The theatre director on Tacita Dean, Happy Valley, Caryl Churchill's Escaped Alone, Penelope Fitzgerald and a remarkable documentaryKatie Mitchell was born in 1964 and raised in Berkshire. She studied English at Oxford and started her career at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Following a stint at the Royal Court, she became an associate director at the National Theatre, where she attracted controversy for "smashing up…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:25AM on April 17, 2016