Susannah Tresilian

My theatre work focusses predominantly on the human stories in the political world we live in, with particular significance given to gender equality. In frequent collaboration with the European Theatre Convention and the Nottingham Playhouse, I have also directed at theatres in Croatia, Norway, France, Italy and Cyprus. As Artistic Director of Envision Theatre I specialised in international plays, collaborations and festivals, working between the UK and Italy (where I then lived). I founded ARIADNE, profiling and working with female theatremakers in war zones, in association with ‘In Place of War’; and partnered an international symposium on ‘Theatre and War’ with the Abbey Theatre in Ireland. Concurrently a freelance producer on ‘Woman’s Hour’, I have also produced my first documentary for BBC Radio 4 on the portrayal of sexual violence in feminist theatre, presented by April de Angelis. I speak four languages, and am a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.