Vicky Featherstone

{{Short description|Theatre and artistic director (born 1957)}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Vicky Featherstone | image = | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1967|4|5}} | birth_place = Redhill, Surrey, England | occupation = Theatre and artistic director | children = 2 | years_active = 1990–present | spouse = Danny Brown }}

'''Vicky Featherstone''' (born 5 April 1967) is a theatre and artistic director. She was artistic director of the UK new writing touring theatre company Paines Plough from 1997, founding director of the National Theatre of Scotland in 2004, and the first female artistic director of London's Royal Court Theatre from 2013 until 2023. Featherstone's career has been characterised by significant involvement with new writing.

==Early life and education== Vicky Featherstone was born in Redhill, Surrey on 5 April 1967,<ref name="BFIDB">{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2bb5e0da04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508062400/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2bb5e0a04d|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 May 2014|title=Vicky Featherstone|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="BBCMay2012">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18041153|title=Royal Court names Vicky Featherstone as Cooke successor|work=BBC News|date=11 May 2012|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> but moved to Scotland at 6 weeks old, where she lived in Clackmannanshire until the age of 7, when her father's work took her around the world.<ref name="BBCScotlandJuly2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00dj72h|title=Shereen [Nanjiani], Extended Interview with Vicky Featherstone|publisher=BBC Radio Scotland|date=11 July 2011|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="HeraldDec2012">{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/i-had-a-period-where-i-thought-i-dont-know-how-to-do-this-job.19657538|title=Interview: Vicky Featherstone, National Theatre of Scotland|author=Phil Miller|newspaper=Herald Scotland|date=17 December 2012|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> Her father is a chemical engineer and her mother a nurse.<ref name=BBCScotlandJuly2011/> She is the eldest of three children.<ref name=BBCScotlandJuly2011/> Featherstone was privately educated.<ref name=BBCScotlandJuly2011/>

Featherstone studied drama at Manchester University,<ref name="SACSummit">{{cite web|url=http://www.scottisharts.org.uk/1/professional/conferencesandevents/scotlandcreativenation/culturalsummitday1.aspx|title=Scotland: Creative Nation, Cultural Summit|publisher=Scottish Arts Council|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> and soon discovered she favoured directing over acting.<ref name=BBCScotlandJuly2011/>

Featherstone also did an MA in directing at the university, in association with Manchester's Contact Theatre.<ref name=SACSummit/>

==Career== ===Early directorships and acting=== Featherstone's worked as assistant director at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1990 on Martin Crimp's ''No One Sees the Video''.<ref>{{cite book| last = Angelaki| first = Vicky| title = The Plays of Martin Crimp: Making Theatre Strange| year = 2012| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan| isbn = 978-0-230-29371-7| page = 189 }}</ref><ref name="RoyalCourtMay2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/news/articles/royal-court-theatre-announces-vicky-featherstone-a/|title=Royal Court Theatre Announces Vicky Featherstone as Next Artistic Director at The Royal Court Theatre|publisher=Royal Court Theatre|date=11 May 2012|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> She gained a place on the Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme, under which she spent two years from 1992 to 1994, first as assistant director and then associate director, based at West Yorkshire Playhouse, then under the artistic directorship of Jude Kelly.<ref name=SACSummit/><ref name=SACJuly2004/><ref name="RobinsonPhD">{{cite thesis |type=PhD|url=http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2915/|first=Rebecca Charlotte |last=Robinson |title=From theory to practice : The National Theatre of Scotland, 1999–2009|publisher=University of Glasgow|year=2009|access-date=2 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtyds.org/pasttraineeslist.php|title=Past Trainees from 1960 – 2007|publisher=Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2002/jul/06/whoswhoinbritishtheatre.features10|title=Who's who in British theatre|newspaper=The Guardian|date=6 July 2002|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref>

She then became resident director at the Octagon Theatre Bolton from 1994 to 1996<ref name=RobinsonPhD/> and worked at Northern Stage,<ref name=SACSummit/> then became Literary Associate for the Bush Theatre from 1996 to 1997.<ref name=SACSummit/><ref name=RobinsonPhD/>

===Television script editor=== In the mid-1990s, Featherstone returned to TV script editing and programme development, having worked for a time as a script editor for Central TV immediately after University.<ref name=SACSummit/> Whilst a script editor at United Productions, Featherstone conceived, after attending a friend's wedding in Yorkshire, with writer Ashley Pharoah, the series ''Where the Heart Is'', revolving around the lives of district nurses in a close-knit Yorkshire community.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Where+the+success+is.-a060243552|title=Where the success is|author=Marion McMullen|newspaper=Coventry Evening Telegraph|date=5 June 1999|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> The programme debuted in 1997.

