A Sense of Direction – Rachel Kavanaugh
Rachel Kavanaugh has spent three decades staging shows. She started her career as an assistant director in the early 1990s after studying at Mancheste...
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A Sense of Direction – Lynette Linton
Born in Leytonstone in 1990, Lynette Linton discovered a passion for theatre as a child, initially thinking that she wanted to become an actor. After ...
A Sense of Direction – Cheryl Martin
Born and raised in Washington DC, writer and director Cheryl Martin fell in love with theatre through seeing shows in her home city – including Morg...
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SDUK Directors Census 2023 – In Full
Downloadable PDF with the full census can be downloaded via the link below. SDUKDirectorsCensus2023 (We will be conducting a choreographer/movement di...
SDUK Resilience
SDUK Resilience   SDUK Resilience was research funded by Arts Council England to explore what a freelance career would look like post-Covid.  Â...
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