Hattie Naylor
Writer
Film, TV & Theatre
Hattie Naylor’s theatre credits include; Dido’s Bar with Dash Arts and composer Marouf Majidi, national tour (2022), The Marxist in Heaven, National Theatre Live for NT Connections (2020/21), The Night Watch (Sarah Waters/Manchester Royal Exchange) 2016, Going Dark with Sound&Fury (Fuel/Young Vic) 2014, her controversial Bluebeard (Lee Lyford/Gallivant) 2013, and Ivan and the Dogs (Soho Theatre/ATC) which was nominated in the Olivier Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Theatre, and won the Tinniswood Award in 2010, a new production was staged at the Young Vic in 2019. The text was used in the film adaptation of Ivan and the Dogs, renamed: Lek and the Dogs, with the film director Andrew Kötting. The film premiered at the London Film Festival 2017 before general release and was sighted as amongst Mark Kermode’s top films of the year.
Other productions include her gothic thriller Dead Weather (directed by Nicolas Jackson) won Best Supporting Actress, Best Actress, and Best Drama at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2022, The Night Before Christmas Roman Stefanski/The Polka/Royal and Derngate, (2021/2022), work for the Circus Company Extraordinary Bodies What am I worth, include national tour and National Theatre Riverstage 2018, Human (2021), and Waldo’s Circus of Magic and Terror (2023) Bristol Od Vic/Plymouth Theatre Royal. The Three Musketeers for the Dukes Lancaster and directed by Sarah Pushon was nominated for Best Show for Children and Young People at the National Theatre Awards in 2018.
Work as a librettist includes Picard in Space with Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) for the Electronica Festival at the Southbank 2012 and Radio 3. She has written extensively for BBC Radio 4 notably: The Diaries of Samuel Pepys nominated Best Radio Drama 2012 and The Aeneid nominated Best Radio Adaptation with original music by Will Gregory – (Radio 3) BBC Audio Awards 2013, and In Diamond Square, set in Barcelona in the 1930’s, adapted from Mercè Rodoreda, with Afonica Productions, directed by Nicolas Jackson, and with Maxine Peake (2022).
Hattie studied dance at Nottingham Trent University before going on to study Fine Art at the Slade School of Art. She is neurodivergent and this informs her art and writing, and also her collaborations particularly with the film maker Andrew Kötting.
Work in development for the screen includes Hildegard for Shelly Bancroft, and for theatre and Prinzhorn, Art that Changed the World with Josephine Burton and Dash Arts.
She is a recipient of New Play Commission Scheme from the Writers’ Guild for Prinzhorn, Art that Changed the World.
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
BLUEBEARD | Teatro di Roma | Theatre |
HILDEGARD | Shelly Bancroft | Film |
SIDDHARTHA | Afonica/BBC Radio 4 | Radio |
SAPPHO | BBC Radio 4 | Radio |
PRINZHORN - ART THAT CHANGED THE WORLD | Dash Arts | Theatre |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THEATRE | ||
WALDO'S CIRCUS OF MAGIC AND TERROR 2023 | Extraordinary Bodies / Bristol Old Vic / Theatre Royal Plymouth | Circus/Theatre/Music |
DIDO'S BAR 2022 | Dash Arts | Dir. Josephine Burton |
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 2021 - 2022 | Polka Theatre/Royal and Derngate | Dir. Roman Stefanski |
THE MARXIST IN HEAVEN 2021 | National Theatre | Connections Festival |
HUMAN 2021 | Extraordinary Bodies | Circus/Theatre |
THE PUPPETEER 2018 | Blind Summit | |
WHAT AM I WORTH? 2018 | Extraordinary Bodies | |
THE THREE MUSKETEERS 2018 | The Dukes, Lancaster | Dir. Sarah Punshon |
AS THE CROW FLIES 2017 | Pentabus | With music by Dom Coyote |
YANA AND THE YETI 2017 | Pickled Image / Nordland Visual Theatre, Norway | |
THE DEPRAVED APPETITE OF TARRERE THE FREAK 2017 | Wattle & Daub / Tobacco Factory | |
THE NIGHT WATCH 2016 | Manchester Royal Exchange | Adaptation of the novel by Sarah Waters |
MOOMINLAND MIDWINTER 2015 | Horse & Bamboo Theatre | Re-worked version |
ERGO SUM 2015 | Sleight Of Hand Theatre | |
WEIGHTING 2015 | Extraordinary Bodies | |
CLAUSE 39 AND THE MAGNA CARTA 2015 | Salisbury Playhouse Youth Theatre | To be performed in Salisbury Cathedral to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta. |
MOOMINLAND MIDWINTER 2013 | Theatre Royal Bath - The Egg / Horse + Bamboo | Adapted from Tove Jansson's books |
BLUEBEARD (2013/2014) | Gallivant | Touring: Spring 2014 |
COMFORT 2012 | Islington Community Theatre | |
GOING DARK 2011 | Ful Theatre Company / Sound & Fury | 2012: Canterbury Festival / Young Vic |
IVAN AND THE DOGS (2010/11/12) | UK Tour / Soho Theatre | Directed by Ellen McDougall |
DAPHNIS AND CHLOE 2011 | Oran Mor, Glasgow | |
BEN-HUR 2010 | Theatre Royal Bath | |
MOTHER SAVAGE 2006 | Travelling Light / UK Tour | |
THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND 2006 | Theatre Royal Bath | |
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM 2004 | Theatre Royal Bath - Shakespeare Festival | Adapted for a cast of three |
