Alessandra Davison

Alessandra is a director, poet and photographer from Birmingham, currently with the Jamie Lloyd EMERGE company and on the Genesis Network at the Young Vic where she has previously trained and made work. She was formerly the associate director on ‘Torch Song’ for Turbine Theatre and an associate agitator at the Royal Court. Her poem ‘The Thing About Symmetry’ is studied at LAMDA Grade 8 and she runs her own theatre photography business.

Alessandra’s Question: How can we make sure that untold and under represented stories get appropriate dramaturgical support from a practise that has evolved around a traditional canon of work and form?