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
Earlier this year, my show WHITE HORSE played a sell out run at The Regal Theatre in Redruth.
Here’s a couple of the reviews
‘a beautiful melding of great performances, music, flim and stunning puppetry’ Radio Cornwall’
‘A quiet masterpiece of Cornish stories’ Vanloo Reviews
‘WHITE HORSE enchanted me…it’s the kind of show that reminds you why local stories matter and how places become home - whether we’re from there or not’ TELL ME MOR (tellmemor.substack.com)
o-region are currently looking at plans to remount and tour the show nationally around the UK in 2026 - more news when we have it.
Image by Steve Tanner
Earlier this year as part of the outreach project which supported the development of WHITE HORSE, we produced and released a From the Horse’s Mouth podcast - featuring original writing from a host of Cornish writers including Anna Maria Murphy, Oliver Berry, Brett Harvey, Sarah Dickenson, Callum Mitchell and others. You can listen to the podcast here https://o-region.co.uk/podcast/from-the-horses-mouth-podcast/ or from most respected podcast channels (Spotify, Apple etc)
Plans are afoot to extend this project with fresh material in the coming months.
The two shows (Brief Encounter and Pride and Prejudice Sort of) which I directed for David Pugh / Cunard Cruises continue to play in rep and tour the world on Cunard’s newest ship the Queen Anne.
I am currently directing a new show The Ghosts of Pendu Manor by Sarah Connors for the Hall for Cornwall’s Young Company which be performed on July 26th 2025.
I am working currently with Brett Harvey on developing a new feature film project entitled Fullstops. Not Tadpoles,
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 still on tour around the UK
Tickets and Tour Dates Here: Pride and Prejudice Sort of
‘Riotously funny…gloriously entertaining….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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STILL AVAILABLE
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)