Hatch, The Draper
The Sea by Edward Bond
Biography
Annabel graduated in European Theatre Arts from Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance and the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático [2011–14]. She was appointed Director-in-Residence at Eton College [2015–17] and Harrow School [2017–20] where she directed classic, contemporary and devised works along with curation of the London Primary Tour and initiation of the Harrow Fringe Festival. In 2019, she undertook further study in Text and Performance with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art [RADA] and Birkbeck College, graduating with an MA in 2020. That same year, she founded Children’s Theatre Digital, an online resource for schools and young audiences. Annabel taught Drama at Notting Hill & Ealing High School [2023–25] and currently teaches Drama at Cranleigh School [2025 to date].
Directing Credits
2026
- The Flood: Power. Profit. And the cost of looking away. Devised
Vivian Cox Theatre. Cranleigh School
2025
- The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
Notting Hill & Ealing High School
2024
- The Dream Collector by Fin Kennedy
Notting Hill & Ealing High School
2023
- Ghost from a Perfect Place by Philip Ridley
Rose Bruford College
2022
- The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
The Old Harrovian Players
[Rehearsed; performance cancelled in respect for HM Queen Elizabeth II]
2021
- Rabbit by Nina Raine
Rose Bruford College, Studio 1
2020
- Assassins – Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by John Weidman
The Rattigan Society Musical, Ryan Theatre
2019
- Turtles Don’t Like Plastic – Devised with Bethan Screen
Brighton Fringe, International Youth Arts Festival, Beijing with Nagashenme - Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kästner
Ryan Theatre - Land of Nod – New Writing/Devised
Ryan Theatre / London Primary Tour & Harrow Fringe Festival
2018
- The History Boys by Alan Bennett
The Rattigan Society, Ryan Theatre - The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Harrow Fringe Festival - Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre [adapted by Tanya Ronder]
Ryan Theatre - Eva and the Wolf by Matt Boyd [Workshop]
- Elleker and the Sugar Coated Emporium – Devised
Ryan Theatre / London Primary Tour
2017
- The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Ryan Theatre - A Little Blue Birdy Told Me – Devised with Sean Hollands
Assembly Checkpoint, Edinburgh Festival - The Chase for the Golden Meteor – Devised [inspired by Jules Verne]
Caccia Studio - The Sea by Edward Bond
Caccia Studio - What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton – Associate Director with Joe Hancock
Caccia Studio
2016
- Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco
Farrer Theatre
[Director of Music: Jonathan Woolgar] - Radpole – Devised, Double Edge Drama
Edinburgh Festival - Guerrilla Street: The Ballad of Eddie – Devised
Caccia Studio - Eight by Ella Hickson – Assistant Director
To&Fro Theatre Company, White Bear Theatre
2015
- The Tempest & Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Oxford World Theatre, Freistadt Shakespeare Festival - Woyzeck by Georg Büchner
Caccia Studio - Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Oxford World Theatre, Slovakia Tour - Romeo & Juliet / Treasure Island by William Shakespeare / R.L. Stevenson
Gallery Drama, Sicily Tour - Antigone by Sophocles – Assistant Director [dir. Hailz Osborne]
Farrer Theatre
2014
- Tiger! Tiger!, Gulliver’s Travels, Don Quixote by Kipling / Swift / Cervantes
Oxford World Theatre, Russia Tour - Liberation – Assistant Director [dir. Luke Clark]
The Place & ZOO Venues, Main Space [2014–15] - Phases of Her – Devised
Istropolitana Festival, Bratislava
2013
- Herons by Simon Stephens
Rose Bruford College, Studio 1 - Slightly South of Weymouth – Assistant Director [dir. Flick Fernando]
The Company, The Rose Theatre
2013–2014
- 21 Windmills – Assistant Director
New Writing, Cervantes/Shakespeare [dir. Matthieu Leloup-Bellon]
2012
- Parkview Apocalypse – Assistant Director / Film Editor [dir. Jason Orbaum]
- SuperMentals – Assistant Director / Film Editor [dir. Jason Orbaum]