CV (or the nuts and bolts)
2024
Coram Boy - Chichester Festival Theatre
by Helen Edmundson
Four Stars - Telegraph
Four Stars - Daily Mail
Five Stars - The Latest
Five Stars - Chichester Observer
2023
anthropology - Hampstead Theatre
by Lauren Gunderson
Four Stars - The Guardian
2022
Photograph 51 - Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
by Anna Zeigler
Four Stars - Sydney Morning Herald
2021
Pinocchio - Chichester Festival Theatre (as adaptor)
Directed by Dale Rooks
Godzonia - Q Theatres, Auckland
by Georgie Oulton
2020
Pinocchio - Chichester Festival Theatre (as adaptor)
Directed by Dale Rooks
Miscellaneous 0125 - Audible Original
by Berri George
2019
The Butterfly Lion - Chichester Festival Theatre (as adaptor)
Directed by Dale Rooks
Crossing Lines - Chichester Festival Youth Theatre (as writer)
Directed by Daniel Hill
Wilderness - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by Kellie Smith
2018
Acceptance - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by Amy Ng
Dry Powder - Hampstead Theatre Main Stage
by Sarah Burgess
Nominated: 2018 Olivier Award Best Comedy
Four Stars - The Times
Four Stars - Daily Mail
2017
Beauty and The Beast - Chichester Festival Theatre (as writer)
Directed by Dale Rooks
Cookies - Theatre Royal Haymarket
by Emily Jenkins
No One Will Tell Me How To Start A Revolution - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by Luke Barnes
Kiss Me - Trafalgar Studios
by Richard Bean
Roundelay - Southwark Playhouse
by Sonja Linden
2016
Kiss Me - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by Richard Bean
Labyrinth - Hampstead Theatre Main Stage
by Beth Steel
Four Stars - The Times
Four Stars - The Guardian
Four Stars - The Telegraph
Four Stars - Daily Mail
Four Stars - Sunday Telegraph
The Argument - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by William Boyd
2015
Four Minutes Twelve Seconds - Trafalgar Studios (transfer from Hampstead Theatre Downstairs)
by James Fritz
The Times - top 10 shows for 2015
The Times - Pick of the Week
Sunday Times Pick of the Week
Five Stars - The Times
Four Stars - The Guardian
Four Stars - Sunday Times
Four Stars - Evening Standard
Four Stars - WhatsOnStage
Pentecost - Central School of Speech and Drama
by David Edgar
The Stick House - The Raucous Collective/Bristol Old Vic
by Sharon Clarke
Guardian Pick of The Week
Bristol 247 - Top Show of 2015
Four Stars: Guardian
Five Stars: Bristol Post
Deluge - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by Fiona Doyle
Wif & Wer - Sphinx Theatre/National Theatre Temporary Space
by Rona Munro
Table - Stratford Circus
by Tanya Ronder
Rose Bruford College
2014
Four Minutes Twelve Seconds - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by James Fritz
Nominated: 2015 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
How Does a Snake Shed its Skin - Summerhall /Edinburgh Festival
by Susanna Hislop
developed with the National Theatre Studio and BAC
Guardian Pick of the Week
Four Stars: The Independent
Four Stars: Exuent Magazine
2013
Rocket To The Moon - Rose Bruford College
by Clifford Odets
The Empty Quarter - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by Alexandra Wood
How Does a Snake Shed it's Skin - NT Studio/Yard Theatre
by Susanna Hislop
Earthquakes in London - Rose Bruford College/Greenwich Theatre
by Mike Bartlett
I And The Village - Ferment @ Bristol Old Vic
by Silva Semerciyan
2012
Donny's Brain - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by Rona Munro
Artistic Director - Theatre On The Fly, Chichester Festival Theatre
Blue Remembered Hills - Theatre On the Fly at Chichester Festival Theatre
by Dennis Potter
Four Stars: Daily Telegraph
Guardian Pick of the Week
2011
Dream Story - Gate Theatre
Adapted by Anna Ledwich
Four Stars: Guardian, The Times, WhatsonStage.com
Nominated for an Off-West End Award: Best Director
2010
