Lily McLeish

Lily McLeish (she/her) is a theatre director based in the UK and Germany. She is a creative fellow of the RSC, long-term associate director to Katie Mitchell on productions across Europe and director of Fizzy Sherbet, a new writing initiative for women playwrights. She is currently opening a new play for dance While You Are Here by Eve Leigh with choreographer Jonathan Goddard for DanceEast and The Place. She is interested in making a wide range of different pieces of work amongst others dance-theatre, video installations, and new writing.
www.lilymcleish.com

Credits

DIRECTOR, Killing It, Vaults, 2 shows, 2020

REVIVAL DIRECTOR, Ariadne auf Naxos, Ooppera Suomen Kansallisooppera Helsinki, 3 weeks, 2020

DIRECTOR, Scrounger, Finborough, 4 weeks, 2020

DIRECTOR, While You Are Here, DanceEast Ipswich & The Place, 3 shows, 2019

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Orlando, Schaubühne Berlin, in repertoire, 2019

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Norma Jeane Baker of Troy, The Shed New York, 6 weeks, 2019

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Bluets, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, in repertoire, 2019

STAFF DIRECTOR, When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, National Theatre, 6 weeks, 2019

DIRECTOR, Schism, The Park, 4 weeks, 2018

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Schlafende Maenner, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, in repertoire, 2018

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Ariadne auf Naxos, Festival d’Aix en Provence, on tour, 2018

DIRECTOR, The White Bike, The Space, 3 weeks, 2017

DIRECTOR, Unlocked, Glenside Hospital Museum Bristol, 1 show, 2017

DIRECTOR, A Colder Water Than Here, Vaults Festival, 1 week, 2017

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, La Maladie de la Mort, Bouffes du Nord, Paris, 1 year tour, 2017

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Anatomy of a Suicide, Royal Court, 4 weeks, 2017

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, 4.48 Psychosis, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, in repertoire, 2017

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House, 2 weeks, 2017

DIRECTOR, She Echoes, University of Northampton, 1 week, 2016

DIRECTOR, Housekeeping, Southwark Playhouse, 1 show, 2016

DIRECTOR, Three Lives, Fringe Arts Bath, 1 show, 2016

DIRECTOR, Absence, Young Vic, 1 show, 2016

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Schatten, Schaubühne Berlin, in repertoire, 2016

STAFF DIRECTOR, Cleansed, National Theatre, 8 weeks, 2016

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Ophelia’s Zimmer, Schaubühne Berlin / Royal Court, in repertoire, 2015

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Reisende auf einem Bein, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, in repertoire, 2015

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Happy Days, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, in repertoire, 2015

STAFF DIRECTOR, The Beaux’ Stratagem, National Theatre, 12 weeks, 2015

DIRECTOR, This Despised Love, RSC, 1 show, 2014

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, 2071, Royal Court, 2 weeks, 2014

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Two Gentlemen of Verona, RSC, 8 weeks, 2014

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Forbidden Zone, Salzburg Festspiele / Schaubühne Berlin, in repertoire, 2014

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, Burgtheater, Vienna, in repertoire, 2014

DIRECTOR, Old Times, Artheater Cologne, 2 weeks, 2013

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Alles Weitere Kennen Sie Aus Dem Kino, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, in repertoire, 2013

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Say It With Flowers, Hampstead Theatre, 4 weeks, 2013

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Yellow Wallpaper, Schaubühne Berlin, in repertoire, 2013

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Reise durch die Nacht, Schauspiel Köln, 4 weeks, 2012

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Die Hundsprozess, Schauspiel Köln, 4 weeks, 2011

DIRECTOR, Footfalls, Severins-Burg-Theater Cologne, 1 week, 2008