About

Living Pictures is a sector-leading theatre training organisation that focuses on providing creative and professional development for theatre makers less represented in the arts. It was founded in 1999 by Elen and Robbie Bowman to provide training in Active Analysis and Meisner technique for directors and actors. In 2014, the organisation acquired a piece of land in Wales where it is now primarily based, which marked a shift in the organisation’s focus towards environmental and community initiatives, retreats alongside professional theatre training and stage productions. 

Dominic Cooke CBE (he/him) is a director and playwright. He started his own theatre company Pan Optic, which he ran for two years before becoming an assistant director at the RSC in the 1990s. He began as a writer at the Royal Court under Stephen Daldry’s directorship in 1995 and later became an Associate director there for Ian Rickson in 1999. In 2003, he left the Royal Court to become an Associate Director at the RSC working for Michael Boyd. He was made Artistic Director of the Royal Court in 2006. In 2011, he made his directing debut at the Royal National Theatre with The Comedy of Errors.