She was also involved in the development of the pathologist drama ''Silent Witness'', first broadcast in 1996, for which she was credited as script editor for the first two episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0700565/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm|title="Silent Witness" Buried Lies: Part 1 (1996) – Full cast and crew|website=IMDb|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref>

===Management roles=== ====Paines Plough (1997–2004)==== Featherstone was artistic director of Paines Plough, a theatre company based in the UK that specialises in new plays and touring, from 1997 to 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/about-us/introduction|title=About Us|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref>

Immediately prior to her appointment, the company was not thriving.<ref name="GuardianMay1999">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/1999/may/12/artsfeatures1|title=Vicky's odyssey|author=Lyn Gardner|newspaper=The Guardian|date=12 May 1999|access-date=30 June 2013}}</ref> Featherstone appointed writers Mark Ravenhill as literary manager and Sarah Kane as writer-in-residence, and developed an atmosphere seen as welcoming to writers.<ref name=GuardianMay1999/> Within two years of her appointment, the company had increased audiences by over 100%.<ref name=GuardianMay1999/> World premieres of ''Anna Weiss'', a study of false memory syndrome by Mike Cullen; ''Crave'', written by Kane on love and loss; ''Sleeping Around'', a 1990s update of ''La Ronde''; and ''The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union'' by David Greig, helped build Paines Plough's reputation.<ref name=GuardianMay1999/> Under Featherstone the company was noted for its commitment to theatrical activity outside London in the UK regions,<ref name=GuardianMay1999/><ref name="GuardianJuly2004">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jul/30/arts.ourcritics|title=Well-liked director with an eye for the new|author=Lyn Gardner|newspaper=The Guardian|date=30 July 2004|access-date=30 June 2013}}</ref> and willingness to experiment and collaborate with other theatre companies such as Frantic Assembly<ref name=GuardianJuly2004/> and Graeae.<ref name=BTGJan2004/> Her hiring of John Tiffany as associate director was also considered a significant contribution to the company's success.<ref name=GuardianJuly2004/>

By the time of Featherstone's departure from Paines Plough in 2004, the company was being described as "a major force for new writing"<ref name=GuardianJuly2004/> and "a national and international force in British theatre",<ref name="ScotsmanAug2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/stepping-into-the-spotlight-1-541769|title=Stepping into the spotlight|publisher=Scotsman.com|date=3 August 2004|access-date=30 June 2013}}</ref> staff had doubled from four to eight,<ref name=ScotsmanAug2004/> she had turned round the company's deficit<ref name="ScotsmanJuly2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/dark-horse-lands-top-theatre-job-1-541216|title=Dark horse lands top theatre job|publisher=Scotsman.com|date=30 July 2004|access-date=30 June 2013}}</ref> and turnover had risen to £0.5m per year.<ref name=ScotsmanAug2004/>

====National Theatre of Scotland (2006–2013)==== {{further|National Theatre of Scotland}}<!---consider adding or moving some of the detail into this article---> In September 2003, the Scottish Executive announced funding of £7.5m for the establishment of the National Theatre of Scotland, with £3.5m for the year April 2004 to March 2005 and £4m for the following year.<ref name=SACJuly2004/><ref name="SACMar2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.scottisharts.org.uk/1/latestnews/1000399.aspx|title=National Theatre of Scotland Board welcomed|publisher=Scottish Arts Council|date=11 March 2004|access-date=4 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="BBCSep2003">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3098410.stm|title=National theatre vision realised|work=BBC News|date=11 September 2003|access-date=7 July 2013}}</ref> Robert Findlay, once chief executive of Scottish Radio Holdings, was appointed as chairman, and once a board had also been appointed, the search for the first artistic director for the NTS began.<ref name=SACMar2004/>

The job of director of the NTS, combining the roles of director, chief executive, and artistic director, was advertised in May 2004.<ref name="NorthingsMay2004">{{cite web|url=http://northings.com/2004/05/01/richard-findlay/|title=Listening to the People|author=Kenny Mathieson|publisher=Northings|date=1 May 2004|access-date=4 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="ScotsmanApr2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/national-theatre-seeking-a-genius-1-520600|title=National Theatre seeking a genius|publisher=Scotsman.com|date=6 April 2004|access-date=4 July 2013}}</ref> From an initial 30 applications for the post, six were interviewed.<ref name=RobinsonPhD/><ref name="scotsman2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/fearless-director-hits-the-stage-running-1-1396495|title=Fearless director hits the stage running|publisher=Scotsman.com|date=1 August 2004|access-date=7 July 2013}}</ref> Findlay announced Featherstone's appointment on 29 July 2004 at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama,<ref name=RobinsonPhD/><ref name="StageMar2006">{{cite news|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/home-work---national-theatre-of-scotland-and-vicky-featherstone|title=Home work – National Theatre of Scotland and Vicky Featherstone|author=Thom Dibdin|newspaper=The Stage|date=3 March 2006|access-date=21 July 2013}}</ref><ref name=ScotsmanAug2004/><ref name="guardian2004">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jul/30/arts.artsnews|title=Scottish theatre chief appointed|author=Kirsty Scott|newspaper=The Guardian|date=30 July 2004|access-date=21 July 2013}}</ref> and Featherstone took up her post at the NTS – then housed in an empty temporary office in Hope Street, Glasgow,<ref name=HeraldDec2012/><ref name="ScotsmanDec2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/theatre-comedy-dance/interview-vicky-featherstone-on-theatre-in-scotland-1-2696001|title=Interview: Vicky Featherstone on theatre in Scotland|author=Joyce McMillan |publisher=Scotsman.com|date=18 December 2012|access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref> on 1 November 2004.<ref name=RobinsonPhD/><ref name=StageMar2006/>