Lulu - Gate Theatre/Headlong
Adapted by Anna Ledwich
Critics Choice: Sunday Times, Time Out
Four Stars: Guardian, Times, Independent
Nominated for six Off-West End Awards
2009
Six Characters in Search of an Author - Headlong
Revival Director - UK/Sydney & Perth International Festivals
Original Director - Rupert Goold
2008
A Christmas Carol - Chichester Festival Theatre
Book by Bryony Lavery Music and lyrics by Jason Carr
World Premiere: Chichester Festival Youth Theatre (directed with Dale Rooks)
The Big Dry - BAC
by Anna Ledwich, Helena Easton & Tess Mawle
2007
Lovely and Misfit - Trafalgar Studios
by Tennessee Williams
Critics Choice: The Times, The Sunday Times
Four Stars: The Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, Metro, The Sunday Times
2006
GBS - Theatre 503
by Jason Hall
Four Stars: Time Out
Roulette - Finborough Theatre
by Raimondo Cortese
Poet No.7 Theatre 503/Dublin Fringe Festival
by Ben Ellis
Yellowing Harrow Arts Centre/Theatre 503
by Rachel Barnett
As Associate Director:
2012
All New People - Ambassador Theatre Group
Director: Peter Dubois
Duke of York's Theatre, West End
2011
Private Lives - Triumph Entertainment
Director: Richard Eyre
Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto, Music Box Theatre, New York
2009/10
Six Characters in Search of an Author - Headlong Theatre
Director: Rupert Goold
2009 UK Tour/ 2010 Sydney & Perth International Arts Festivals
2009
The Grapes of Wrath - English Touring Theatre
Director: Jonathan Church
UK Tour
As Writer/Adapter:
2020/21 Pinocchio - Chichester Festival Theatre
2017 Beauty And The Beast - Chichester Festival Theatre
2011 Dream Story - Gate Theatre
2010 Lulu - Gate Theatre/Headlong
Awards/Nominationa:
2018 Nominated: Olivier Award - Best Comedy
2014 Nominated: Olivier Award - Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
2010 Awarded: Gate Theatre/Headlong New Directions Award
2007 Finalist: The Jerwood Directors Award at the Young Vic
Coram Boy - Chichester Festival Theatre
by Helen Edmundson
Four Stars - Telegraph
Four Stars - Daily Mail
Five Stars - The Latest
Five Stars - Chichester Observer
2023
anthropology - Hampstead Theatre
by Lauren Gunderson
Four Stars - The Guardian
2022
Photograph 51 - Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
by Anna Zeigler
Four Stars - Sydney Morning Herald
2021
Pinocchio - Chichester Festival Theatre (as adaptor)
Directed by Dale Rooks
Godzonia - Q Theatres, Auckland
by Georgie Oulton
2020
Pinocchio - Chichester Festival Theatre (as adaptor)
Directed by Dale Rooks
Miscellaneous 0125 - Audible Original
by Berri George
2019
The Butterfly Lion - Chichester Festival Theatre (as adaptor)
Directed by Dale Rooks
Crossing Lines - Chichester Festival Youth Theatre (as writer)
Directed by Daniel Hill
Wilderness - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by Kellie Smith
2018
Acceptance - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by Amy Ng
Dry Powder - Hampstead Theatre Main Stage
by Sarah Burgess
Nominated: 2018 Olivier Award Best Comedy
Four Stars - The Times
Four Stars - Daily Mail
2017
Beauty and The Beast - Chichester Festival Theatre (as writer)
Directed by Dale Rooks
Cookies - Theatre Royal Haymarket
by Emily Jenkins
No One Will Tell Me How To Start A Revolution - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by Luke Barnes
Kiss Me - Trafalgar Studios
by Richard Bean
Roundelay - Southwark Playhouse
by Sonja Linden
2016
Kiss Me - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by Richard Bean
Labyrinth - Hampstead Theatre Main Stage
by Beth Steel
Four Stars - The Times
Four Stars - The Guardian
Four Stars - The Telegraph
Four Stars - Daily Mail
Four Stars - Sunday Telegraph
The Argument - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by William Boyd
2015
Four Minutes Twelve Seconds - Trafalgar Studios (transfer from Hampstead Theatre Downstairs)
