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Born in 1968, Whyman is a theatre director who became Deputy Artistic Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company in January 2013.

Background
Whyman was born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, but lived in Barnsley until aged eight, before her family moved to Surrey.

She has a first class honours degree in French and Philosophy from Oxford. She trained in the theatre with Philippe Gaulier in Paris and then at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She received a John S Cohen Bursary for directors at the National Theatre Studio and ETT.

Career
1997 Awarded the John S Cohen bursary for directors at the National Theatre Studio

1997 - 1998 Associate Producer of Tricycle Theatre

1998 - 2000 Associate Director of English Touring Theatre

1999 - 2001 Artistic Director Southwark Playhouse (Peter Brook Empty Space Award)

2001 - 2004 Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Gate Theatre

2004 - 2005 Fellow of the Clore Leadership Programme in the first cohort

2005 - 2012 Chief Executive of Northern Stage, Newcastle Upon Tyne (TMA Award for Theatre Manager of the Year, 2012)

2013 -  Awarded an OBE for services to Theatre in the New Years Honours List, becomes Deputy Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company

Northern Stage productions

 * Son of Man (2006)
 * Ruby Moon (2007)
 * Our Friends in the North (2007)
 * A Christmas Carol (2007)
 * A Doll's House (2008)
 * Look Back in Anger (2009)
 * Hansel and Gretel (2008)
 * Oh What a Lovely War (2010, nominated for two TMA awards)
 * The Wind in the Willows (2010)
 * Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (2011)
 * The Glass Slipper (2011)
 * Oh, The Humanity (2012)

Non-Northern Stage productions

 * The Winter's Tale (2000, Southwark Playhouse)
 * Les Justes (2001, Gate Theatre)
 * Witness (Gate Theatre, 2002)
 * Marieluise (Gate Theatre, 2004)
 * The Flu Season (Gate Theatre, 2003)
 * The Shadow of a Boy (National Theatre, 2002)
 * The Birthday Party (Sheffield Crucible, 2002)