She began building a team. This included John Tiffany, who had worked with her at Paines Plough and prior to that was Literary Director of Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre, as associate director of New Work;<ref name=RobinsonPhD/><ref name=ScotsmanJan2005/><ref name=ScotsmanTopJan2005/><ref name=ScotsmanOct2005/> Neil Murray, since 1999 executive producer of Glasgow's Tron Theatre, as the NTS's Executive Director;<ref name=RobinsonPhD/><ref name=ScotsmanJan2005/><ref name=ScotsmanOct2005/><ref name="ScotsmanMurrayJan2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/now-all-the-world-s-our-stage-1-1401824|title=Now all the world's our stage|publisher=Scotsman.com|date=23 January 2005|access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref> playwright David Greig, as dramaturg;<ref name=ScotsmanJan2005/><ref name=ScotsmanTopJan2005/><ref name=ScotsmanOct2005/> playwright and poet Liz Lochhead as an artistic associate;<ref name="ScotsmanJan2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/more-big-names-join-star-cast-at-national-theatre-1-672919|title=More big names join star cast at National Theatre|publisher=Scotsman.com|date=27 January 2005|access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="ScotsmanTopJan2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/the-joy-of-worrying-over-this-crucible-of-creativity-1-672951|title=The joy of worrying over this crucible of creativity|publisher=Scotsman.com|date=27 January 2005|access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="ScotsmanOct2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/national-not-nebulous-plays-for-today-1-1405133|title=National not nebulous plays for today|publisher=Scotsman.com|date=30 October 2005|access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref> and Simon Sharkey, then artistic director of Cumbernauld Theatre, as associate director of NTS Learn.<ref name=RobinsonPhD/><ref name=ScotsmanOct2005/> Featherstone and the team undertook intensive engagement with theatre professionals and groups throughout Scotland<ref name="WOSJun2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/06-2005/nt-of-scotland-aims-for-up-to-14-shows-from-2006_23705.html|title=NT of Scotland Aims for up to 14 Shows from 2006|author=Caroline Ansdell & Terri Paddock|publisher=Whatsonstage.com|date=29 June 2005|access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="ScotsmanJun2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/why-we-can-t-afford-to-lose-the-plot-1-717526|title=Why we can't afford to lose the plot|author=Joyce McMillan|publisher=Scotsman.com|date=25 June 2005|access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref> and began developing ideas and strategy.<ref name=WOSJun2005/><ref name="GuardianNov2005">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/nov/01/theatre.scotland|title='We have no theatrical tradition – just lots of good playwrights'|author=Vicky Featherstone|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 November 2005|access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref>

On 2 November 2005, Featherstone unveiled the National Theatre of Scotland's inaugural programme to a packed audience at the Tramway in Glasgow,<ref name=RobinsonPhD/> having announced it the previous day.<ref name=GuardianNov2005/> The season included ten first night shows on the theme of ''Home'', ''Black Watch'' scheduled for August 2006, and various other productions.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

"We asked 10 of our best directors to create a piece of theatre around the word 'Home' – commonly thought of as one of the most evocative words in the English language....We want people to realise the NTS relates to the people of Scotland and for people to feel that they have ownership of it. We have an opportunity to define what theatre, or a national theatre, can and should be".<ref name="Scotsman19Feb2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/dream-theatre-becomes-reality-1-1409521|title=Dream theatre becomes reality|author=Vicky Featherstone|publisher=Scotsman.com|date=19 February 2006|access-date=14 July 2013}}</ref> The 10 experimental site-specific shows were staged simultaneously in non-theatre locations all across Scotland, with an official first night of 25 February 2006.<ref name="ScotsmanFeb2011">{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/nts-artistic-director-vicky-featherstone-is-in-optimistic-mood-on-its-fifth-anniversay-1-1494707|title=NTS artistic director Vicky Featherstone is in optimistic mood on its fifth anniversary|author=Joyce McMillan |newspaper=The Scotsman|date=25 February 2011|access-date=4 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="OnTour27">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/files/documents/arts-drama-dance-ontour27.pdf|title=There's No Place Like Home (On Tour #27)|author=Mary Brennan|publisher=British Council|date=2006|access-date=14 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="Scotsman18Feb2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/stars-come-home-for-theatre-s-launch-play-1-981338|title=Stars come home for theatre's launch play|publisher=Scotsman.com|date=18 February 2006|access-date=11 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="Scotsman27Feb2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/for-one-weekend-all-the-world-s-a-stage-or-all-the-country-at-least-1-1107667|title=For one weekend, all the world's a stage – or all the country, at least|author=Roger Cox|publisher=Scotsman.com|date=27 February 2006|access-date=11 August 2013}}</ref> Each production was allocated a budget of £60,000,<ref name=RobinsonPhD/> and up to 10,000 free tickets were available.<ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/><ref name=Scotsman18Feb2006/>

Inspired by an article she read in the Glasgow ''Herald'' shortly after she took up her appointment with the NTS in November 2004, Featherstone asked writer Gregory Burke to follow the unfolding story of the Black Watch regiment – the oldest Highland regiment, which was being merged with other Scottish regiments.<ref name=RobinsonPhD/><ref name=GuardianNov2005/><ref name=GuardianFeb2008/><ref name="Scotsman28Dec2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/8-vicky-featherstone-1-1430267|title=8 Vicky Featherstone|publisher=Scotsman.com|date=28 December 2007|access-date=13 August 2013}}</ref> The production, about a group of young soldiers from the Fife-based regiment in Basra, was developed from interviews Burke did one Sunday afternoon in a pub in Dunfermline with six soldiers who had served in Iraq.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/theatre-comedy-dance/outgoing-national-theatre-of-scotland-director-warns-of-ignoring-scottish-artists-1-2641937|title=Outgoing National Theatre of Scotland director warns of ignoring Scottish artists|author=Brian Ferguson|publisher=Scotsman.com|date=16 November 2012|access-date=13 August 2013}}</ref> This was developed into loosely connected scenes and ultimately the finished play.<ref name=RobinsonPhD/><ref name=GuardianFeb2008/> Directed by Tiffany, ''Black Watch'' opened as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2006,<ref name=ScotsmanFeb2011/> as a site-specific work performed at the University of Edinburgh's Drill hall.<ref name=RobinsonPhD/> The play was an immediate popular and critical success.<ref name=IndependentJan2013/><ref name=ScotsmanFeb2011/><ref name="HolyroodJul2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.holyrood.com/2012/07/all-of-scotlands-a-stage/|title=All of Scotland's a stage|author=Neil Evans|publisher=Holyrood Magazine|date=5 July 2012|access-date=13 August 2013}}</ref> The production subsequently won multiple awards including Olivier Awards, has toured repeatedly since with productions on five continents,<ref name=HolyroodJul2012/> and has been adapted for television by the BBC.<ref name=RobinsonPhD/><ref name=Scotsman28Dec2007/>

