Kate Saxon
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Kate Saxon is a British
freelance theatre director who lives in London
. She is Associate Director of Shared Experience
Theatre.
(UK 2008), for English Touring Theatrehttp://www.ett.org.uk/ and of Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman
World premiere in USA and later British premiere.
For the Orange Tree Theatre
's Susan Glaspell
season she staged the first revival of Glaspell's 1922 comedy Chains of Dew in March 2008http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/chainsdew-rev.htm.
International productions include Nine Parts of Desire, at The Public, New York and later at The Wilma, Philadelphia. The production was the winner of 2 Barrymore Awards.
Kate was Associate Director of the West End run and the international tour of Polly Teale's After Mrs. Rochester, which received the following awards: Time Out Live Award 2004 for Best Production in the West End and Best Direction 2003 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
Far from the Madding Crowd
under Kate Saxon's direction, and you have a dynamic drama on universal themes.http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/sep/18/theatre4 * Elisabeth Mahoney,The Guardian,Thursday September 18 2008
Chains of Dew
Kate Saxon directs the play with tremendous panache. Billington, The Guardian, March 17, 2008
La Bohème
Phyllida Lloyd's production … now revived by Kate Saxon, forcefully desentimentalises the work, setting it in a faceless metropolis … Lloyd and Saxon explore the emotional and sexual freedom that counters this grimness with great tenderness, though the results are not for purists. The Guardian, January 28, 2002
Fable II
The voice acting is peerless, the dialogue pithy and sarcastic, every character believable. Within minutes, Fable II had us in its grasp… 2008 360 Magazine
"The consistently awesome voice acting... peerless… making Fable 2 one of the best-acted videogames yet.” 1UP http://www.1up.com/
“….the voice acting and graphics are top class.” The Sunday Times
Age of Conan:Hyborian Adventures
The voice acting is great, and the musical score is impressive.http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r26352.htm
The voice acting is very good in Age of Conan. For the first 20 levels, every NPC is fully voiced which really brings the world to life.http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/pc/reviews/5061.aspx
Dragon Quest: Journey of the Cursed King
From the engaging script to bold choice of western voice actors........there's not a sound you hear from game start to game end that dips below brilliance. 2006 Edge Award - Best Audio Design
United Kingdom
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freelance theatre director who lives in London
London
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. She is Associate Director of Shared Experience
Shared Experience
Shared Experience is a British theatre company. Its current joint artistic directors are Nancy Meckler and Polly Teale. Kate Saxon is an Associate Director.-Productions:*A Passage to India *Madame Bovary...
Theatre.
Theatre
Kate Saxon's productions include the premiere of Mark Healy's adaptation of Hardy's Far From the Madding CrowdFar from the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and his first major literary success. It originally appeared anonymously as a monthly serial in Cornhill Magazine, where it gained a wide readership. Critical notices were plentiful and mostly positive...
(UK 2008), for English Touring Theatrehttp://www.ett.org.uk/ and of Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The French Lieutenant’s Woman , by John Fowles, is a period novel inspired by the 1823 novel Ourika, by Claire de Duras, which Fowles translated into English in 1977...
World premiere in USA and later British premiere.
For the Orange Tree Theatre
Orange Tree Theatre
The Orange Tree Theatre is a 172-seat theatre at 1 Clarence Street, Richmond in south west London, built specifically as a theatre in the round....
's Susan Glaspell
Susan Glaspell
Susan Keating Glaspell was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, actress, director, novelist, biographer and poet. She was a founding member of the Provincetown Players, one of the most important collaboratives in the development of modern drama in the United States...
season she staged the first revival of Glaspell's 1922 comedy Chains of Dew in March 2008http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/chainsdew-rev.htm.
International productions include Nine Parts of Desire, at The Public, New York and later at The Wilma, Philadelphia. The production was the winner of 2 Barrymore Awards.
Kate was Associate Director of the West End run and the international tour of Polly Teale's After Mrs. Rochester, which received the following awards: Time Out Live Award 2004 for Best Production in the West End and Best Direction 2003 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
Far from the Madding Crowd
under Kate Saxon's direction, and you have a dynamic drama on universal themes.http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/sep/18/theatre4 * Elisabeth Mahoney,The Guardian,Thursday September 18 2008
Chains of Dew
Kate Saxon directs the play with tremendous panache. Billington, The Guardian, March 17, 2008
La Bohème
Phyllida Lloyd's production … now revived by Kate Saxon, forcefully desentimentalises the work, setting it in a faceless metropolis … Lloyd and Saxon explore the emotional and sexual freedom that counters this grimness with great tenderness, though the results are not for purists. The Guardian, January 28, 2002
Game Directing
Kate Saxon was Voice Director for popular MMO Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (FUNCOM)[4].[5] For Heavenly Sword (Ninja Theory), Kate directed all the lead level and AI dialogue and was Lead voice director on BAFTA nominated Fable II (Lionhead) and on the new release Fable III. Fable II won the Develop Award for Audio Accomplishment in 2009. Kate provided MoCap and voiceover direction for Killzone 2 (Sony) and two Bond titles, Goldeneye and Bloodstone. Saxon also directed Castlevania: Lord of Shadows and Dragon Quest: Journey of the Cursed King (script review and directing)[6] and for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts) Kate cast European roles.Fable II
The voice acting is peerless, the dialogue pithy and sarcastic, every character believable. Within minutes, Fable II had us in its grasp… 2008 360 Magazine
"The consistently awesome voice acting... peerless… making Fable 2 one of the best-acted videogames yet.” 1UP http://www.1up.com/
“….the voice acting and graphics are top class.” The Sunday Times
Age of Conan:Hyborian Adventures
The voice acting is great, and the musical score is impressive.http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r26352.htm
The voice acting is very good in Age of Conan. For the first 20 levels, every NPC is fully voiced which really brings the world to life.http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/pc/reviews/5061.aspx
Dragon Quest: Journey of the Cursed King
From the engaging script to bold choice of western voice actors........there's not a sound you hear from game start to game end that dips below brilliance. 2006 Edge Award - Best Audio Design