The Print Room was founded in 2008 by Anda Winters and Lucy Bailey. It took them 3 years to convert this small fifties warehouse into a simple flexible theatre space.
They opened the theatre in September 2010 with a four day exhibition of work 'The Imaginary Painters Workshop' by Belgian artists Sofie Lachaert & Luc D'Hanis.
This was then followed by the UK premiere of the verse drama Fabrication by the filmmaker Pier Paulo Pasolini.
The winter season culminated with The City of Lost Angels, a theatrical staging of the new album by the singer Petra Jean Philipson.
This is how Lucy and Anda want to continue – staging exciting undiscovered pieces by well-known writers, and working with emerging and talented artists from all fields.
Artistic Directors: Lucy Bailey and Anda Winters
ANDA WINTERS
Anda has been involved with the theatre over 30 years as a Producer, Designer and supporter of the arts.
She was born in Zagreb Croatia and attended Zagreb University. She moved to New York City in 1984 and attended Fashion Institute of Technology attending classes in New York and Paris.
Her professional credits in New York (as costume designer and assistant) include Creative Colours Theatre off Broadway, Naughty Marietta at the Roundabout Theatre, Cats at the Broadhurst Theatre, Billy the Kid NYC Ballet and Tosca at NYC Opera. She was costume supervisor at The Juilliard School for various productions before moving to London in 1993. She was also assistant to Peggy Farell, where she managed one of the largest collections of period costumes.
Her London credits as costume designer include Jordan Town at the Royal Opera House and Another America at Sadler's Wells. Other credits include, Richard II, Coriolanus, The Shape of Things, Our House and Cressida. Anda was the executive producer for the recordings of Errollyn Wallen and Brandon Velarde. She was artistic director and executive producer of Errollyn's Song book- published by Peter's Editions, and the CD "Errollyn".
LUCY BAILEY
Lucy studied English at Oxford University where she directed the world premiere of Lessness by Samuel Beckett in consultation with the author. She then worked as an assistant director at the Royal National Theatre, Glyndebourne Opera and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Recent theatre credits include: Macbeth (Shakespeare's Globe Theatre); Dial M for Murder, (West Yorkshire Playhouse + UK tour), Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Company, Courtyard Theatre); Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus, (Shakespeare's Globe Theatre); Private Lives, Glass Eels, Comfort Me With Apples (Hampstead Theatre); Lady from the Sea (Birmingham repertory Theatre); Don't Look Now (Sheffield Crucible Theatre/Lyric Hammersmith); Tonight at Eight Thirty (Chichester Festival) A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night (Manchester Royal Exchange); The Night Season (National Theatre); The Postman Always Rings Twice (West Yorkshire Playhouse/West End)starring Val Kilmer) In 1999 Lucy adapted and directed the first British stage version of Tennessee Williams' screenplay Baby Doll, which opened at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, transferred to the National Theatre and then to the West End.
Opera and music theatre includes: Jenufa (English National Opera). Mitridate, Barbiere di Seviglia (Wexford Opera Festival); Triptych, Mary of Egypt, Noyes Fludde (Aldeburgh Festival); Cosi Fan Tutte (Glyndebourne Touring Opera); Madame Butterfly (Vancouver Opera); Threepenny Opera (Scottish Opera); Teorema (Maggio Musicale Florence/Munich Bienale/Queen Elizabeth Hall); Maid in Arms, Four Figures with Harlequin (Royal Opera House).
In 1995 Lucy co-founded the gogmagogs with the violinist Nell Catchpole, comprised of seven young string players. She has devised and directed seven shows for the company which have performed at the Royal Court, Royal Festival Hall, ICA, BAC, Bridewell, Greenwich, Riverside and Lyric Hammersmith in London. They have toured throughout the UK and internationally, including, New York, Sydney Opera House, San Paolo, South Korea, and Singapore.