Background
Cracknell was born in Carlisle and was raised in Oxford.
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Carrie Cracknell
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She later studied directing at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.
Career
She was Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, London from 2007-2012. Her production of Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea will open in June at the National Theatre where her past work includes Medea and Blurred Lincolnshire. She was Genesis Fellow at the Young Vic where she has directed Macbeth, A Doll’s House which transferred to the West End and Broadway and Elektra.
She read history at the University of Nottingham where she was president of The Nottingham New Theatre.
She lives in London. In 2007 Cracknell and Natalie Abrahami, then aged 26 and 27 respectively, became joint Artistic Directors of the Gate Theatre in Notting Hill, London, United Kingdom. There Cracknell became known for her work blending contemporary dance with theatre and for reinterpretations of classic international plays. Cracknell"s first dance/theatre show, I Am Falling, was nominated for a South Bank Show Award in the dance category in 2009.
Foreign her Young Vic production of A Doll"s House she was nominated as Best Director in the Evening Standard Awards.
