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‘The Glass Piano’                                             ‘It Is Easy To Be Dead’ 

 

“Max Key’s beautifully orchestrated production”

Michael Billington, 5*****

 

 

 

 

Training

National Theatre Studio Directors’ Course

References

Peter Gill                     Nicholas Hytner

 

Previous Professional Theatre Directing Work include:

It Is Easy To Be Dead by Neil McPherson – Trafalgar Studios (5***** The Guardian, Michael Billington)

The Glass Piano by Alix Sobler – The Coronet Theatre (Nominated Best Director, Off West-End Award)

Mariana Pineda by Federico Garcia Lorca – Arcola Theatre (4**** The Sunday Times, Susannah Clapp)

Year 10  by Simon Vinnicombe – BAC/Finborough Theatre –  (4**** The Guardian, Lyn Gardner)     

The Voysey Inheritance by Harley Granville Barker  – Assistant Director to Peter Gill – Royal National Theatre  

 

Current CV

04/24 The Watsons by Laura Wade – Jermyn Street Theatre

01/24 Shakespeare Scenes – LAMDA

09/23 MA Lecturer Acting and Directing – Institute of the Arts Barcelona

06/23  Twelfth Night By William Shakespeare – Oxford School of Drama/North Wall Theatre

02/23 Our Town by Thornton Wilder – Oxford School of Drama/North Wall Theatre

09/22 MA Lecturer Acting and Directing – Institute of the Arts Barcelona

05/22 All My Sons by Arthur Miller – Guildhall School of Music and Drama

03/22 BA Lecturer Acting – Institute of the Arts Barcelona

02/22 A Lie of the Mind By Sam Shepard – Oxford School of Drama

09/21 MA Lecturer Acting and Directing – Institute of the Arts Barcelona

09/21 MA Lecturer in Theatre Directing – Mountview Academy of Performing Arts

04/21 Shakespeare in Love by  Tom Stoppard – Mountview Academy of Performing Arts

12/20 Oedipus by Sophocles – Drama Studio London

11/20 MA Text and Performance – RADA

10/20 The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare – RADA

09/20 MA Lecturer in Theatre Directing – Mountview Academy of Performing Arts

02/20 A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare – Drama Studio London

11/19 MA Text and Performance – RADA

11/19 A Month In the Country by Brian Friel – Oxford School of Drama

09/19 MA Lecturer in Theatre Directing – Mountview Academy of Performing Arts

07/19 Speculators by Tony Marchant – Drama Studio London

06/19 The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov –  The North Wall Theatre, Oxford.

04/19 The Glass Piano by Alix Sobler – The Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill.

09/18 Wild Honey by Anton Chekhov – Oxford School of Drama

06/18 Mad Forest by Caryl Churchill  – Bristol Old Vic Theatre

04/18 Love and Information by Caryl Churchill – East 15

02/18 Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde – Drama Studio London

01/18 Home by Nadia Fall – Oxford School of Drama

11/17 Closer by Patrick Marber – Drama Studio London

05/17 Herons by Simon Stephns – Drama Centre London

04/17 Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris –  Mountview Academy of Performing Arts

12/16 A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard – Mountview Academy of Performing Arts

11/16  It Is Easy To Be Dead by Neil McPherson – Trafalgar Studios (5*****The Guardian)

10/16  August: Osage County By Tracy Letts – Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

06/16  It Is Easy To Be Dead by Neil McPherson – Finborough Theatre

02/16  The Way of the World by William Congreve – LAMDA

01/16  The Seagull by Anton Chekhov – East 15

12/15  Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare – LAMDA

10/15  ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore by John Ford – LAMDA

09/15  Singer by Peter Flannery – Mountview Academy of Performing Arts

08/15  DNA by Dennis Kelly – LAMDA

07/15  Punk Rock by Simon Stephens – Drama Studio

05/15  Our Town by Thornton Wilder – Mountview Academy of Performing Arts

03/15  As Good A Time As Any by Peter Gill – Print Room Theatre

01/15  The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner – Royal Opera House

10/14  Summerfolk by Maxim Gorky – Rose Bruford

09/14  Vernon God Little by Tanya Ronder – Mountview Academy of Performing Arts

05/14  Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris – Mountview Academy of Performing Arts

03/14  NT Connections –  Royal National Theatre

01/14  She Stoops to Conquer By Oliver Goldsmith – Birmingham

12/13  Jerusalem  By Jez Butterworth – Riverside Studios

10/13  DNA   By Dennis Kelly – Italia Conti

08/13  This Child By Joel Pommerat – Mountview Academy of Performing Arts

06/13   Cymbeline By William Shakespeare –  Guildhall School of Music and Drama

05/13   August: Osage County By Tracy Letts – Mountview Academy of Performing Arts

05/13   NT Connections  Royal National Theatre      

03/13   The Provok’d Wife By John Vanburgh –  Drama Studio London

01/13   Audition Panel  Central School Speech & Drama

12/12   The Libertine By Stephen Jeffreys –  Mountview Academy of Performing Arts