====Royal Court Theatre (2013–2023)==== Featherstone's appointment as the first female artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre<ref>{{cite web | last=Dickson | first=Andrew | title=Royal Court hires Vicky Featherstone as first female artistic director | website=the Guardian | date=11 May 2012 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/may/11/royal-court-vicky-featherstone-artistic-director | access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref> was announced in May 2012 and she took over in April 2013.<ref name=BBCMay2012/><ref name=RoyalCourtMay2012/> She left the position in 2023.<ref>{{cite web | last=Sherwood | first=Harriet | title=Royal Court theatre appoints New Diorama’s David Byrne as artistic director | website=The Guardian | date=20 July 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/jul/20/royal-court-theatre-appoints-new-dioramas-david-byrne-as-artistic-director | access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref>

During this time, she was asked to do a production of Samuel Beckett's ''Krapp's Last Tape''.<ref name=abc2025>{{cite web | last=Sutton | first=Malcolm | title=Adelaide Festival to launch with Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett | website=ABC News | date=27 February 2025 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-27/adelaide-festival-to-begin-with-samuel-beckett-krapps-last-tape/104984356 | access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref>

===Recent work=== From October 2024, Featherstone directed a production of ''Krapp's Last Tape'' for Landmark Productions, starring Stephen Rea as Krapp. The play premiered at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, Ireland,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gaietytheatre.ie/events/krapps-last-tape/ |title=Gaiety Theatre: Stephen Rea in Krapp's Last Tape |website=Gaiety Theatre |access-date=18 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.landmarkproductions.ie/production/krapps-last-tape/ |title=Landmark Productions: Krapp's Last Tape |website=Landmark Productions |access-date=18 February 2025}}</ref> moving to Dublin's Project Arts Centre later that month.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/jan/19/krapps-last-tape-review-stephen-rea-project-arts-centre-dublin |title=Krapp's Last Tape review – Stephen Rea is hauntingly good in Beckett’s masterpiece |website=The Guardian |access-date=18 February 2025}}</ref> In February–March 2025 the production plays at the Dunstan Playhouse at the Adelaide Festival Centre in Adelaide, South Australia,<ref name=abc2025/> and then at the Barbican Theatre in London in April–May.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/krapps-last-tape |title=Krapp's Last Tape - Landmark Productions |website=Barbican.org.uk |access-date=18 February 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life== Featherstone married Danny Brown, a TV scriptwriter and former stand-up comedian.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/edinburgh-festival/my-edinburgh-vicky-featherstone-director-national-theatre-of-scotland-8008515.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220817/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/edinburgh-festival/my-edinburgh-vicky-featherstone-director-national-theatre-of-scotland-8008515.html |archive-date=17 August 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=My Edinburgh: Vicky Featherstone, Director, National Theatre of Scotland|author=Vicky Featherstone|newspaper=The Independent|date=6 August 2012|access-date=30 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/vicky-featherstone-s-family-home-in-glasgow-reveals-creative-mix-of-old-and-new-1-2517243|title=Vicky Featherstone's family home in Glasgow reveals creative mix of old and new – Homes and Gardens|author=Fiona Reid|publisher=Scotsman.com|date=10 September 2012|access-date=30 June 2013}}</ref> They have two children.<ref name=HeraldDec2012/>

