Starting out with the most unexpected venues and scripts to be created from scratch Henriette Baker has been adapting, directing and producing for PIPPRODUCTIONS since 2003.
Productions include: Crescendos in Blue by Boris Vian (French Institute, London; Maison Française, Oxford), Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (23 Rue Daniel Casanova, Paris; Théâtre Municipal de Sens; Théâtre des Amants, Avignon; Théâtre de la Sorbonne, Paris), Au Clair de la Lune devised by the company (ISI Denpasar, Bali), The Tiger’s Bride by Angela Carter (Byre Theatre, St Andrews; C-Venues, Edinburgh) and The Tale of Pi devised by the company (St Andrews Boat House).
Other directing and co-directing credits include: Schauspieldirektor: L’Opéra Retrouvé by W.A. Mozart (23 Rue Daniel Casanova, Paris), Mountain Language by Harold Pinter (Mdx Studio, London), Les Bonnes by Jean Genet (Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews), Dog by Steven Berkoff (Byre Theatre, St Andrews), Le Cid by Pierre Corneille (C-Venues, Edinburgh; Théâtre Municipal de Sens; Théâtre de la Sorbonne, Paris) and Who Stole Mee?/First Love by Henriette Baker and Euripides Dikaios (Canal Cafe Theatre, London).
As assistant director: Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (Bristol Old Vic).
As script editor and adviser: Night of the Milky Way Train by Kenji Miyazawa (Camden People’s Theatre, London).
Trained: Middlesex University (MA Theate Directing), GITIS Academy in Moscow and Institute Seni Indonesia (Indonesian Arts Institute) in Bali.
Since 2006 PIPPRODUCTIONS has been joined by Emilie Janvrin on production. She is currently producing the ongoing tour of Crescendos in Blue (French Institute, London; Maison Française, Oxford).
Other production work includes: 52 (Canal Cafe Theatre, London), Who Stole Mee? (Canal Cafe Theatre), Moliere Workshops (Oxford), Huis-Clos by Jean-Paul Sartre (Brasenose Arts Festival, Oxford).
Arts Management Experience: Visual Arts Coordinator for the Centro Cultural Matucana 100 (Santiago de Chile), Accounts Manager for Bridgeman Art Library (London).
Education: Oxford University (BA Modern Languages).
“A little gem... in an economy of means and a subtle mise-en-scene by Henriette Baker... A real success.” - D. Rousseau, L’Hebdo Vaucluse
