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Owen Horsley Director Owen Horsley Director Owen trained at Drama Centre London and is an Associate Director of Cheek By Jowl. In 2016 he created Bard City, which offers Shakespeare training in New York and London as well as presenting innovative versions of his work. Agents Dan Usztan Assistant [email protected] Charlotte Edwards 0203 214 0873 [email protected] 0203 214 0924 Credits In Development Production Company Notes DORIAN Reading Rep Co-adapted with Phoebe Eclair-Powell 2021 Theatre Production Company Notes HENRY VI PART 1: OPEN Royal Shakespeare Co-directed with Gregory Doran REHEARSAL PROJECT Company 2021 THIS RESTLESS HOUSE Drama Centre London By Zinnie Harris 2021 UNCLE VANYA Royal Welsh College of By Chekhov, adapted by Richard 2021 Music and Drama Nelson United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes MAYDAYS Royal Shakespeare By David Edgar 2018 Company (The Other Place) ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA Classic Stage Company / By William Shakespeare 2018 Bard City WHO'S THERE: HAMLET, A Classic Stage Company / After William Shakespeare MEMORY PLAY Bard City 2018 DORIAN GRAY Watermill Theatre Adapted by Phoebe Eclair-Powell 2017 SALOMÉ Royal Shakespeare By Oscar Wilde 2017 Company (Swan Theatre) HENRY V Shanghai Dramatic Arts By William Shakespeare 2016 Centre A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Garsington Opera / Royal By William Shakespeare and Felix 2015 Festival Hall Mendelssohn FIRST ENCOUNTERS: THE Royal Shakespeare Adapted from 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry FAMOUS VICTORIES OF HENRY Company / UK & USA Tour IV and Henry V by William V Shakespeare 2015 OUTSIDE ON THE STREET Arcola Theatre / Edinburgh By Invertigo Theatre 2013 Festival DUCHESS OF MALFI Eyestrings Theatre By John Webster 2012 AS YOU LIKE IT Guildhall School of Music By William Shakespeare 2012 and Drama LYSISTRATA Albany Theatre By Aristophanes 2012 THE MALCONTENT Teatro en Transito, Madrid By John Marston 2011 / Almagro Festival ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA Guildhall School of Music By William Shakespeare 2011 and Drama DUCHESS OF MALFI (MALFI) Soho Theatre / Eyestrings By John Webster 2011 Theatre ROMEO AND JULIET Love and Madness / UK By William Shakespeare 2009 Tour IN BED WITH MESSALINA Eyestrings Theatre By Benjamin Askew 2009 EDWARD II Eyestrings Theatre / St. By Christopher Marlowe 2008 Andrew's Crypt, London United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Associate Credits Production Company Notes RICHARD II Royal Shakespeare Company / BAM / Dir. Gregory Doran 2013 - 2016 Barbican / China Tour HENRY IV PARTS 1 AND 2 Royal Shakespeare Company / BAM / Dir. Gregory Doran 2015 - 2016 Barbican / China Tour HENRY V Royal Shakespeare Company / BAM / Dir. Gregory Doran 2015 - 2016 Barbican / China Tour 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE Cheek by Jowl / Barbican Theatre / World Dir. Declan Donnellan 2011 - 2013 Tour MACBETH Cheek by Jowl / Barbican Theatre / World Dir. Declan Donnellan 2009 - 2010 Tour TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Cheek by Jowl / Barbican Theatre / World Dir. Declan Donnellan 2008 Tour CYMBELINE Cheeky by Jowl / Barbican Theatre / World Dir. Declan Donnellan 2007 Tour THE CHANGELING Cheek by Jowl / Barbican Theatre / World Dir. Declan Donnellan 2006 Tour Other Production Company Notes WORKSHOPS Classic Stage / Bard Classical Text for Actors and Directors 2017 - 2019 City BOUNDLESS AS THE SEA Royal Shakespeare Director 2017 Company / New York Commissioned by the personal Times request of Mark Thompson (CEO of NY Times) SHAKESPEARE AT NO. 10 Royal Shakespeare Director 2016 Company / 10 Commissioned by the Prime Minister Downing St. to celebrate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. WORKSHOP FOR AMERICAN BAM Master Class Director ACTORS FOCUSING ON APPROACHING CLASSICAL TEXT 2016 SHAKESPEARE UNWRAPPED Royal Shakespeare Director WORKSHOP Company 2013 - 2015 United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes SHAKESPEARE AT THE SHARD Royal Shakespeare Director 2014 Company Collaboration with Time Out London marking the opening of The Shard. United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected].
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