==Theatre productions == ===''Home'' at the NTS (2006)=== {| class="wikitable" |+ ''Home'' productions |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:150px;"| Location ! scope="col" style="width:100px;"| Creators ! scope="col" | Notes |- |''Home Aberdeen''<ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/><ref name="WOSNov2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/11-2005/scottish-nt-kicks-off-first-season-in-2006-25-feb_23243.html|title=Scottish NT Kicks off First Season in 2006, 25 Feb|author=Terri Paddock|publisher=Whatsonstage.com|date=2 November 2005|access-date=11 August 2013}}</ref>||A derelict block of flats<ref name=RobinsonPhD/> in the Middlefield estate, with the audience transported there by bus<ref name=Scotsman27Feb2006/>||Director Alison Peebles, writer Rona Munro, designer Martin McNee<ref name=Scotsman27Feb2006/>||The personal and political struggles of a tenement block.<ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/> 20 professional and community actors of varying ages performed in the show, set in six unoccupied flats on the same low-rise staircase (each with a nameplate on the door featuring the word "Home").<ref name=Scotsman27Feb2006/> |- |''Home Caithness''<ref name="IndependentJan2013">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/vicky-featherstone-london-calling-8441751.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220817/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/vicky-featherstone-london-calling-8441751.html |archive-date=17 August 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Vicky Featherstone: London calling|author=David Pollock|newspaper=The Independent|date=8 January 2013|access-date=4 July 2013}}</ref>||A disused glass factory<ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/><ref name=GuardianFeb2008/>||Director Matthew Lenton<ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/>||The performance took place with the audience standing ankle-deep in sand which "filled" the glass factory.<ref name="GuardianFeb2008">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/feb/27/theatre1|title=Vicky Featherstone on building a National Theatre of Scotland|author=Vicky Featherstone|newspaper=The Guardian|date=27 February 2008|access-date=11 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatrescotland.com/email2012/update17.html|title=Vicky Featherstone's final interview as artistic director of the National Theatre of Scotland|author=Mark Fisher|publisher=theatreSCOTLAND|date=28 December 2012|access-date=11 August 2013}}</ref> |- |''Home Dumfries''||The Loreburn drill hall<ref name=RobinsonPhD/><ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/>||Director Graham Eatough<ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/>||Based on elderly people's ideas of home,<ref name=StageMar2006/> and old people's memories of the past, performed as a soundscape.<ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/> |- |''Home Dundee''<ref name=WOSNov2005/>||The McManus Galleries (a nineteenth century public museum and gallery)<ref name=RobinsonPhD/><ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/>||Director Kenny Miller<ref name=Scotsman27Feb2006/>||1940s and 50s nostalgia and popular culture, with the glitter-ball pink and black of a wartime ballroom and a history film of humorous old Dundonians remembering their wartime youth.<ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/><ref name=Scotsman27Feb2006/> |- |''Home East Lothian''<ref name=ScotsmanFeb2011/>||A forest,<ref name=RobinsonPhD/> with the audience transported there by bus<ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/>||Director Gill Robertson<ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/>||A piece aimed specifically at children, using the story of Hansel and Gretel.<ref name=StageMar2006/> |- |''Home Edinburgh''||The Queen's Hall, a nineteenth century public building<ref name=RobinsonPhD/><ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/>||Director Anthony Neilson<ref name=StageMar2006/>||Seven primary-school children from West Lothian, after a fortnight's workshops with Neilson, scripted what they thought First Minister's Questions might be like in the Holyrood Parliament.<ref name=StageMar2006/><ref name=Scotsman18Feb2006/><ref name=Scotsman27Feb2006/> |- |''Home Glasgow''<ref name=WOSNov2005/>||A multi storey high-rise block of flats at Cranhill in Easterhouse<ref name=RobinsonPhD/><ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/>||Director John Tiffany<ref name=Scotsman27Feb2006/>||Combined live theatre of actors filmed inside the 18-storey tower block, with intimate screen drama, transmitted live from inside the flats via handheld surveillance cameras held to the windows by three men abseiling down the building and projected on to a huge screen, with up to 1,000 people watching from the natural amphitheatre of the ground below.<ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/><ref name=Scotsman27Feb2006/> The story focused on its central character's return from London to his old high-rise home, where his 17-year-old brother, under surveillance by the state, has a quest for a reunion with his dead father, a victim of Gulf War syndrome.<ref name=Scotsman27Feb2006/> |- |''Home Inverness''<ref name=WOSNov2005/>||Arts in Motion, a converted industrial warehouse in Evanton<ref name=RobinsonPhD/><ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/>||Director Scott Graham<ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/> ||Local family photos provided the stimulus for a physical theatre piece.<ref name=Scotsman19Feb2006/> |- |''Home Shetland''||Performed on board the car deck of the Northlink Ferry while it paused in its round trip from Aberdeen in Lerwick harbour<ref name=ScotsmanFeb2011/><ref name=StageMar2006/>||Director Wils Wilson, poetic text by Jackie Kay<ref name=Scotsman27Feb2006/>||An installation show, delivered through personal guided-tour handsets, leading the audience through a story of deeply buried female experience, and of the perennial island tension between leaving and staying, as ghostly actors dressed in 1940s or 50s costume drifted through the lounges and saloons of the ship.<ref name=Scotsman27Feb2006/> |- |''Home Stornoway''<ref name=ScotsmanFeb2011/>||A disused shop in the town centre<ref name=RobinsonPhD/><ref name=Scotsman27Feb2006/>||Director Stewart Laing<ref name=Scotsman27Feb2006/>||A doll's house set, with about 20 people at a time given a guided tour of its various, detachable rooms.<ref name=Scotsman27Feb2006/> |} ===Other productions=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Productions directed by Vicky Featherstone

