RICHARD FITCH | Theatre Director +447715 459 488 | [email protected]
Graduate from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts & Recipient of the Sir Paul McCartney Human Spirit Award. Previously Script Reader for Hampstead, The Bush and Vicky Graham Productions. Resident Assistant Director of HighTide Festival Theatre between 2012 and 2013.
Directing Credits 2021 Flora The Red Menace by George Abbott, Robert Russell, Mountview John Kander & Fred Ebb
2019 Legally Blonde by Heather Hach, Laurence O’Keefe and Arts Educational Nell Benjamin
2019 Growl by Timothy Knapman & Laurence Mark Wythe UK Tour
2019 Violet by Jeanine Tesori Mountview
2018 Once On This Island by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty Arts Educational
2018 Ruthless by Joel Paley and Marvin Laird Arts Theatre
2018 Top Hat by Irving Berlin and Matt White Arts Educational
2017 The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Theatr Clwyd
2017 Funny Girl by Isobel Lennart, Jule Styne and Bob Merrill UK Tour
2016 Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare LIPA
2015 Serious Heroes by Jon Barton Old Vic Theatre
2015 Barnes’ People by Peter Barnes Trafalgar Studios
2014 The Moment Before I’m Powerful Trafalgar Studios
2012 Cinderland by Jon Barton (24 Hour Plays) Old Vic Theatre
2012 A Kid Like Jake by Daniel Pearle Old Vic Theatre
2012 The Hour of Feeling by Mona Mansour HighTide with Public Theater, New York
2012 The Boy Who Lived Down the Lane Riverside Studios & Libretto by James Currie & Music by Diana Soh Singapore
Associate, Resident & Assistant Credits 2021 Back To The Future The Associate Director Adelphi Theatre Musical By Bob Gale, West End Robert Zemeckis, Glen Ballard (Dir. John Rando) & Alan Silvestri 2020 Back To The Future The Associate Director Manchester Musical By Bob Gale, Opera House Robert Zemeckis, Glen Ballard (Dir. John Rando) & Alan Silvestri 2018 Barnum by Mark Bramble, Associate Director Menier Michael Stewart & Cy Coleman (Dir. Gordon Greenberg)
2017 Buried Child by Sam Sheppard Associate Director Trafalgar Studios
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2016 The Spoils by Jesse Eisenberg Associate Director Trafalgar Studios (Dir. Scott Elliott)
2016 Funny Girl by Isobel Lennart, Associate Director Savoy Jule Styne and Bob Merrill (Dir. Michael Mayer) Theatre/Menier
2015 Dinner with Saddam Associate Director Menier By Anthony Horowitz (Dir. Lindsay Posner)
2015 The Ruling Class Associate Director Trafalgar Studios By Peter Barnes (Dir. Jamie Lloyd)
2015 Assassins Associate Director Menier By Stephen Sondheim & (Dir. Jamie Lloyd) John Weidman
2014 Urinetown: The Musical Associate Director Apollo Theatre By Greg Kotis & Mark Hollman (Dir. Jamie Lloyd) West End Transfer
2014 Richard III Associate Director Trafalgar Studios By William Shakespeare (Dir. Jamie Lloyd)
2013 24 Hour Plays Assistant Director Old Vic Theatre Celebrity Gala (Dir. Lisa Spirling)
2013 Jack and the Beanstalk Associate Director Lyric By Tom Wells (Dir. Dan Herd) Hammersmith
2012 24 Hour Musicals Assistant Director Old Vic Theatre Celebrity Gala (Dir. Fiona Laird)
2012 Island Assistant Director National Theatre By Nicky Singer (Dir. Adam Penford) & UK Tour
2012 Bottleneck Assistant Director Edinburgh By Luke Barnes (Dir. Steven Atkinson) Festival with HighTide
2012 Clockwork Assistant Director HighTide Festival By Laura Poliakoff (Dir. Steven Atkinson) Theatre
2012 Jack and the Beanstalk Assistant Director Watford Palace By Andrew Pollard (Dir. Kate Saxon) Theatre
2011 The Marriage of Figaro Assistant Director Watermill By Beaumarchais (Dir. Kate Saxon) Theatre
2011 The Machine Gunners Assistant Director Polka Theatre Adaptation by Ali Taylor (Dir. Adam Penford)
Workshop & Research and Development Experience
Pangaea (Director) Ovalhouse with Vicky Graham Productions, Island (Assistant Director) directed by Adam Penford (NT Studio), The Changeling led by Joe Hill-Gibbins (Young Vic), Jacob’s Death (Assistant Director) directed by Adam Penford (NT Studio) Referees available upon request
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