INCANTATA by Paul Muldoon

Conceived for the stage by Stanley Townsend and Sam Yates from the poem by Paul Muldoon
Galway International Arts Festival & Jen Coppinger in association with Poetry Ireland (2018), transfer to The Gate Theatre, Dublin (2019), transfer to Irish Rep, New York (2020)
Cast: Stanley Townsend

 

THE STARRY MESSENGER by Kenneth Lonergan

Wyndhams Theatre, West End
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Elizabeth McGovern, Rosalind Eleazar, Jim Norton, Sinead Matthews, Sid Sagar, Jenny Galloway, Joplin Sibtain

 

THE PHLEBOTOMIST by Ella Road

Hampstead Theatre, Downstairs (2018) and transfer to Main Stage (2019). Olivier Award Nomination 2019.
Cast: Jade Anouka, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Vincent Ebrahim, Cherrelle Skeete

 

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS by David Mamet

Playhouse Theatre, West End (2017-18) and No.1 UK Tour (2019)
Cast: Christian Slater, Robert Glenister, Kris Marshall, Daniel Ryan, Oliver Ryan, Stanley Townsend, Don Warrington

 

DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS by Eugene O’Neill

Sheffield Crucible (2017)
Cast: Me’sha Bryan, Claudia Cadette, Emma Darlow, Tim Dewberry, Aoife Duffin, Colin Haigh, Matthew Kelly, Theo Ogundipe, Sule Rimi, Michael Shea 

 

MURDER BALLAD by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash

Arts Theatre, West End (2016)
Cast: Kerry Ellis, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, Ramin Karimloo & Norman Bowman
* Nominated for 3 What’s On Stage Awards and Oliver Award (Best Supporting Actress)

 

CYMBELINE

CYMBELINE by William Shakespeare
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Globe Theatre
Cast: Joseph Marcell, Pauline McLynn, Emily Barber,  Jonjo O’Neill, Eugene O’Hare, Sid Sagar, Darren Kuppan, Brendan O’Hea, Trevor Fox
* Ian Charleson Award nomination for Emily Barber (Innogen), 2016

 

EAST IS EAST (UK Tour)

EAST IS EAST by Ayub Khan Din 
Jamie Lloyd Productions & ATG, UK Tour
With Pauline McLynn, Sally Bankes, Ashley Kumar & Darren Kuppan

 

OUTSIDE MULLINGAR

OUTSIDE MULLINGAR by John Patrick Shanley
Ustinov Theatre, Bath
Cast: James Hayes, Carol MacReady, Owen McDonnell, Dierdre O’Kane

 

EAST IS EAST (West End)

EAST IS EAST by Ayub Khan Din
Jamie Lloyd Productions & ATG, West End
Cast: Jane Horrocks & Ayub Khan Din

 

THE EL. TRAIN

THE EL. TRAIN by Eugene O’Neill
Hoxton Hall (Found Productions and 31Productions)
Directed by Sam Yates & Ruth Wilson
Cast: Ruth Wilson, Nicola Hughes, Zubin Varla, Simon Coombs, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Ony Uihara, Adam Sopp & Christian Edwards

 

BILLY LIAR

BILLY LIAR by Keith Waterhouse (2014)
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
With Harry McEntire, Jack Deam, Lisa Millet, Emily Barber, Sue Wallace, Aaron Anthony, Katie Moore & Rebekah Hinds 
* Winner Best Actor (Harry McEntire) and Best Newcomer (Emily Barber) at 2015 Manchester Theatre Awards

 

CORNELIUS (Off-Broadway)

CORNELIUS by J.B. Priestley 
59E59 Theater, New York
With Alan Cox, Pandora Colin, Beverley Klein, Col Farrell
* Critics’ Pick New York Times

 

CORNELIUS (Finborough)

CORNELIUS by J.B. Priestley 
Finborough Theatre | 31Productions
With Alan Cox, Beverley Klein, Col Farrell, Emily Barber
*Nominated for four Off West End Awards

 

MIXED MARRIAGE

MIXED MARRIAGE by St John Ervine
Finborough Theatre | 31Productions
With Nora-Jane Noone, Daragh O’Malley, Fiona Victory, Joel Ormsby, Damien Hannaway, Christopher Brandon

 

POETRY WEEK

POETRY WEEK with Josephine Hart
Donmar Warehouse
With Jeremy Irons, Edward Fox, Harriet Walter, Ruth Wilson, Max Irons, Deborah Findlay, Emelia Fox, Kenneth Cranham, Dan Stevens and Felicity Kendal

 

OLEANNA

OLEANNA by David Mamet 
McAulay Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
With Howard Paley and Kesty Morrison

PURGATORY

PURGATORY by W.B. Yeats 
C Venues, Edinburgh Festival
With Brooke Morriswood and Monique Cornwell

MACBETH: THE HOUR

MACBETH: THE HOUR by William Shakespeare 
C Venues, Edinburgh Festival, & ADC
With Ben Deery, Tom Berish and Thomas Eccleshare

Readings & workshops

COMPANY by Stephen Sondheim (2016)
Royal Academy of Music

ASSASSINS by Stephen Sondheim (2015)
Royal Academy of Music

IN A TOWN OF 5,000 PEOPLE
by Frank McGuinness (2015)
Waterstones, Piccadilly (poetry reading) 
With Brid Brennan, Eugene O’Hare and Patrick O’Kane

UNTITLED DANCE/POETRY WORKSHOP (2014)
Manchester International Festival | Paris Opera
With Ruth Wilson and Marie-Agnes Gillot

RAGE by Eugene O’Hare (2014)
31Productions (rehearsed reading)
With Deborah Findlay, Edward Hogg, Matthew Marsh, Al Weaver

