Nina Raine

Nina began her career as a trainee director at the Royal Court under the Regional Young Theatre Director Scheme.

Theatre work as a Director includes Rock N Roll (Hampstead Theatre); Bach & Sons (Bridge Theatre); Donkey Heart (Old Red Lion/Trafalgar Studios); Jumpy (Royal Court/Duke of York’s); Shades (Royal Court Upstairs – Critic’s Circle and Evening Standard Awards for Most Promising Newcomer); Rabbit (Old Red Lion/Trafalgar Studios/Brits off Broadway Festival); Unprotected (Liverpool Everyman/Traverse, Edinburgh – Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award and TMA Best Director Award); Vermillion Dream and Eskimo Sisters (both Southwark Playhouse).

Theatre work as a Playwright includes Stories (National Theatre); Consent (Pinter/National Theatre); Tiger Country (Hampstead Theatre); Tribes (Gate, Dublin/Center Theater Group, Los Angeles/Barrow Street Theater, NY/Royal Court Downstairs - Drama Desk Award, Olivier Award Best New Play nomination); The Drunks (Adaptation of the play by Mikhail and Vyacheslav Durnenkov - Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon) and Rabbit (Sydney Theatre Company/Old Red Lion/Trafalgar Studios/Brits off Broadway Festival, NY - Evening Standard and Critic’s Circle Awards for most promising playwright). Nina also directed Longing (Hampstead Theatre), a play by William Boyd, based on two short stories by Chekhov.

Radio work includes Alan Howard Reads.