10/12   Punk Rock By Simon Stephens –  Italia Conti

09/12   Up The Royal Borough By Sarah Solemani –  Lyric Hammersmith Theatre

06/12   Black Like Me By John Howard Griffin –  National Theatre Studio

05/12   Scenes from the Big Picture By Owen McCafferty – Central

04/12   Road By Jim Cartwright –  Mountview Academy of Performing Arts

03/12   Land and Sea By Pete Letanka – Aldeburgh Youth Opera                                                 

02/12   God of Carnage By Yasmina Reza – Drama Studio London      

01/12   The Way of the World By William Congreve – Birmingham      

09/11   The Flying Dutchman By Richard Wagner Royal Opera House –  AD to Tim Albery

08/11   The Turn of the Screw By Benjamin Britten –   Arcola Theatre    

07/11   The Knowledge By John Donnelly –  Mountview Academy of Performing Arts

05/11   Redemption over Hammersmith By David Watson –  Lyric Hammersmith

02/11   Hamlet By William Shakespeare  –  East 15        

01/11  Lamda Long Project By David Watson  –  LAMDA      

10/10  Twelfth Night By William Shakespeare  – Mountview Academy of Performing Arts

08/10  The Rape of Lucretia By Benjamin Britten  –  Arcola Theatre      

06/10   Punk Rock By Simon Stephens  –    Mountview Academy of Performing Arts  

02/10   Private Lives  By Noel Coward –  ALRA     

01/10   Cardiff East  By Peter Gill –  East 15

11/09   Harper Regan By Simon Stephens – LAMDA      

08/09   Macbeth By William Shakespeare  –  India – Tour     

09/09   DNA      By Dennis Kelly –  East 15

09/09   Preservation By Joel Pommerat – (Short Film)

Palm Springs International Film Festival and qualified for BAFTA

07/09   Pitch Idol      National Youth Theatre      

06/09   Lullaby Burn By Simon Stephens –  Lyric Hammersmith Theatre   

04/09   Sense By Anja Hilling – Southwark Playhouse      

03/09   Calvino Folk Tales      By Italo Calvino  – Company of Angels

02/09   Treasure Island      Royal Haymarket Theatre – AD to Sean Holmes

07/08    NT Connections      Royal National Theatre 

06/08    NT Connections      Brazil  

05/08   Love and Money By Dennis Kelly –  ALRA

03/08   Fram By Tony Harrison      Royal National Theatre – AD to Tony Harrison & Bob Crowley

02/08   Penguin Cafe      Cochrane Theatre – Theatre/Dance piece, Music by the Penguin Café

12/07   DANGER:MEMORY! By Arthur Miller – Calder Theatre – Cast included Doreen Mantle

10/07   Theatre Cafe      Unicorn Theatre      

09/07   Sweet Peter By John Retallack  – Muz Theatre, Amsterdam     

10/06  Year 10 By Simon Vinnicombe      TNB – France- Rennes

*European Tour of critically acclaimed play picked from TIME OUT CRITIC’S CHOICE SEASON. Also at the Théâtre National de Strasbourg and Le Maillon

09/06   Vote by Ballot By Harley Granville Barker   –   Royal National Theatre      

08/06   Mariana Pineda By Federico Garcia Lorca  –  Arcola Theatre      

03/06   The Voysey Inheritance By Harley Granville Barker  – National Theatre  –  AD to Peter Gill

04/06    Fram By Tony Harrison      Royal National Theatre –  Assistant Director to Tony Harrison

02/06    Year 10 By Simon Vinnicombe –   BAC  –  Time Out Critic’s choice season

06/05   Year 10 By Simon Vinnicombe – Finborough Theatre      

03/05   Wilde Tales By Oscar Wilde  – Southwark Playhouse

08/04   Silk Road Tales – Shaw Theatre

04/04    Love and understanding by Joe Penhall – Soho Theatre Studio

03/04    La Boheme Royal Albert Hall – Assistant to Francesca Zambello

12/03   Routes – Young Vic Studio

10/03   Oscar Wilde Tales – B.A.C

10/03   Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall – Soho Theatre Studio

05/03   Susanna Queen Elizabeth Hall – AD to Netia Jones

03/03   Fuzz Buzz Soho Theatre -Reading

03/03   The Glass Menagerie – Young Vic Studio

11/02   Corner of the Room – Soho Theatre

08/02   La Ronde Edinburgh Festival

05/01   Partenope Linbury Studio (R.O.H) -Assistant Director to Netia Jones

03/01   Because I Sing Round House/Channel 4 – Assistant Director – Alain Platel and ‘The Shout’

02/01   Hansel and Gretel Wilton’s Music Hall – Assistant Director to Netia Jones

06/99   Plenty Almeida at The Albery -Assistant Designer to Maria Bjornson

07/98   Aci, Galatea and Polifemo  Batignano Opera