Abigail is a freelance director and adaptor. Her recent productions have received critical acclaim, her adaptation of Pride and and Prejudice was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Adaptation whilst her production of David Copperfield was nominated for eight Fringe Awards, winning Best Ensemble. Between 2017 and 2025 she was Associate Director of The Watermill.

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Recent Work as a Director includes The Comedy of Errors, The Orange Tree; Jack and Sarah, The Mill at Sonning; David Copperfield, UK Tour and Off Broadway; Three Hens, Reading Rep & The Watermill; Pride and Prejudice, UK Tour and Off Broadway; Macbeth, The Hound of the Baskervilles The Watermill & On Tour; Burke and Hare, The New Wolsey, Jermyn Street Theatre, The Watermill; Just So, The Prince and the Pauper, The Watermill; Pen Pals (audio drama), Rural Arts; Sophia (film/ theatre hybrid, Circle Productions); Bee Happy, The Old Red Lion; Macbeth, Big Brum; The Tinderbox, Charing Cross.

 

Recent Work as Adaptor includes David Copperfield, UK Tour and Off Broadway; The Comedy of Errors, The Orange Tree; Pride and Prejudice, UK Tour and Off Broadway; Macbeth, The Watermill; The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Watermill (devised).

 

Abigail has also directed many drama school productions for schools including LAMDA, Rose Bruford, Mountview, Arts Ed and Guildford School of Acting. She has worked as Associate/ Resident/ Assistant on many productions for directors including Sir Richard Eyre, Lindsay Posner, Chris Luscombe, Paul Hart and Thom Southerland.