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Woman, 53, becomes UK’s longest survivor of heart and lung transplant

Katie Mitchell had procedure at 15 after being diagnosed with Eisenmenger syndrome, a rare congenital disease

The Guardian - UK

Woman inspires others after becoming longest survivor of heart and lung transplant

The 53-year-old has inspired other transplant recipients, who may think they have only a few years to live

The Independent UK

Woman becomes longest survivor of heart and lung transplant

Katie Mitchell had a combined heart and lung transplant 38 years ago.

Evening Standard

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Hit and myth: Bacchae brings into view the National’s history of revamping Greek tragedies

Following in the footsteps of Peter Hall and Katie Mitchell, Indhu Rubasingham directs an ancient epic at the National Theatre. Bacchae reveals the virtues and vices of creating a new play from old

The Guardian - UK

Is this London's weirdest show? Prepare to enter world of a cow

3/5 This unique show features sound work by Foley artists which encourages audiences to close their eyes and be plunged into the world of a cow and a deer

Evening Standard

Cow | Deer review – extraordinary sound journey into the lives of animals

Katie Mitchell, Nina Segal and Melanie Wilson’s ‘experiment in performance’ uses expressive performance and inventive sonic effects to bring a wordless world to life

The Guardian - UK

‘We spent a week on the cow birth!’ The eye-opening play about animals with sound effects instead of words

Cow | Deer gets ‘between the ears’ of animals, creating mouse noises with polystyrene balls and comparing wild creatures with industrialised ones. So if there’s no dialogue, what did its writer do? Director Katie Mitchell reveals all

The Guardian - UK

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‘We can hear their saliva’: why are so many actors suddenly using microphones?

From Greek tragedy to Chekhov to Rosamund Pike in Inter Alia, handheld mics are everywhere on stage right now. Is this a thrilling innovation – or a pointless fad?

The Guardian - UK

Diaries at the ready: Samuel West lined up to star in Beckett play... in 2036

In a world first, the actor will feature with a recording of his younger self in the time-lapse drama Krapp’s Last Tape

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Bluets; People, Places & Things – review

Katie Mitchell directs and Ben Whishaw stars, while David Byrne’s new reign at the Royal Court gets off to a cool start. And Denise Gough is unmissable in a blazing revival of Duncan Macmillan’s addiction drama

The Guardian - UK

Bluets at the Royal Court Review: A complex fusion of technology and technique, flawlessly done

The superb Ben Whishaw, Emma D’Arcy and Kayla Meikle shine in this clever, culturally aware, technologically adventurous and discombobulating show

Evening Standard

Bluets review: Ben Whishaw and Emma D’Arcy lead slow, demanding production

Alienating production of Maggie Nelson’s 2009 philosophical memoir, is not a good showcase for the lead actors’ talents

The Independent UK

Bluets review – Maggie Nelson’s blue riffs become left-field cine-theatre

Emma D’Arcy, Ben Whishaw and Kayla Meikle narrate and act out Nelson’s dark meditations from their own film-making booths in Katie Mitchell’s intriguing experiment

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Lucia di Lammermoor; Nash Ensemble; Anthony McGill and Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective – review

A fearless central performance anchors Katie Mitchell’s busy yet insightful Donizetti revival. And two chamber concerts serve as a vibrant prelude to this year’s BBC Proms…

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Lucia di Lammermoor review – a vocally breathtaking, disturbing to witness descent into madness

Nadine Sierra is sensationally good as Lucia in this revival of Katie Mitchell’s production of Donizetti’s romantic tragedy – a dark, thoughtful and sometimes shocking interpretation for the post-#MeToo era

Evening Standard

John Lithgow to star as Roald Dahl in play about author's antisemitism

Giant, based on real events in 1983, is one of nine new plays in David Byrne’s first season as artistic director at the Royal Court Theatre

The Guardian - UK

Who comes first – playwright or director? It depends which country you’re in

Katie Mitchell has compared her experiences of hierarchies in British and German theatre. Our strength has always lain in honouring the text

The Guardian - UK

Ibsen’s Ghosts: a resounding flop that still returns to haunt us

Despite being panned as ‘a dirty act done publicly’ on its London premiere, the tragedy is now regarded as a classic – here are three productions that radically shifted our perspective

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The Independent UK

Our weekend arts and culture picks, from The Flaming Lips to Polite Society

All the best things to read, watch and listen to over the Bank Holiday weekend

Evening Standard

A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction review - climate change show is provocative but preachy

It’s a Sin’s Lydia West brings vulnerability and likeability to her stage debut

The Guardian - UK

Boldly not going: zero-travel ‘touring’ play paves the way for eco theatre

Using local creatives and actors, director Katie Mitchell’s A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction is a narrative response to the climate crisis and an experiment in sustainability

The Guardian - UK

The Cherry Orchard review – Katie Mitchell presents the view from the trees

The director’s latest eco-theatre production gives us fragments of Chekhov’s dialogue and a searing reading of our relationship with nature

Daily Mirror

Woman returns to hospital after 35 years to thank surgeon who saved her life as a child

Katie Mitchell was one of the first patients to have a heart-lung transplant in 1987, with doctors at Royal Papworth Hospital believing it could give her an extra four or five years

The Independent UK

Woman reunited with heart-lung transplant surgeon after 35 years

She underwent the life-changing operation at age 15

The Independent UK

Woman is reunited with her heart-lung transplant surgeon 35 years on

Katie Mitchell had been diagnosed at age 11, in 1983, with Eisenmenger Syndrome, where there is irregular blood flow in the heart and lungs.

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