Kit Redstone
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Kit is one half of screenwriting/directing duo 'Kit & Arran'. Their debut feature, King Baby premieres at International Film Festival Rotterdam in January 2024. Their next feature How Dare You goes to camera in summer 2024. Kit comes from a background of award-winning theatre making. His play Passengers, won The Lustrum Award at Summerhall and has been published by Oberon Books. His show Testosterone won The Pleasance Indie Award for Best Theatre Show and the Highly Commended Award at Vaults Festival. It was selected by the British Council for the Edinburgh Showcase and shortlisted for The Samuel Beckett Award, The Peter Brook Award and The Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award. The Word Was God was a commission from Schauspielhaus Graz in Austria where it premiered to critical acclaim. The text is represented by Felix Bloch Erben. A German translation was performed at the prestigious Oldenburg State Theatre. Kit is the Artistic Director of Vacuum Theatre - a cross-disciplinary troupe making cutting edge ensemble theatre. He also works freelance and collaborates as a writer and director with other companies and practitioners around the world - showing and developing work in Greece, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Venezuela, Australia, Canada and Brazil. Kit is a Ted X speaker, has presented at Women of The World Festival in Rio De Janeiro, Queen Mary University, Transarte Festival, Rio and British Council, Venezuela.