|- ! scope="col" style="width:120px;"| Play ! scope="col" | Author ! scope="col" | Theatre ! scope="col" | Opening date ! scope="col" | Notes |- |''Jews. In Their Own Words'' |Jonathan Freedland, from an idea by Tracy-Ann Oberman |Royal Court Theatre |20 September 2022 |{{cn|date=March 2025}} |- |''The Glow'' |Alistair McDowall |Royal Court Theatre |24 January 2022 |{{cn|date=March 2025}} |- |''Shoe Lady'' |E. V. Crowe |Royal Court Theatre |4 March 2020 |{{cn|date=March 2025}} |- |''Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour''||adapted by Lee Hall from the novel The Sopranos by Alan Warner||Traverse Theatre, Tron Theatre, The Lemon Tree, Eden Court, Adam Smith Theatre, The Brunton and Live Theatre||{{dts|format=dmy|2015-08-18}}||A co-production between the National Theatre of Scotland and Live Theatre<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/content/default.asp?page=home_OurLadiesOfPerpetualSuccour|title=Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour |publisher=National Theatre of Scotland|access-date=21 July 2016}}</ref> |- |''The Mistress Contract''||Abi Morgan||Royal Court Theatre||{{dts|format=dmy|2014-01-13}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/the-mistress-contract |title=The Mistress Contract at The Royal Court Theatre|publisher=The Royal Court Theatre|access-date=10 September 2013}}</ref> |- |''The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas''||Dennis Kelly||Royal Court Theatre||{{dts|format=dmy|2013-09-05}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/the-ritual-slaughter-of-gorge-mastromas|title=The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas at The Royal Court Theatre|publisher=The Royal Court Theatre|access-date=10 September 2013}}</ref> |- |''Untitled Matriarch Play (or Seven Sisters)''||Nikole Beckwith||Royal Court Theatre||{{dts|format=dmy|2013-07-09}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/untitledmatriarchplay/?tab=2|title=Untitled Matriarch Play (or Seven Sisters) at The Royal Court Theatre|publisher=Royal Court Theatre|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''The President Has Come To See You''||Lasha Bugadze, translated by Donald Rayfield||Royal Court Theatre||{{dts|format=dmy|2013-06-11}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/presidenthascometoseeyou/?tab=2|title=The President Has Come To See You at The Royal Court Theatre|publisher=Royal Court Theatre|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Enquirer''||||The Hub at Pacific Quay, Glasgow, then later Mother at The Trampery and Belfast Festival||{{dts|format=dmy|2012-04-26}}||A National Theatre of Scotland production presented in partnership with the London Review of Books. Edited and directed by Featherstone and John Tiffany. Co-edited by Andrew O'Hagan.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.lrb.co.uk/about/enquirer|title=Enquirer|magazine=London Review of Books|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/content/default.asp?page=home_Enquirer|title=Enquirer|publisher=National Theatre of Scotland|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Appointment with the Wicker Man''||Greg Hemphill and Donald McLeary, based on the film ''The Wicker Man'', the film screenplay by Anthony Shaffer and the novel ''Ritual'' by David Pinner||Alhambra Theatre Dunfermline, His Majesty's Theatre Aberdeen, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Eden Court Inverness and Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh||{{dts|format=dmy|2012-02-17}}||A National Theatre of Scotland production<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/content/default.asp?page=home_AnAppointmentWithTheWickerMan|title=Appointment with the Wicker Man|publisher=National Theatre of Scotland|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''27''||Abi Morgan||Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow then Cambridge Arts Theatre in 2012||{{dts|format=dmy|2011-10-21}}||A co-production between the National Theatre of Scotland and The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/content/default.asp?page=home_27|title=27|publisher=National Theatre of Scotland|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''The Wheel''||Zinnie Harris||Traverse||{{dts|format=dmy|2011-07-28}}|| A National Theatre of Scotland production. Winner of an Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/aug/25/amnesty-award-edinburgh-fringe-theatre|title=Amnesty award goes to Edinburgh fringe plays Sold and The Wheel|author=Press Association|newspaper=The Guardian|date=25 August 2011|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> and a Fringe First at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/08-2011/nichol-pleasance-and-traverse-scoop-edinburgh-frin_7707.html|title=Nichol, Pleasance & Traverse Scoop Edinburgh Fringe Firsts|author=Terri Paddock|publisher=Whatsonstage.com|date=12 August 2011|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/content/default.asp?page=home_TheWheel|title=The Wheel|publisher=National Theatre of Scotland|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''The Miracle Man''||Douglas Maxwell||Tron Theatre Glasgow, Brunton Theatre Musselburgh, Eden Court Inverness and Lemon Tree Aberdeen||{{dts|format=dmy|2010-03-18}}||A National Theatre of Scotland production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/content/default.asp?page=home_TheMiracleMan|title=The Miracle Man|publisher=National Theatre of Scotland|access-date=29 June 2013}}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> |- |''Empty''||Cathy Forde||Tron Theatre Glasgow, Brunton Theatre Musselburgh, Eden Court Inverness and Lemon Tree Aberdeen||{{dts|format=dmy|2010-03-16}}||A National Theatre of Scotland production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/content/default.asp?page=home_Empty|title=Empty|publisher=National Theatre of Scotland|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Wall of Death: A Way of Life''||||SECC, Glasgow, Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh||{{dts|format=dmy|2010-02-04}}||A National Theatre of Scotland production. Directed by Featherstone and Stephen Skrynka.