I am a Cornwall-based theatre director with more than twenty years professional experience working with performers, companies & theatres.
I am also the Artistic Director of o-region, a Associate Artist at Hall for Cornwall and had a long Association with Kneehigh Theatre. I have experience of working at small and midscale both nationally and Internationally (UK, Ireland, Australia and the USA). In 2022 my show Pride and Prejudice Sort of was the recipient of the Oliver Award for Best New Comedy.
LATEST NEWS
2023 has gotten off to a busy start. After a tour which took in runs at The Minack Theatre, various venues in Scotland as well as Cambridge and Sheffield Pride and Prejudice Sort of Is back. In January, I co-directed a full cast change for the 2023 tour.
We opened at The Lowry Theatre and the show will play all over the UK until June. See tour dates below in current projects.
After many months of development we went into rehearsal on the latest o-region show TRE, a new play and debut by writer Sarah Connors. The play features long time collaborator Mary Woodvine. The show will tour opne at The Acorn in Penzance and do a short run of shows around Cornwall into early April. (See dates below).
Following a successful UK wide cinema run back in 2022 the feature film LONG WAY BACK (which i have produced) has now been released digitally on a host of platforms.
My show FUP which was originally produced in co-production between Kneehigh and o-region will return for an open air run at Cornwall’s Minack Theatre in September this year.
Following an R and D last year, I am continuing to develop an ambitious new show WHITE HORSE based on The White Horse of Zennor and Other Stories by Michael Morpurgo. I am currently seeking funding to take the show and an accompanying community project, From the Horse’s Mouth to full production
I have been developing a series of practical workshops for Emerging Practitioners around the role of the Director. Having delivered one for Hall for Cornwall earlier in the year, I will be delivering two more for Coppice Theatre / Cultivator in May.
Current Projects
Pride and Prejudice Sort of
Following a run at the Criterion Theatre in London’s West End. Pride and Prejudice Sort Of the Olivier Award winning comedy by Isobel MacArthur (which I co-directed) is now on tour around the UK
Tickets and Tour Dates Here: Pride and Prejudice Sort of
‘Riotously funny…gloriously Entertaing….frankly sensational’ David Benedict Variety
‘Layer and Layer of brilliance’ Joyce Macmillan The Scotsman.
Dannie Harris, Emmy Stonelake, Leah Jamieson, Lucy Gray and Megan Louise Fox in Pride and prejudice Sort of.
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TRE
TRE - A new play by Sarah Connors
Mary Martin is home.
As she walks the streets, towans and beaches of the small Cornish town that had been her world, powerful memories awaken and simmer.
‘Thought I’d go for a walk. Lay some ghosts to rest’.
TRE is a complex story about family, forgiveness and finding yourself in the face of lost dreams.
In turns, funny, romantic heart wrenching and ultimately empowering, TRE will resonate with the realities of real life in modern rural Cornwall.
On tour around Cornwall from March 29th.
Full tour listings and Box Office Here: o-region site
(Tre design by Oliver Berry)
LONG WAY BACK (feature film)
Written and Directed by Brett Harvey
Produced by Simon Harvey
Starring Tristan Sturrock, Chloe Endean and Susan Penhaligon
Reluctant father David has spent his life running away: from his foster home, from responsibilities, from his marriage, from his daughter, Lea.
But now, Lea is leaving university under tragic circumstances and David is the only person who can make the trip to drive her home to Cornwall.
As they make the long journey home David tries to make up for a lifetime of disappointments as Father and
Daughter attempt to reconnect…but is it too late?
LONG WAY BACK is available to rent and buy from digital platforms now.
Links to purchase the film here: o-region site
'It leaves you with a sense of mystery and wonder' Mark Kermode
'The kind of journey you won't forget'. D&C Film
‘ A mesmerising masterpiece’ Cornwall Live
(Long Way Back design by Oliver Berry)