Editing Catherine McCormack (section)

=== Theatre ===
McCormack has shown a preference in her career for the theatre,<ref name=duerden/> saying that "theatre really is an actor's medium: you're on stage with no director anymore, whereas in film very rarely do you get much rehearsal other than running through the scene very quickly. Then everyone comes in and shoots it."<ref>Wolf, Matt. [http://london.broadway.com/buzz/buzz_story.aspx?id=3003317&p=2 Catherine McCormack], ''Broadway.com'', 16 August 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2009.</ref> McCormack was one of the original 2006 London cast of [[Patrick Barlow]]'s play of ''[[The 39 Steps (play)|The 39 Steps]]''.<ref>Cavendish, Dominic. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081205120804/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/08/18/btsteps18.xml Irreverent romp down the nostalgia track], ''The Telegraph'', 18 August 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2009.</ref> In 2008, she performed the role of Nora in ''[[A Doll's House]]'',<ref>[http://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/main-house/shows/a-dolls-house/ Theatre Royal – A Doll's House] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519173837/http://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/main-house/shows/a-dolls-house/ |date=19 May 2008}}</ref> directed by [[Peter Hall (theatre director)|Peter Hall]] at the [[Theatre Royal, Bath|Theatre Royal]], [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], and also the role of Isabel Archer in a stage adaptation of ''[[The Portrait of a Lady]]'',<ref>[http://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/main-house/shows/the-portrait-of-a-lady/ Theatre Royal – The Portrait of a Lady] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519175713/http://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/main-house/shows/the-portrait-of-a-lady/ |date=19 May 2008}}</ref> both of which commenced their runs in July 2008, ending in August, before transferring to the [[Rose Theatre, Kingston|Rose Theatre]] in [[Kingston upon Thames|Kingston]] later that year.

In 2009, she appeared in the British tour of [[Headlong (group)|Headlong]]'s adaptation of ''[[Six Characters in Search of an Author]]''. In 2012, she starred as [[Juana Inés de la Cruz]] in the [[Royal Shakespeare Company|Royal Shakespeare Company's]] production of [[Helen Edmundson|Helen Edmundson's]] play ''[[The Heresy of Love]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-heresy-of-love|title=The Heresy of Love - By Helen Edmundson - Royal Shakespeare Company|website=rsc.org.uk}}</ref>