Polly Teale is a British writer and theatre director best known for her work with the Shared Experience theatre company, where she is joint artistic director alongside Nancy Meckler. Teale won the prize for best director at the 2003 Evening Standard Theatre Awards for her staging of After Mrs Rochester which was performed at the Duke of York's Theatre. Her most recent play to date is Mine, a play about the adoption of children. Other productions directed by her for Shared Experience include Bracken Moor (2013).Teale has a daughter, Eden, with her husband director Ian Rickson.
She won the Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director and was nominated for a 2003 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play for "After Mrs Rochester" performed at the Duke of York's Theatre.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Going Underground: A Better Life Than Mine
1993
TV Movie
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Brontë
2013
rewrite
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Walking Through History
2015
TV Series documentary
Herself
Perspectives
2013
TV Series documentary
Herself - Shared Experience Theatre Artistic Director
The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2003
2003
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Known for movies
Going Underground: A Better Life Than Mine (1993) as Director
Brontë (2013) as Writer
The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2003 (2003) as Herself
Perspectives (2013) as Herself - Shared Experience Theatre Artistic Director
$2 Million