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/content/default.asp?page=home_WallofDeath|title=Wall of Death: A Way of Life|publisher=National Theatre of Scotland|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Long Gone Lonesome''||Duncan McLean||Cromarty Hall, Orkney then tours of Scotland, plus Galway Arts Festival in 2010, and a US tour in 2012||{{dts|format=dmy|2009-10-06}}||A National Theatre of Scotland production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/content/default.asp?page=home_LongGoneLonesome|title=Long Gone Lonesome|publisher=National Theatre of Scotland|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/content/default.asp?page=home_LongGoneLonesome2012|title=Long Gone Lonesome 2012|publisher=National Theatre of Scotland|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Cockroach''||Sam Holcoft||Traverse||{{dts|format=dmy|2008-10-23}}||A National Theatre of Scotland production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/content/default.asp?page=home_Cockroach|title=Cockroach|publisher=National Theatre of Scotland|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''365''||David Harrower||Eden Court Inverness, then Edinburgh Playhouse, subsequently transferring to the Lyric Hammersmith||{{dts|format=dmy|2008-08-13}}||A National Theatre of Scotland co-production with the Edinburgh International Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/04-2008/nts-moves-harrower-365-to-hammersmith-8-sep_19621.html|title=NTS Moves Harrower 365 to Hammersmith, 8 Sep|publisher=Whatsonstage.com|date=24 April 2008|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/content/default.asp?page=home_365|title=365|publisher=National Theatre of Scotland|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Mary Stuart''||Friedrich Schiller, in a new version by David Harrower from a literal translation by Patricia Benecke||Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, then Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh||{{dts|format=dmy|2006-10-03}}||A National Theatre of Scotland, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh and Citizens’ Theatre, Glasgow co-production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/content/default.asp?page=home_showMaryStuart|title=Mary Stuart|publisher=National Theatre of Scotland|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''The Wolves in the Walls''||Neil Gaiman, based on the book by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean||Tramway Glasgow, Lyric Hammersmith, then UK tours and New Victory Theater, New York||{{dts|format=dmy|2006-03-22}}||<ref name="NTSWolvesWalls">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/content/default.asp?page=s150|title=The Wolves in the Walls|publisher=National Theatre of Scotland|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.improbable.co.uk/work/wolves-walls/|title=The Wolves in the Walls|publisher=Improbable|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> Directed by Featherstone, with a credit of "conceived and made for the stage by Featherstone, Julian Crouch and Nick Powell". Equity Award for Best Show for Children and Young People at 2006 TMA awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmauk.org/awards/theatrenominations06.aspx|title=TMA Theatre Awards Winners & Nominees 2006|publisher=Theatrical Management Association|access-date=29 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227024309/http://www.tmauk.org/awards/theatrenominations06.aspx|archive-date=27 February 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |- |''Pyrenees''||David Greig||Menier Chocolate Factory, then Watford Palace||{{dts|format=dmy|2005-03-09}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/2005/pyrenees|title=Pyrenees by David Greig|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''The Small Things''||Enda Walsh||Menier Chocolate Factory||{{dts|format=dmy|2005-01-28}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/2005/the-small-things|title=The Small Things by Enda Walsh|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Wild Lunch 7''||''various''||Young Vic||{{dts|format=dmy|2004-05-11}}||Performances of 8 different plays. Featherstone directed ''270°'' by Jennifer Farmer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.casarotto.co.uk/assets/x/52537.pdf|title=Clare Lizzimore |publisher=Casarotto Ramsay|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> and possibly other plays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/2004/wild-lunch-7|title=Wild Lunch 7|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013|archive-date=6 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906223826/http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/2004/wild-lunch-7|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |''On Blindness''||Glyn Cannon||Soho Theatre, then West Yorkshire Playhouse and Birmingham Rep||{{dts|format=dmy|2004-02-12}}||Directed by Featherstone, Scott Graham, Steven Hoggett and Jenny Sealey (of Graeae Theatre Company).<ref name="BTGJan2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/onblindness.htm|title=On Blindness – Three Top Companies Combine|publisher=The British Theatre Guide|date=23 January 2004|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/2004/on-blindness|title=On Blindness by Glyn Cannon|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''A Number''||Caryl Churchill||SNT Drama Ljubljana||{{dts|format=dmy|2003-05-31}}||Staged reading, a co-production of SNT Drama and Exodos Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts.<ref name="SACJuly2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.scottisharts.org.uk/1/latestnews/1000713.aspx|title=First Director of the National Theatre of Scotland appointed|publisher=Scottish Arts Council|date=29 July 2004|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://g24.at/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-375-highlight-featherstone.html|title=Graz Events Party Veranstaltungen Musik Kultur Kunst Forum Chat Community Portal|website=g24.at|date=22 May 2003|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''The Drowned World''||Gary Owen||Birmingham Rep, then Traverse in August 2002, followed by UK tour in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/2003/the-drowned-worldcopy|title=The Drowned World by Gary Owen|publisher=Paines Plough|date=2003|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref>||{{dts|format=dmy|2002-03-11}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/2002/the-drowned-world|title=The Drowned World by Gary Owen|publisher=Paines Plough|date=2002|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> Winner of a Fringe First at the 2002 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/08-2002/fringe-first-islands-heads-to-royal-court-9-sep_27388.html|title=Fringe First Islands Heads to Royal Court, 9 Sep|author=Terri Paddock|publisher=Whatsonstage.com|date=12 August 2002|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Tiny Dynamite''||Abi Morgan||Traverse then UK tour||{{dts|format=dmy|2001-08-03}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/2001/tiny-dynamite|title=Tiny Dynamite by Abi Morgan|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Wild Lunch 5''||''various''||Bridewell Theatre||{{dts|format=dmy|2001-06-05}}||Script-in-hand performances of 6 different plays. It is unclear which plays Featherstone directed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/2001/wild-lunch-5|title=Wild Lunch 5|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco''||Gary Owen||Chapter Arts Centre, then UK tour||{{dts|format=dmy|2001-02-08}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/2001/crazy-garys-mobile-disco|title=Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco by Gary Owen|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Splendour''||Abi Morgan||Traverse, then UK tour||{{dts|format=dmy|2000-08-03}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/2000/splendour|title=Splendour by Abi Morgan|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> Featherstone