KNIGHTS by Marcelo Dos Santos (2014)
Vanbrugh Theatre, RADA (rehearsed reading)

INSIGNIFICANCE by Terry Johnson (2014)
Jagged Fence, (rehearsed reading)
With Ruth Wilson, Kenneth Cranham, Robert Glenister & Nick Moran

BREAKING THE CODE by Hugh Whitemore (2013)
McCabe/Smith Productions (rehearsed reading)
With Andrew Scott, Phil Davis, Oliver Cotton, Deborah Findlay, Michelle Terry

GRIEF by Eugene O’ Hare (2013)
RADA new plays series
With Karen Colgan, Caolan Byrne, Lisa Dwyer

THE EL. TRAIN: Three Plays by Eugene O’Neill
31Productions (rehearsed reading, January 2013)
With Andrew Scott, Ruth Wilson, Matthew Marsh, Eugene O’Hare

FLESH AND BLOOD by William Gaminara (2012)
Chichester Festival Theatre (rehearsed reading)
With Simon Russell Beale, Lisa Dillon, Paul Ready and Paul Ritter

CAPITALYPSO Music/lyrics by Joe Swarbrick (2012)
National Theatre Studio
With David Fynn and Amy Booth-Steel

THERE GOES MY FUTURE  by Nicholas De Jongh (2011)
Finborough Theatre Vibrant Festival
With Frances Cuka and Annabel Levinton

CLEVER by Sally Woodcock (2011)
RADA new plays festival (rehearsed reading)
With Karen Cogan and Andrew Martyn Lewis

MRS P by Diane Samuels and Gwyneth Herbert (2010)
Mercury Musical Developments (workshop)
With Sophie Thompson, Nick Holder, Paul Kaye

ELECTRA by Sophocles (2010)
Garrick Theatre, Stockport
Local community

TO KEEP THE GHOST AWAKE by Nicholas De Jongh (2010)
Finborough Theatre Vibrant Festival
With Luke Treadaway, Lex Shrapnel, Annabel Levinton

OEDIPUS by Sophocles (2009)
Garrick Theatre, Stockport
Local community

THE TURKE by John Mason (2007)
Arcola Theatre
With Sam Swainsbury and Clemmie Wade

THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare (2004)
Blank Theatre Company, Cambridge
With Jay Miller and Monique Cornwell

Associate director

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS by Richard Bean
National Theatre, UK Tour, World Tour and West End
With Rufus Hound, Owain Arthur, Edward Bennett, Kelly Shirley & Amy Booth-Steel
dir. Nicholas Hytner & Adam Penford

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER by Oliver Goldsmith
National Theatre, Olivier Theatre (2012)
With Sophie Thomson, Steve Pemberton, Cush Jumbo, Katherine Kelly, John Heffernan, Harry Hadden-Paton
dir. Jamie Lloyd

THIRTY THREE by Matthew Hurt (2012)
National Theatre Studio (also casting)
With Rory Kinnear, John Heffernan, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sarah Solemani
dir. Laurie Sansom

BIRDSONG by Sebastian Faulks & Rachel Wagstaff 
Comedy Theatre, West End, CMP (2011)
With Ben Barnes, Nicholas Farrell, Lee Ross, Genevieve O’Reilly
dir. Trevor Nunn

HEAVENLY IVY by Ronald Harwood (2010)
The Ivy, London
With Michael Pennington, Nicholas Woodyson and Isabella Calthorpe
dir. Sean Mathias

SALOME by Oscar Wilde (2010)
Headlong UK Tour and Hampstead Theatre
With Con O’Neil, Zawe Ashton, Jaye Griffiths
dir. Jamie Lloyd

THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED by Douglas Carter-Beane (2010)
Garrick Theatre, West End, CMP
With Tamsin Greig, Gemma Arterton, Rupert Friend, Harry Lloyd
dir. Jamie Lloyd

HAMLET by William Shakespeare (2009)
Donmar West End, Elsinore and Broadway
With Jude Law, Penelope Wilton, Ron Cook, Peter Eyre and Gugu Mbatha-Raw
dir. Michael Grandage

MADAME DE SADE by Yukio Mishima (2009)
Donmar West End
With Judi Dench, Rosamond Pike, Frances Barber, Deborah Findlay, Jenny Galloway, Fiona Button
dir. Michael Grandage

HOW TO CURSE by Ian McHugh (2007)
Bush Theatre
With Al Weaver, Robert Boulter, Emily Beecham
dir. Josie Rourke

BURYING YOUR BROTHER IN THE PAVEMENT by Jack Thorne
NT Connections retreat (2007)
dir. Josie Rourke

UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov / Bryony Lavery 
Birmingham Rep Theatre (2007)
With John Ramm, Jill Halfpenny, Christopher Godwin
dir. Rachel Kavanaugh

HYSTERIA by Terry Johnson (2007)
Birmingham Rep Theatre
With Sean Foley, Ruth Miller, John Burgess, Sam Swainsbury
dir. Paul Raffield

MACBETH by Verdi (2006)
Royal Opera House (revival)
dir. Phyllida Lloyd

WISE CHILDREN by Angela Carter / Bryony Lavery 
National Theatre Studio (2006)
With Alex Jennings, Deborah Findlay, Paul Ritter
dir. Phyllida Lloyd

BBC RADIO DRAMA (2000-2006)
Broadcast Assistant and casting on many new and classic plays, including works by Dan Rebellato, Alan Bennett, Samuel Beckett, Tennessee Williams, and Eugene O’Neill. Highlights include KRAPP’S LAST TAPE with Corin Redgrave, MIDWICH CUCKOOS with Bill Nighy, and THE WOMEN’S ROOM with Elizabeth McGovern.