Hi I'm Ross, an independant theatre director, assistant/associate director. I manage a community centre and theatre company on the coast of Hastings and have worked across fringe, UK touring theatre, large-scale international commercial theatre projects, and small-scale grass-roots community arts projects.
Most of the theatre I make puts the audience at the centre of the idea but i've jumped around different genres quite a bit throughout my career. I have background in new writing, children's theatre, interactive treasure hunts, immersive theatre, site specific realisms, outdoor Shakespeare, youth theatre and live storytelling cut in binaural sound.
Right now, i'm interested in creating theatre about the working class, principally through the prism of family, exploring the situations and circumstances of our time that impact family life.
I really like Stanislavksi, and i'm a nerd for books about Directing.
Independent theatre director As a freelance director I have worked across the Off West End circuit in venues such as The Southwark Playhouse, The Brockley Jack and The Cock Tavern. I directed award-winning site-specific productions of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at the Grand Hotel Brighton and Noel Coward's Private Lives. As an associate and assistant director I worked with Edward Bond and Russell Bolam. I was associate director on three separate productions – The World Premiere of Philip Ridley’s Shivered and Anya Reiss’s adaptations of The Seagull and Three Sisters at Southwark Playhouse.
Creative director of Spun Glass Theatre - an award-winning production company and charity running the community event space, Stade Hall, in Hastings https://stadehall.com/about-us/
Founder of Living Record Productions - an arts council funded new writing and new technology focused theatre company. https://www.livingrecord.co.uk/
Always up for a chat. Heres my personal LinkedIn, email, and Stade Hall instagram:
After Three Sisters
