Whitby Hertford
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Hertford in East London UK
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| Occupation | Theatre director, writer and actor |
Whit Hertford is an American theatre director, writer and actor.
Artistic Director of the UK based theatre company, Riot Act and currently serves as an Associate Director at Theatre N16 in South London. He received his MFA in theatre directing from The University of Essex's East 15 and studied in Moscow at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS).
Quickly established himself in the London fringe theatre as an efant terrible with a penchant for adapting and directing radical resuscitations / redefinitions of classic plays. Known for a style and approach based in European avant garde realism.
His recent directing credits include the critically acclaimed adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's The League of Youth (in only its third UK production since publication in 1870) and a London fringe sellout run of Coverage, a newsroom retelling of Julius Caesar - both by Canadian playwright Ashley Pearson. He adapted and directed Chekhov's The Seagull entitled, The Misbegotten Hope of the Dirty Bird (or A Meditation on the Proper Use of Firearms in Dramatic Literature)*. Other directing credits include the debuts of his original plays: Dóttir - a bleak tragedy that explores seven of Shakespeare's motherless daughter archetypes, Lunatic nü gothic psychological thriller which focuses on the therapeutic sessions of Dr. Seward and Renfield from Bram Stoker's Dracula. Anatomy of Arithmetic, Bloke and Hero & Leander - adapted from Marlowe.
Whit has also directed at the Arcola Theatre and Southwark Playhouse in London. He served as an Associate Director at The Courtyard Theatre, in Hoxton East London where he was artistic director of Versions, a month long festival of classical adaptations and devised theatre in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare.
As a playwright his plays include: The Heimrich Maneuver, Endangered Species, The Space Program, Houses - a new site specific version of Romeo & Juliet. Additional Chekhov works he's adapted include: Poor Bastard (A Triumphant Guide to Midlife Crisis) - based on Ivanov, Spoilt Fruits (Dispatches from the Intersection of Class, Real Estate and Dead Children).
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