won 2001 Barclays Theatre Awards Best Director,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/10-2001/crucible-and-gondoliers-scoop-barclays-awards_28386.html|title=Crucible & Gondoliers Scoop Barclays Awards|publisher=Whatsonstage.com|date=22 October 2001|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> and the 2001 TMA Best Director award,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmauk.org/awards/previousawards.aspx|title=Previous Winners (1991–2004)|publisher=Theatrical Management Association|access-date=29 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203030550/http://www.tmauk.org/awards/previousawards.aspx|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> for the production. |- |''Wild Lunch 4: Jubilee – Plays from Underground''||''various''||Bridewell Theatre||{{dts|format=dmy|2000-05-10}}||Script-in-hand performances of 9 new plays inspired by the Jubilee Line Extension. It is unclear which plays Featherstone directed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/2000/wild-lunch-4|title=Wild Lunch 4: Jubilee – Plays from Underground|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Wild Lunch 3''||''various''||Bridewell Theatre||{{dts|format=dmy|1999-10-30}}||Script-in-hand performances of 7 different plays. It is unclear which plays Featherstone directed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/1999/wild-lunch-3|title=Wild Lunch 3|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union''||David Greig||Ustinov Studio Bath, then UK tour||{{dts|format=dmy|1999-04-15}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/1999/cosmonaut|title=The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union by David Greig|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Ticket To Write''||''various''||Octagon Theatre Bolton, Bristol Old Vic, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Live Theatre, Newcastle||{{dts|format=dmy|1998-10-21}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/1998/ticket-to-write-northern-exposure|title=Ticket To Write Northern Exposure|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=WYPOverview22/> 10 short premiers by 10 writers. |- |''Crave''||Sarah Kane||Traverse, then Royal Court, then Berlin and Dublin festivals||{{dts|format=dmy|1998-08-11}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/1998/crave|title=Crave by Sarah Kane|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Riddance''||Linda McLean||Traverse then UK tour||{{dts|format=dmy|1998-08}}||Winner of a Fringe First at the 1999 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/08-1999/students-and-solo-shows-win-fringe-firsts_30423.html|title=Students & Solo Shows Win Fringe Firsts|publisher=Whatsonstage.com|date=23 August 1999|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/1999/riddance|title=Riddance by Linda Maclean|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Sleeping Around''||Stephen Greenhorn, Hilary Fannin, Abi Morgan and Mark Ravenhill||Salisbury Playhouse, then UK tour||{{dts|format=dmy|1998-02-09}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/1998/sleeping-around|title=Sleeping Around by Hilary Fannin, Stephen Greenhorn, Abi Morgan and Mark Ravenhill|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Crazyhorse''||Parv Bancil||New Vic Studio, Bristol, then UK tour||{{dts|format=dmy|1997-10-01}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/1997/crazyhorse|title=Crazyhorse by Parv Bancil|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Anna Weiss''||Mike Cullen||Traverse||{{dts|format=dmy|1997-08}}||Winner of a Fringe First at the 1997 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and an Independent on Sunday Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/mike-cullen/anna-weiss/|title=Anna Weiss|publisher=Curtis Brown |access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Wild Lunch 1''||''various''||Bridewell Theatre||{{dts|format=dmy|1997-02-07}}||Script-in-hand performances of 5 different plays. It is unclear which plays Featherstone directed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painesplough.com/past-productions/1997/wild-lunch-1|title=Wild Lunch 1|publisher=Paines Plough|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Two Lips Indifferent Red''||Tamsin Oglesby||Bush Theatre||{{dts|format=dmy|1995-09-06}}||<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/david-benedict-on-theatre-1598947.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220817/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/david-benedict-on-theatre-1598947.html |archive-date=17 August 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=David Benedict on theatre|author=David Benedict|newspaper=The Independent|date=1 September 1995|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''The Glass Menagerie''||Tennessee Williams||Octagon Theatre Bolton||{{dts|format=dmy|1994-09}}||<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre--smouldering-fires-jeffrey-wainwright-on-tennessee-williamss-the-glass-menagerie-at-the-octagon-theatre-bolton-1448538.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220817/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre--smouldering-fires-jeffrey-wainwright-on-tennessee-williamss-the-glass-menagerie-at-the-octagon-theatre-bolton-1448538.html |archive-date=17 August 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=THEATRE / Smouldering fires: Jeffrey Wainwright on Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton|author=Jeffrey Wainwright|newspaper=The Independent|date=13 September 1994|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''A Christmas Carol''||Charles Dickens||Octagon Theatre Bolton||{{dts|format=dmy|1993-12}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/326777/WORLD-STILL-SINGING-PRAISES-OF-DICKENS-CHRISTMAS-CAROL.html?pg=all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906155743/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/326777/WORLD-STILL-SINGING-PRAISES-OF-DICKENS-CHRISTMAS-CAROL.html?pg=all|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 September 2014|title=World Still Singing Praises of Dickens' 'Christmas Carol'|author=Graham Heathcote|publisher=Deseret News / Associated Press|date=19 December 1993|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Brighton Rock''||Graham Greene, adapted by David Hurlock||West Yorkshire Playhouse||1993/94||<ref name="WYPOverview22">{{cite web|url=http://www.wyp.org.uk/media/2388796/overview22.pdf|title=Overview22 |publisher=West Yorkshire Playhouse|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''9½ Minutes''||Kathleen McCreery||Gulbenkian Studio (Northern Stage)||{{dts|format=dmy|1992-11}}||Short play as part of the ''Women Prefer'' series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kathmc.com/playwriting/plays/minutes.html|title=Playwriting – 9½ Minutes|publisher=Kathleen McCreery|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> |- |''Kvetch''||Steven Berkoff||West Yorkshire Playhouse||1991/92||<ref name=WYPOverview22/> |}

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