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TV/FILM DIRECTOR EDWARD HALL Q&A 08/06/2024
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Meet and get an insight in to the process of TV / Film Director Edward Hall!
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Acclaimed theater, television, and film director Edward Hall returns to Chicago Shakespeare to take on the role of Artistic Director, Carl and Marilynn Thoma Chair. The appointment marks a homecoming for Hall, who has maintained close ties with the company since he directed the Rose Rage trilogy of Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3 at Chicago Shakespeare in 2003, garnering significant critical acclaim and the Jeff Award for Best Direction. This epic theatrical event went on to play the Duke on 42nd Street, marking Chicago Shakespeare’s off-Broadway and NYC debut. In February 2024, he is set to direct this season’s Richard III starring 2023 Tony Award-nominee Katy Sullivan in the Courtyard Theater.
Son of British theater legend and Royal Shakespeare Company founder Sir Peter Hall, Edward Hall has built his love of Shakespeare around original interpretations of the Bard’s plays, making this a central focus of his own career. In 1997, he founded the ensemble-based Propeller Theatre Company, performing Shakespeare’s plays in London’s West End and on tour to Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the United States, and beyond. He has directed Julius Caesar, Henry V, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona for the Royal Shakespeare Company; and his production of The Taming of the Shrew was included alongside Barbara Gaines’ Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 as part of the RSC’s Complete Works Festival in 2006/07. The New York Times Magazine raved of his career, “what Edward Hall seems to do is work at the cellular level, cracking the DNA code of the text and replicating it onstage.”
Hall led London’s Hampstead Theatre for nearly a decade as Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive, where he was known for ground-breaking work, including the Olivier Award-winning Sunny Afternoon, Chariots of Fire, The Judas Kiss, and Ecstasy—all of which transferred to the West End. In 2019, he staged the UK premiere of the Pulitzer prize-winning Cost of Living, starring Adrian Lester and Katy Sullivan. Following his appointment to Hampstead Theatre in 2010, Hall took the company from the brink of bankruptcy through a dramatic transformation into one of the nation’s most successful theaters for new work development—producing over 100 world premieres. While at Hampstead, he championed wider accessibility in the theater industry: he launched the Downstairs incubator space for early career playwrights, rolled out discount ticket programs, young writers’ programs, and as far back as 2013 began innovating with “freestreaming” on global digital platforms.
His extensive film and television credits include 2019’s Blithe Spirit starring Dame Judi Dench, Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, and Leslie Mann, as well as Gentleman Jack, Restless starring Hayley Atwell and Charlotte Rampling, Partners in Crime, The Durrells, and the season finale for series 4 of the resoundingly successful Downton Abbey. Upcoming releases include the Sky TV holiday film Joy To The World, starring Timothy Spall as Father Christmas.
61 episodes
Manage episode 422894198 series 3336160
Q&A Format
Meet and get an insight in to the process of TV / Film Director Edward Hall!
100% of all Donations go to Dementia UK!
Acclaimed theater, television, and film director Edward Hall returns to Chicago Shakespeare to take on the role of Artistic Director, Carl and Marilynn Thoma Chair. The appointment marks a homecoming for Hall, who has maintained close ties with the company since he directed the Rose Rage trilogy of Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3 at Chicago Shakespeare in 2003, garnering significant critical acclaim and the Jeff Award for Best Direction. This epic theatrical event went on to play the Duke on 42nd Street, marking Chicago Shakespeare’s off-Broadway and NYC debut. In February 2024, he is set to direct this season’s Richard III starring 2023 Tony Award-nominee Katy Sullivan in the Courtyard Theater.
Son of British theater legend and Royal Shakespeare Company founder Sir Peter Hall, Edward Hall has built his love of Shakespeare around original interpretations of the Bard’s plays, making this a central focus of his own career. In 1997, he founded the ensemble-based Propeller Theatre Company, performing Shakespeare’s plays in London’s West End and on tour to Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the United States, and beyond. He has directed Julius Caesar, Henry V, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona for the Royal Shakespeare Company; and his production of The Taming of the Shrew was included alongside Barbara Gaines’ Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 as part of the RSC’s Complete Works Festival in 2006/07. The New York Times Magazine raved of his career, “what Edward Hall seems to do is work at the cellular level, cracking the DNA code of the text and replicating it onstage.”
Hall led London’s Hampstead Theatre for nearly a decade as Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive, where he was known for ground-breaking work, including the Olivier Award-winning Sunny Afternoon, Chariots of Fire, The Judas Kiss, and Ecstasy—all of which transferred to the West End. In 2019, he staged the UK premiere of the Pulitzer prize-winning Cost of Living, starring Adrian Lester and Katy Sullivan. Following his appointment to Hampstead Theatre in 2010, Hall took the company from the brink of bankruptcy through a dramatic transformation into one of the nation’s most successful theaters for new work development—producing over 100 world premieres. While at Hampstead, he championed wider accessibility in the theater industry: he launched the Downstairs incubator space for early career playwrights, rolled out discount ticket programs, young writers’ programs, and as far back as 2013 began innovating with “freestreaming” on global digital platforms.
His extensive film and television credits include 2019’s Blithe Spirit starring Dame Judi Dench, Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, and Leslie Mann, as well as Gentleman Jack, Restless starring Hayley Atwell and Charlotte Rampling, Partners in Crime, The Durrells, and the season finale for series 4 of the resoundingly successful Downton Abbey. Upcoming releases include the Sky TV holiday film Joy To The World, starring Timothy Spall as Father Christmas.
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1 TV/FILM DIRECTOR EDWARD HALL Q&A 08/06/2024 57:38

