Myles O'Gorman

Pronouns: he/him

OFFIE-nominated Freelance theatre director and co-artistic director of Helikon Theatre Company. Longlisted for the 2022 JMK Award.

I set out to make exploratory and collaborative work that is often poetic, queer and formally innovative.

I'm interested in creating new work, working with new writers, as well as creating modern versions of classical texts.

I'm also a freelance theatre facilitator, running after school drama groups and drama groups for retired adults through Open Age.

Credits

DIRECTING

DIRECTOR | The Blue House | by Gaia Fay Lambert | Blue Elephant Theatre supported by Arts Council England | Three Weeks | June 2022 | OFFIE Finalist, nominated for three awards.

DIRECTOR | Little Acts Of Defiance | by Theo Hristov | Theatre503 | Two performances | 2022

DIRECTOR | Black Men Smile Too | by Reece St. Omer | Southwark Playhouse | One performance | 2022

DIRECTOR | Pro-Choice | by Lydia Sabatini | Theatre503 | Two performances | 2021

DIRECTOR | A Midsummer Night’s Dream (a riotous new queering) | De Vere Estate, Latimer House | 6 performances | 2021

DIRECTOR | Plays Rough | Old Red Lion Theatre | One performance | 2020

DIRECTOR | WoLab Actor-Writer Showcase | Bunker Theatre/Lion and Unicorn Theatre | Three performances | 2019

DIRECTOR | Medea Speaks | Edinburgh Fringe | One week | 2019

DIRECTOR AND WRITER | The Winter's Tale | The Hat @ Brighton Fringe/OSO Arts Centre, Barnes | Two weeks | 2019

DIRECTOR | The Winter's Tale R&D | Nursery Training Centre | One week | 2018

ASSISTANT DIRECTING

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | Every Thing | Unit 28 Piazza Centre in association with Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield | dir. Will Maynard | one week | 2021

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | Not Quite Jerusalem | Finborough Theatre | dir. Peter Kavanagh | 4 weeks | 2021

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | Masks & Faces | Finborough Theatre (online) | dir. Matthew Iliffe | one month | 2021

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | Trainers or The Brutal Unpleasant Atmosphere of This Most Disagreeable Season (A Theatrical Essay) | Gate Theatre | dir. Hester Chillingworth | 4 weeks | 2020

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | The Wind of Heaven | Finborough Theatre | dir. Will Maynard | 4 weeks | 2019

OTHER ROLES

LEAD FACILITATOR | Weekly Playmaking workshops with Open Age in partnership with Finborough Theatre | 2022

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR | The Most Dangerous Woman in America | dir. Peter Kavanagh | Kenneth Branagh New Writing Award (winner) | Online | 2021

Production Assistant | Chemistry | Finborough Theatre | dir. Alex Howarth | 4 weeks | 2019

Training

Observer (one day) | The Duchess of Malfi | Almeida Theatre | dir. Rebecca Frecknall | 2019

Observer (one day) | Fairview | Young Vic Theatre | dir. Nadia Latif | 2019

RTYDS | working with actors led by Nancy Meckler | 4 weeks | April-May 2021

RTYDS New Directions #3 Cohort | workshops from John R. Wilkinson, Jude Christian, Tinuke Craig, Alan Lane | March 2021.

Six week training led by Katie Mitchell | Young Vic | Feb-March 2021.

Three-month training program led by Sacha Wares | Young Vic | April-July 2020.

One-week workshop with Mike Alfreds | Schott Acting Studio | June 2020.

Weekly directing workshops | led by Robert Icke and Lyndsey Turner | June 2020-May 2021.

Three-day workshop with Polly Teale | Living Pictures | March 2020.

Three-day workshop with Lyndsey Turner | Living Pictures | Oct 2019.

WoLab directing workshops led by Lyndsey Turner and Nancy Medina | November 2019.

Rebecca Frecknall | Directors' Workshop | Almeida Theatre | May 2019.

JMK Trust and Envelope Room | Director and Designer Residency led by Finn den Hertog, Camilla Clarke and Gareth Nicholls | Traverse Theatre | January 2019.

Blanche McIntyre | Directors' Workshop | Almeida Theatre | Nov 2018.

Robert Icke | Three-day Directors' Workshop | Almeida Theatre | 2017 and 2018.

Various Workshops with Young Vic Genesis Directors' Network.