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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Royal National Theatre Studio 1999
Directors Course
The University of Essex, Colchester 1997
MA in the Contemporary Practice of Shakespearean Theatre [Equivalent to a US MFA]
St. Mary’s University College 1990-93
BA (Hons) in English and Drama, Class 2:1,
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTING WORK
New York: Broadway and other Productions
2008 As You Like It: The Big Flush (Shakespare/Hudson) Midtown International
Theatre Festival
2004 Something is Rotten on W37th A New York Hamlet (Shakespeare) The Zipper Theatre
2003 The Tempest (Shakespeare) The Belt Theatre
2002 Adopt a Sailor (Evered)* Brave New World festival, Town Hall
2002 Exodus (Dakota Powell)* Brave New World festival, Town Hall
New York: University and Drama School Visiting Director Posts
2007 What The Butler Saw (Orton) The Loft Theater; Dowling College LI
2005 Twelfth Night (Shakespeare) The Loft Theater; Dowling College LI
2005 Can’t Pay Won’t Pay (Fo) The Loft Theater; Dowling College LI
2005 Hot L Baltimore (Wilson) Atlantic Acting School
2004 The Tempest (Shakespeare) Atlantic Acting School
London & Europe
2006 Cheapside (Stephen McDonald) The Actors Centre & The Red Lion
2004 Pyramus and Thisbe (Ovid, trans Hughes) Tristan Bates Theatre
2004 Shakespeare & The Fairer Sex (Shakespeare/Balbi)* TBT & S’ilvio Drammaticca Roma
2003 Ariadne’s Secret London (Devereaux)*, The White Bear Theatre
2003 Love’s Mistress (Heywood) Shakespeare’s Globe
2002 Julius Caesar (Shakespeare) TBT & Man In The Moon Theatres
2001 Bliss Moon (Dakota Powell)* Actors Centre
2000 Richard III (Shakespeare) Greenwich Playhouse
2000 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare) Jermyn St. Theatre and Tour
1998 Not About Heroes (MacDonald) Orange Tree Room
1998 Gloomy Sunday (Mueller trans. Merkler) Union St. and Jermyn St. Theatres
UK: University and Drama School
Visiting Director Posts
Mountview Academy of Performing Arts Post Grad Diploma Students
2003: Pericles (Shakespeare)
The Birmingham School of Speech and Drama Final year BA acting students
2004: Anthony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)
2003: Come Back to the 5 and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (Gracyk)
2002: The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare)
2001: Richard III (Shakespeare)
*Denotes World Premiere