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1 TV/FILM DIRECTOR MATTHEW MOORE Q&A 13/12/2023 1:23:10

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1 4-TIME EMMY AWARD-WINNING CASTING DIRECTOR JOHN FRANK LEVEY 1:03:48

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1 CASTING DIRECTOR FRANCESCA BRADLEY Q&A 11/01/2023 1:00:22

1 BAFTA-WINNING ACTOR DAVID BRADLEY Q&A 19/12/2022 1:08:12

1 KELLY VALENTINE HENDRY Q&A 08/12/2022 1:05:22

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1 CASTING DIRECTOR REBECCA WRIGHT "Q&A" 30/10/2021 59:04

1 CASTING DIRECTOR SETH MASON "Q&A" 08/01/2022 1:05:01

1 CASTING DIRECTOR KATY MOYLAN-SHORTEN "Q&A" 30/11/2021 30:02

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1 CASTING DIRECTOR CAROLYN MCLEOD "Q&A" 13/09/2021 1:02:03

1 CASTING DIRECTOR LAUREN EVANS "Q&A" 13/09/2021 1:00:24

1 CASTING DIRECTOR SHARON SORRENTINO "Q&A" 22/07/2021 38:40

1 CASTING DIRECTOR ANNA DAWSON "Q&A" 22/09/2021 48:43

1 CASTING DIRECTOR DES HAMILTON "Q&A" 06/09/2021 1:28:52

1 CASTING DIRECTOR MIKE CATER (LUCI LENOX CASTING) "Q&A" 01/09/2021 43:06

1 CASTING DIRECTOR SOPHIE KINGSTON-SMITH "Q&A" 21/07/2021 34:37

1 CASTING DIRECTOR OLIVIA BRITTAIN "Q&A" 27/07/2021 54:13

1 CASTING DIRECTOR CERI BEDINGFIELD "Q&A" 17/07/2021 49:10

1 CASTING DIRECTOR RORY OKEY {DAN HUBBARDCASTING} "Q&A" 12/07/2021 1:05:07

1 CASTING DIRECTOR LUCI LENOX 'Q&A' 26/07/2021 56:49

1 CASTING FREELANCER MILLIE HOOPER "Q&A" 12/07/2021 25:36

1 CASTING DIRECTOR HAYLEY KAIMAKLIOTIS "Q&A" 12/07/2021 17:21

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