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS 2003 | Bath Storm on the Lawn Festival | Directed by Lee Lyford |
THE ODYSSEY 2002 | Bath Youth Theatre Festival | Directed by Lee Lyford |
MUSICAL THEATRE | Co-written with Paul Dodgson | |
THE BFG 2016 | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Dir. Max Webster |
THE NUTCRACKER 2013 | Nuffield Theatre, Southampton | Revival |
THE FRENCH DETECTIVE AND THE BLUE DOG 2011 | Theatre Royal Bath - The Egg | Directed by Lee Lyford |
THE NUTCRACKER 2011 | Theatre Royal Bath - The Egg | Revival |
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS 2010 | Theatre Royal Bath - The Egg | Revival |
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS 2007 | Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol | Adaptation of Lewis Carroll's novel Directed by Lee Lyford |
MY LIFE AS A FAIRY TALE 2005 | Theatre Royal Bath | The life of Hans Christian Andersen with his fairy tales |
THE HOUSE ON HELLMOUTH HILL 2003 | Theatre Royal Bath - Ustinov Studio | Part of The Wild and Wacky Festival for Children |
Opera
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
PICCARD IN SPACE 2011 | Southbank Centre - Queen Elizabeth Hall | Libretto for operetta composed by Will Gregory |
ODYSSEUS UNWOUND 2006 | Tête à Tête / International Tour | Composed by Julian Grant |
THE OVERCOAT | Almeida Opera / ENO | Joint commission |
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
DISEASED AND DISORDERLY 2021 | BFI and Tyke Films | Dir. Andrew Kötting and Eden Kötting |
WHAT YOU SEE IN ME 2020 | Extraordinary Bodies | |
LEK AND THE DOGS 2017 | Salon Pictures | Feature film adaptation of Hattie's play IVAN AND THE DOGS |
DUSTY'S STORY 1998 | Sankofo Films with the London Production Fund and Channel 4 | Dir. Mina Courtauld |
Radio
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
DEATH AND THE PENGUIN 2022 | BBC Radio 4 | Adapted from Andrey Kurkov |
DIAMOND SQUARE 2022 | Afonica /BBC Radio 4 | |
SHELLEY'S HEART 2022 | BBC Radio 4 | |
NJALS SAGA 2021 | BBC Radio | |
DEAD WEATHER 2020 | Afonica / BBC Radio | |
THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER 2020 | BBC Radio | |
STORYBOMB 2020 | Alasdair McGregory | Soundscape/Radio |
LULLABY 2019 | Afonica / BBC Radio 4 | Dramatisation of novel LULLABY by Leila Slimani |
CENSORING AN IRANIAN LOVE STORY 2018 | BBC Radio 4 / Afonica | Written by Shahriar Mandanipour |
THE BASTARD OF ISTANBUL 2018 | Afonica / BBC Radio 4 | 2 x 57` |
HOW TO SURVIVE THE ROMAN EMPIRE, BY PLINY AND ME (3 SERIES) 2015 - 2017 | BBC Radio 4 | Prod. Kate McAll |
THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO 2016 | BBC Radio 4 | 1 x 60' |
NORTHANGER ABBEY 2016 | BBC Radio 4 | 10 x 15' |
THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS (11 SERIES) (2011 - 2016) | BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama (5 x 14' episodes per series) | Prod. Kate McAll |
THE LIBERTY CAP 2015 | Holy Mountain/ BBC Radio 4 | Prod. Kate McAll |
A NORTHERN SOUL 2014 | BBC Radio 4 | Dir. Marc Jobst |
PEPYS - THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON 2013 | BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Drama | Prod. Kate McAll |
THE DIARIES OF SAMUEL PEPYS 2014 | BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama | Further series |
THE AENEID 2013 | BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial | Dir. Kate McCall |
LITTLE GRUDGES 2012 | BBC Radio 4 | |
THE FORGOTTEN 2012 | BBC Radio 4 | |
PICCARD IN SPACE 2011 | BBC Radio 3 / Southbank Centre | Composed by Will Gregory |
CLARISSA: THE HISTORY OF A YOUNG LADY 2010 | Catherine Bailey Productions for BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial | Adapted from the novel by Samuel Richardson |
IVAN AND THE DOGS 2009 | BBC Radio 4 | Directed by Paul Dodgson |
MATHILDE 2008 | BBC Radio 4 / Bath Literature Festival | Short story |
ECHO AND NARCISSUS 2008 | BBC Radio 4 | |
THE MAKING OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE 2008 | BBC Radio 4 | |
SOLARIS 2007 | BBC Radio 4 | |
THE THIRD TRIAL 2007 | BBC Radio 3 - The Wire | |
DAPHNIS AND CHLOE 2006 | BBC Radio 4 | * Runner-up in the Prix Marulic Award 2006 |
SHE 2006 | BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial | |
WOODEN HEART (SWISS GOVERNMENT PERSECUTION OF THE JENISH, SWISS GYPSIES) 2005 | BBC Radio 4 | |
THE NUTCRACKER 2004 | Pier Productions for BBC Radio 4 | |
JOSEPHUS' JEWISH WAR: THE SIEGE OF MASADA 2003 | BBC Radio 4 | |
EDITH STEIN 2003 | BBC Radio 3 | Starring Fiona Shaw |
THE RED STORY: (THE RED SHOES) 2001 | Pier Productions for BBC Radio 4 | |
BREATH OF GOD 2000 | BBC Radio 4 | |
THE DEVIL AND PAGANINI 1996 | BBC Radio 3 |
Other
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
PUBLICATIONS | ||
BLUEBEARD 2013 | Methuen Drama | |
GOING DARK 2012 | Methuen Drama | |
IVAN AND THE DOGS 2011 | Methuen Drama | |
THE ODYSSEY 2009 | Methuen Drama | Part of SIX ENSEMBLE PLAYS FOR YOUNG ACTORS |
THE OVERCOAT 2005 | Schott Music |