IAN NICHOLSON T 078 906 905 22 Theatre Director E [email protected]

DIRECTING HISTORY

Production Venue Date

I’ll Keep Waiting On the Pavement for Camden People’s Theatre: Sprint 2015 March/April 2015 the Ice Cream Van to Come: Salisbury Playhouse: Theatre Fest West Old Salt Theatre 2015

Arabian Nights, Dominic Cooke OnSet The Egg, Bath February 2015 Productions

The Ingenious Gentleman: Don Jacksons Lane & tour July/August 2014 - May Quixote, Little Soldier Productions 2015

Tender Loving Care, New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth June 2014 Vickie Donoghue Old Salt Theatre

The Last March Southwark Playhouse, December 2013 - January Old Salt Theatre 2014

Boxmouth New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth August 2013 Old Salt Theatre

Gills and Gulls New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth and June 12013 Old Salt Theatre Portsmouth Festivities

Different is Dangerous, Tamasha The- New Diorama Theatre, London May 2013 atre

The Last March The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter December - January 2012 Old Salt Theatre

South Asian Literature Festival: Ele- The Bush Theatre, London November 2012 ments - various writers

Aesop’s Fables: Little Nose produc- The Key Theatre, Peterborough June 2012 tions

Taming of the Shrew Romulan Taiteellinen Teatteri, Finland August 2011 William Shakespeare

Animal Farm - Orwell, adapted by Arcola Theatre May 2011 Woolridge

Transmissions Festival: The Door Studio, Repertory July 2008 Mary Mary – Lucy Jones Theatre Hole – Thomas Wilshire Stairlift to Heaven - Bryan Turner

The Rivals, R.B. Sheridan - The The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham April 2008 Crescent Theatre, Birmingham

Deoxyribonucleic Acid - Dennis Kelly Stafford Gatehouse Theatre Feb 2007

ASSISTANT DIRECTING HISTORY Production Director Venue Date

Physical Comedy Alex Clifton Grosvenor Park Open Air August 2014 Consultant: Theatre, Chester The Comedy of Errors

Every Last Trick, Paul Hunter Royal and Derngate, May 2014 Tamsin Oglesby Northampton

Jekyll and Hyde-ish, Sean Holmes Lyric Hammersmith, London April 2013 Joel Horwood

Mr Whatnot, Cal McCrystal Royal & Derngate, March 2013 Alan Ayckbourn Northampton

Spymonkey’s Oedipussy, Emma Rice Royal & Derngate January - May 2012 Carl Grose Northampton, & national tour

The Arrival, Shaun Tan Kristine Landon-Smith Circus Space, London July 2011

Nina and Shaz, Laura Mc- Laura McCluskey Rich Mix, London November 2010 Cluskey

SELECT CAREER HISTORY VISITING DIRECTOR University of Portsmouth (2014) East15 (2014) LIPA (2011 - ongoing) Birmingham School of Acting (2011- 2013) Central School of Speech and Drama (2010 - 2013) Arts Educational (2010) University of Winchester (2012) Birmingham City University (2009 - ongoing)

YOUTH THEATRE DIRECTOR Arcola Theatre Birmingham Repertory Theatre The Broadway, Barking (Associate Director) Stafford Gatehouse Theatre

TRAINING ECOLE PHILIPPE GAULIER 2010 Clown, Bouffon, Le Jeu

CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA 2009 - 2010 MA: Actor Training and Coaching - Distinction

CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA 2007 - 2008 PG Cert: Directing Text for Young People - Distinction

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM 2002-2005 English and Drama (Joint Honours) - 2:1

REFERENCES Paul Hunter - Artistic Director - Told By An Idiot Emma Rice - Artistic Director, Kneehigh Theatre Cal McCrystal - Associate Director - One Man, Two Guvnors Steve Ball - Associate Director, Birmingham Repertory Theatre