Kirsty Housley
DIRECTOR & DRAMATURG
Kirsty Housley is a director, writer and dramaturg.
Kirsty was the recipient of the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award for Cue Deadly, a Live Film Project, and the Title Pending award for innovation at Northern Stage. She jointly received The Stage award for Innovation in 2017 for The Encounter and was nominated again in 2018 for The Believers are but Brothers.
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THEATRE CREDITS
| PRODUCTION | VENUE/PRODUCER | YEAR | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran - Digital version | Northern Lines CIO | 2020 | Digital Interactive project |
| Mephisto (A Rhapsodie) | Gate Theatre | 2019 | |
| Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh | 2019 | Co-Creator |
| Tao of Glass | Manchester International Festival and Royal Exchange Theatre | 2019 | Co-Director |
| Avalanche: A Love Story | Barbican | 2019 | Dramaturg |
| Grimm Tales | Unicorn Theatre | 2018 | |
| I'm A Phoenix, Bitch | Battersea Arts Centre | 2018 | Co-Director |
| The Distance | Roundhouse | 2018 | Reading |
| Misty | Bush Theatre and West End | 2018 | Dramaturg |
| The Believers Are But Brothers | Bush Theatre, Ovalhouse, West Yorkshire Playhouse Transform17 Season and Northern Stage Edinburgh | 2018 | Co-Director |
| Myth | Royal Shakespeare Company | 2017 | Co-written with Matt Hartley, from an original idea by Kirsty Housley |
| The Encounter | Complicite, Edinburgh International Festival, Warwick Arts Centre, Theatre Vidy, Bristol Old Vic, UK Tour, Broadway | 2015/16/17/18 | Co-Director |
| A Pacifist's Guide To The War On Cancer | National Theatre | 2016 | Dramaturg |
| A Pacifist's Guide To The War On Cancer | Complicite | 2016 | International Tour |
| Wanted | Chris Goode and Company, Transform Festival, West Yorkshire Playhouse | 2015 | Lead director with Evie Manning, Jen Tang and Pauline Mayers |
| Walking The Tightrope | (Offstage and Theatre Uncut); | 2014 | |
| All I Want | Live Theatre, Leeds Libraries and Jackson’s Lane | 2014 | Writer & Director |
| Mass | Amy Mason at Bristol Old Vic, CPT | 2014 | Director |
| The Beauty Project | Young Vic | 2014 | Director |
| Theatre Uncut | Young Vic | 2012 | Co-director with Emma Callender |
| How To Be Immortal | Penny Dreadful at Soho and tour | 2014 | Director and Dramaturg |
| Bandages | Corn Exchange Newbury and Tour | 2013 | Writer and Director |
| 9 | West Yorkshire Playhouse for Chris Goode and Company | 2012 | Co-Director with Jamie Woods & Chris Goode |
| Thirsty | The Paper Birds | 2011 | Co-Director with Jemma McDonnell |
TV & FILM CREDITS
| PRODUCTION | VENUE/PRODUCER | YEAR | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
The Long Goodbye Livestream | Left Handed Films & MIF | 2020 | |
DANCE CREDITS
| PRODUCTION | VENUE/PRODUCER | YEAR | NOTES |
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OPERA CREDITS
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