Theatre des Champs Elysees(Paris) and the Teatro Communale(Bologna.)
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Last year she directed [[La Traviata]], also for Bologna, which was coproduced by the Opera de Lille, where it has just finished playing to packed houses and unanimous critical acclaim.{{Fact|date=August 2008}}
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Last season she directed Haendel’s Giulio Cesare at the Theatre des Champs Elysees.
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Her Cenerentola will be performed again next spring at the Royal Opera House of Stockholm.

She has been invited, this autumn ( 2007 ) to the Teatro Real,Madrid, to direct Il Burbero di Buon Cuore,by Martin y Soler.

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Latest revision as of 19:30, 7 February 2024

Irina Brook (born 5 April 1962) is a Franco-British stage director, producer, and actress. She was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 2002 by the French Ministry of Culture. In May 2017 Brook was upgraded to Officier de l'ordre des Arts et Lettres and awarded the Légion d'honneur.

Personal life[edit]

Brook was born in Paris to film and theatre director Peter Brook and actress Natasha Parry and grew up between England and France. Her family is of Lithuanian Jewish descent.[1][2] She was educated at Bedales School and went to New York City to study drama with Stella Adler.

Career[edit]

She played in several off-Broadway shows, including the lead in Irish Coffee.[3] She returned to Paris to act in her father's production of The Cherry Orchard followed by Molière's Dom Juan at the Bouffes du Nord. She then moved to London, where she appeared in films, TV (including an episode of Bergerac 'My Friend Charlie' in 1990) and theatre productions. Her film roles include The Girl in the Picture (1985), Underworld (1985), Captive (1986), Maschenka (1987) and The Fool (1990). She also appeared as Michelle Réage in a 1989 episode[4] of the British TV series Inspector Morse.

In 1996, Brook directed and produced her first show, Beast on the Moon by Richard Kalinoski, at the Battersea Arts Centre, London. She also directed Madame Klein by Nicholas Wright (Watford) and Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well (Oxford).[5] In 1998, she directed the French version of Beast on the Moon at the Théâtre de Vidy-Lausanne and Bobigny, Paris. After several national and international tours, the show returned for a six-month sell-out at the Theâtre de l'Oeuvre, Paris, where it won five Molière theatre awards, including best director and best show. Brook also directed a television version of the play, for which she was awarded the prix Mitrani at the International Festival of Audiovisual Programs (FIPA), a film festival in Biarritz.

Brooks premiered a new American play, Resonance (Morphic Resonance), by Katherine Burger, at the Theâtre de l'Atelier, for which she also received a Molière award and the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques award for new talent.

Brook produced a version of A Midsummer Night's Dream for six men, which was first produced by the Festival Dedans-Dehors, Brétigny-sur-Orge, and performed outdoors in France and Switzerland.[6] The show toured Europe and Canada afterwards.

She was Director-in-Residence at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts[7] and currently working on a new production of the British classic Toad of Toad Hall. In 2012, she produced The Tempest by William Shakespeare and Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen at the Salzburg Festival.

Renaming her company Irina’s Dreamtheâtrè, she was invited to the Spoleto Festival in 2013 with a new creation: La Trilogie des Îles (The Islands Trilogy), consisting of Odyssey, The Tempest and Island of Slaves by Pierre de Marivaux. She and her company were awarded the Air France prize for innovative staging.[8]

Brook became the artistic director of the Théatre National de Nice (TNN) in January 2014.[9] There she directed a production of the Odyssey in June 2014 across gardens and museums in Nice, then in the TNN theatre, a production of Peer Gynt in September 2014 (shown at the Barbican Centre, London, that October).

She ended her tenure at TNN with a production of Romeo and Juliet starring her daughter Maïa Jemmett.[10][11]

Brook directed the opera The Magic Flute for the Dutch Reisopera, co-directed by her partner, Dan Jemmett.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Aronson, Arnold (25 May 2005). "Peter Brook: A Biography". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Kustow, Michael (2013). Peter Brook: A Biography. A&C Black. pp. 5–7. ISBN 978-1-4088-5228-6.
  3. ^ Shepard, Richard F. (26 March 1981). "'Irish Coffee,' a step beyond simple alienation". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  4. ^ Ghost in the Machine, retrieved 27 July 2019
  5. ^ Bruce, Keith (7 October 1997). "Only beginning and all's well". The Herald. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  6. ^ Taylor, Paul (3 January 2008). "Peter Brook isn't an easy act to follow, but his daughter Irina is doing an impressive job". The Independent. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  7. ^ Kennedy, Louise (4 October 2008). "Fun ghost story is Wilde at heart". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  8. ^ "Irina Brook, Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur". Petites Affiches des Alpes-Maritimes.
  9. ^ "Le Theatre: Irina Brook". Theatre National de Nice.
  10. ^ "La derrière romance d'Irina Brook au TNN". L'Oeil d'Olivier. 8 April 2019.
  11. ^ Igney, Natja (8 May 2019). "TNN: Curtain Call for Outgoing Director Irina Brook". Riviera Buzz.
  12. ^ von Uthmann, Jorg (20 October 2006). "Caesar Sports a Beard, High-Pitched Voice in Paris Opera". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 30 November 2010.

External links[edit]

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