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Dateline: 31st May, 2011
Silbert Takes over REP Roxana Silbert is to be the Birmingham Repertory Theatre's new Artistic Director. She takes over from Rachel Kavanaugh who has stepped down to pursue at freelance career.
Silbert is currently an Associate Director at the RSC for whom she has directed Dunsinane by David Grieg and Little Eagles by Rona Munro, both at Hampstead Theatre, and is due to direct Measure for Measure which opens at the Swan Theatre in November 2011.
Her other work for the RSC also includes Such Tweet Sorrow - the world’s first play for Twitter, and Brixton Stories by Biyi Bandele
For Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Silbert directed the world premiere of Orphans by Dennis Kelly in 2009. This production also played at the Traverse during the Edinburgh Fringe where it won a Fringe First award before transferring to Soho Theatre.
Prior to joining the RSC, Silbert was Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Paines Plough Theatre Company for four years where she was credited with putting the company at the forefront of new writing and ran an award-winning writers programme. She has also worked at the Traverse Theatre as Literary Director and at the Royal Court as an Associate Director.
Roxana Silbert said today, “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work at this extraordinary theatre. The REP is one of Britain’s leading producing companies with a proud legacy of nearly 100 years of great theatre. I’m excited about ushering it into its new century - introducing a new mid scale auditorium for new work and a unique, creative relationship with its neighbouring flagship library. 2013 will be a formative phase in the life of The REP and one which I look forward to celebrating with the company and its audiences.” Chair of the Board of Directors, Ian Squires said, “We are thrilled and delighted that Roxana has decided to join The REP and lead the theatre into one of the most exciting periods in its long and distinguished history. Roxana is one of this country’s outstanding directors and with her passion for new work – a passion which lies at the heart of The REP – I know that the theatre, the city and our audiences across the region and beyond can look forward to exciting times ahead.”
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