In 2014, his Sydney Theatre Company production of The Maids (starring Cate Blanchett, Isabelle Huppert, and Elizabeth Debicki) played at the Lincoln Center Festival. He’s out this fall with two projects that focus on the Trump administration. His directing work has won and been nominated for various awards including Olivier Awards, London Critics’ Circle Awards, Iceland’s Gríman Awards and Australia’s Helpmann Awards. [3] His first feature film Una (an adaption of Blackbird by David Harrower) was released in 2016. The premiere of his 2016 play Gloria was shown by the Griffin Theatre Company in Sydney, directed by Lee Lewis with Marta Dusseldorp in the title role who played Queen Margaret in Andrews' The War of the Roses in 2009. Oct. 29
He is known for his versions of works by Shakespeare,[4] Anton Chekhov,[5] Jean Genet,[6] and Tennessee Williams,[7] as well as his stagings of contemporary writers such as David Harrower, Martin Crimp,[8] Marius von Mayenburg,[9] Caryl Churchill[10] and Sarah Kane. Oct. 5 As a writer, Andrews' theatrical adaptations include: The Maids (with Andrew Upton), Three Sisters,[20] The Seagull, The War Of The Roses (with Tom Wright) and Life Is a Dream (with Beatrix Christian). His prior ENO production, Detlev Glanert's Caligula (2012)[19] was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production and toured in 2014 to the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. Benedict’s first original play Every Breath was produced at Belvoir Street Theatre in 2012 and subsequently translated into Portuguese by Jorge Silva Melo for a production by Artistas Unidos in Lisbon 2013. in which George and Martha stalked each other behind glass walls. Over the last five years, for example, he’s helmed high-profile theater and opera productions in London, New York, Sydney, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Berlin, and Copenhagen. Artists respond to both the violence and loneliness of the pandemic. [2], Andrews' first volume of poetry, Lens Flare, was published in 2014 by Pitt Poetry. His most recent play Gloria opened at Sydney’s Griffin Theatre in August 2016 coinciding with the publication of his Collected Plays by Oberon Books. [1][2] Born in Adelaide in 1972, he was educated at Flinders University Drama Centre. Other recent opera includes: Reimann’s Medea at Komische Oper, Berlin; Verdi’s Stiffelio at Frankfurt; Verdi’s Macbeth at Royal Danish Opera; Le Nozze di Figaro at Sydney Opera House; Prokofiev’s Fiery Angel at Komische Oper, Berlin, and Opera de Lyon; and Monteverdi’s The Return of Ulysses (ENO / Young Vic.).
His work is marked by the intense and fragile beauty of its imagery and the sense of deep metaphor lying beneath the narrative surface. And in The War of the Roses, he rendered eight hours of Shakespeare’s history plays – four acts over eight hours – in edgy performances and unforgettable images (gold raining down on the court of Cate Blanchett’s Richard II for an hour and a half. Benedict Andrews is an Australian theatre and film director, based in Reykjavík, Iceland. Oct. 25, 2017 Nov. 3 In autumn 2017, Dutch National Opera revived Benedict’s production of La Bohème, a co-production with English National Opera. from Arts & Culture Stories. from The Business, This week on The Treatment, Elvis Mitchell speaks with Emmy-winning actor Jeremy Strong about playing social activist Jerry Rubin in Netflix’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”, Oct. 27 Benedict Andrews is an Australian theatre and film director, based in Reykjavík.
His prior Young Vic production Three Sisters (2012) won the London Critics Circle Best Director award. Benedict was awarded the 2005 Sydney Myer Performing Arts Award and was the recipient of Gloria Payten and Gloria Dawn Foundation Fellowships in 1998. This volume includes the plays Like a Sun, Every Breath, The Stars, Geronimo, and Gloria, plus an introduction by Benedict’s long-term collaborator Marius von Mayenburg.
From 2004 to 2010, Benedict worked extensively at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin where his productions include Saved; A Streetcar Named Desire; The Dog, the Night, the Knife; Cleansed; Drunk Enough to Say I Love You; Stoning Mary; The Ugly One; and Blackbird. His new feature film Seberg —starring Kristen Stewart as Jean Seberg — will have its world premiere at the 76th Venice International Film Festival, in August 2019.
Actress Kristen Stewart was cast to play Seberg in the film. Andrews has been a regular guest at London's Young Vic, Sydney Theatre Company (STC) and Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney, the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz in Berlin, and the National Theatre of Iceland in Reykjavik. [13][14] The first night consisted of Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V.[14] The second consisted of Henry VI and Richard III. Benedict Andrews, Director: Seberg. The two-night eight-hour production of The War of the Roses incorporates all eight War of the Roses Shakespearean plays in name but largely cut out the Henrys, making it in large part a combination of both Richard II and Richard III. His first feature film Una was released in 2016. SEBERG. Oct. 6 Benedict’s feature film debut Una (based on David Harrower’s play ‘Blackbird’ and starring Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn) premiered at the 43rd Telluride Film Festival. Andrews also works extensively in opera. Further productions for Sydney Theatre Company include The City; The Season at Sarsaparilla (Green Room Award for Best Director); Julius Caesar; Far Away; Endgame; Life is a Dream; Old Masters; Three Sisters, La Dispute (Helpmann Award Best Director); Mr Kolpert; Attempts on Her Life; and Fireface. Oct. 16 from Film Reviews. Benedict Andrews: Una. from The Treatment, Barbara Kingsolver discusses crossing genres of writing and her second book of poetry, “How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons).”. His STC production of Jean Genet's The Maids (with Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth Debicki and Isabelle Huppert) was played as part of the 2014 Lincoln Center Festival in New York City.[18]. [24] It also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival,[25] and the BFI London Film Festival. Hollywood Benedict Andrews: Una. [27], Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production, "Benedict Andrews returns to Australia with new play, The Telegraph, Charles Spencer, July 2014, The Telegraph (Jane Shilling) October 2012, http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/2012/past-nominees-and-winners/theatre, https://variety.com/2014/legit/reviews/theater-review-the-maids-cate-blanchett-isabelle-huppert-1201279258, http://www.operatoday.com/content/2012/06/detlev_glanerts.php, https://australianplays.org/script/CP-2528/extract, "Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn Star In 'Blackbird'; First Film For Theater Helmer Benedict Andrews", "Telluride Film Festival Lineup: 'Sully', 'La La Land', 'Arrival', 'Bleed For This' & More", https://variety.com/2018/film/news/kristen-stewart-jean-seaberg-against-all-enemies-1202727247/, Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Play, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benedict_Andrews&oldid=965182015, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 June 2020, at 21:20. For Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, he has directed The Seagull, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Douglas Stuart’s “Shuggie Bain” is not a book to miss. Born in Adelaide in 1972, he was educated at Flinders University Drama Centre. Benedict Andrews always knew he wanted to make a film.