by James Fritz
The Times - top 10 shows for 2015
The Times - Pick of the Week
Sunday Times Pick of the Week
Five Stars - The Times
Four Stars - The Guardian
Four Stars - Sunday Times
Four Stars - Evening Standard
Four Stars - WhatsOnStage
Pentecost - Central School of Speech and Drama
by David Edgar
The Stick House - The Raucous Collective/Bristol Old Vic
by Sharon Clarke
Guardian Pick of The Week
Bristol 247 - Top Show of 2015
Four Stars: Guardian
Five Stars: Bristol Post
Deluge - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by Fiona Doyle
Wif & Wer - Sphinx Theatre/National Theatre Temporary Space
by Rona Munro
Table - Stratford Circus
by Tanya Ronder
Rose Bruford College
2014
Four Minutes Twelve Seconds - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by James Fritz
Nominated: 2015 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
How Does a Snake Shed its Skin - Summerhall /Edinburgh Festival
by Susanna Hislop
developed with the National Theatre Studio and BAC
Guardian Pick of the Week
Four Stars: The Independent
Four Stars: Exuent Magazine
2013
Rocket To The Moon - Rose Bruford College
by Clifford Odets
The Empty Quarter - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by Alexandra Wood
How Does a Snake Shed it's Skin - NT Studio/Yard Theatre
by Susanna Hislop
Earthquakes in London - Rose Bruford College/Greenwich Theatre
by Mike Bartlett
I And The Village - Ferment @ Bristol Old Vic
by Silva Semerciyan
2012
Donny's Brain - Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
by Rona Munro
Artistic Director - Theatre On The Fly, Chichester Festival Theatre
Blue Remembered Hills - Theatre On the Fly at Chichester Festival Theatre
by Dennis Potter
Four Stars: Daily Telegraph
Guardian Pick of the Week
2011
Dream Story - Gate Theatre
Adapted by Anna Ledwich
Four Stars: Guardian, The Times, WhatsonStage.com
Nominated for an Off-West End Award: Best Director
2010
Lulu - Gate Theatre/Headlong
Adapted by Anna Ledwich
Critics Choice: Sunday Times, Time Out
Four Stars: Guardian, Times, Independent
Nominated for six Off-West End Awards
2009
Six Characters in Search of an Author - Headlong
Revival Director - UK/Sydney & Perth International Festivals
Original Director - Rupert Goold
2008
A Christmas Carol - Chichester Festival Theatre
Book by Bryony Lavery Music and lyrics by Jason Carr
World Premiere: Chichester Festival Youth Theatre (directed with Dale Rooks)
The Big Dry - BAC
by Anna Ledwich, Helena Easton & Tess Mawle
2007
Lovely and Misfit - Trafalgar Studios
by Tennessee Williams
Critics Choice: The Times, The Sunday Times
Four Stars: The Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, Metro, The Sunday Times
2006
GBS - Theatre 503
by Jason Hall
Four Stars: Time Out
Roulette - Finborough Theatre
by Raimondo Cortese
Poet No.7 Theatre 503/Dublin Fringe Festival
by Ben Ellis
Yellowing Harrow Arts Centre/Theatre 503
by Rachel Barnett
As Associate Director:
2012
All New People - Ambassador Theatre Group
Director: Peter Dubois
Duke of York's Theatre, West End
2011
Private Lives - Triumph Entertainment
Director: Richard Eyre
Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto, Music Box Theatre, New York
2009/10
Six Characters in Search of an Author - Headlong Theatre
Director: Rupert Goold
2009 UK Tour/ 2010 Sydney & Perth International Arts Festivals
2009
The Grapes of Wrath - English Touring Theatre
Director: Jonathan Church
UK Tour
As Writer/Adapter:
2020/21 Pinocchio - Chichester Festival Theatre
2017 Beauty And The Beast - Chichester Festival Theatre
2011 Dream Story - Gate Theatre
2010 Lulu - Gate Theatre/Headlong
Awards/Nominationa:
2018 Nominated: Olivier Award - Best Comedy
2014 Nominated: Olivier Award - Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
2010 Awarded: Gate Theatre/Headlong New Directions Award
2007 Finalist: The Jerwood Directors Award at the Young Vic