Brook’s recognition as a theatre director came in London in 1996 with ‘Beast on the Moon’ at the
Battersea Arts Centre. She directed productions of ‘Mrs Klein’ at the
Palace Theatre and ‘
All’s Well that Ends Well’ at the
Oxford Playhouse before establishing herself in Paris with her French adaptation of ‘Beast on the Moon’, which won five
Molière Awards, including Best Director and Best Play. Her opera career began directing Mozart’s ‘Die Zauberflöte’ for the
Nederlandse Reisopera. She has since directed a range of operatic works at major opera houses around the world, including
Tchaikovsky’s ‘
Yevgeny Onegin’, Rossini’s ‘
La Cenerentola’ and Verdi’s ‘La Traviata’. Her work at Teatro La Scala in Milan includes ‘
Die Sieben Todsünden’,
‘La Rodine’ and ‘
Il Matrimonio Segreto’. In 2003 she formed Irina’s Dream Theatre Company, through which she toured globally with productions of Brecht’s ‘Der Gute Mensch von Sezuan’, Marivaux’s ‘L’Île des Esclaves’ and ‘
A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ internationally. Her work at major festivals includes the
Salzburg Festival,
Barbican Centre,
Spoleto Festival, and her production
The Island Trilogy, which toured internationally. From 2014-2021, she was the first female Director of the Théâtre National de Nice, where she produced, curated and directed the theatre’s programme. Her work in theatre and opera has been recognised with several awards, including the ‘Chevalier and Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’, the ‘
Molière Award’ for Best Director & Best Play and in 2023 the ‘Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’. == Theatre ==