Selina Cartmell is a British theatre director based in Dublin, Ireland. She is currently director at the

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Early life and education

Cartmell was born in the Lake District, UK. Her mother Annie worked as a midwife and her father Gordon is a retired accountant, and she has three older brothers. She holds a MA (Distinction) from the

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in Advanced Theatre Practice in Directing and an MA in History of Art and Drama from

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and

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, where she wrote her thesis on

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Career

Cartmell moved to Dublin and set up her own company Siren Productions in 2004. She has worked as a freelance director throughout Irish theatre, including at the

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and the Gate Theatre. She was the 2010-1 Artist-in-Residence at the Samuel Beckett Theatre. In 2017, she was announced as the fourth artistic director of the Gate Theatre, where she has since directed three plays: ''Red Shoes'' (2018), ''

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'' (2018) and ''A Christmas Carol'' (2019). She directed her first film called ''The Date'' in 2017 with funding from

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and Filmbase, which won Best First Short Drama at the

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in July 2017. In April 2024 it was announced that she had been appointed as Creative Director for the

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Awards

Winner of the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Director: * ''

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'' (2014) * ''Medea'' (2010) * ''Titus Andronicus'' (2005) 2018 Irish Tatler Arts and Literature Award

References

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