Michael Cottrell

(He/Him)

Michael is a director and dramaturg based in London and South East England looking to collaborate with new writers and designers.

He trained on the Resident Trainee Director Scheme at the King's Head Theatre where he is now a Junior Associate and the MFA Theatre Directing programme at Birkbeck.

He is co-founder and co-Artistic Director of new writing company Dissident Theatre.

Credits

DIRECTOR
Snowflakes, Park Theatre, 4 weeks, 2023
DJ Bazzer's Year 6 Disco, Golden Goose Theatre, 2 weeks, 2021
Snowflakes, Old Red Lion Theatre, 3 weeks, 2021
Lone Star Diner, Omnibus Theatre, 1 week, 2019
Snowflakes [rehearsed reading], Old Red Lion, 2019
Graceful, RADA Festival & Rosemary Branch Theatre, 1 week, 2018
The Wintering, Annex Theatre, 1 week, 2015
Tape, C Venues Edinburgh Fringe, 3 weeks, 2014
Equus, Annex Theatre, 1 week, 2013
13 The Musical, Annex Theatre, 1 week, 2013
Hanging Bruce-Howard, C Venues Edinburgh Fringe, 2013

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
The Comedy of Errors, Mercury Theatre, 3 weeks, 2022
Blackmail, Mercury Theatre, 3 weeks, 2022
Aladdin, Mercury Theatre, 8 weeks, 2021
Morning/Herons, Italia Conti Academy, 1 week, 2021
Great Britain, Italia Conti Academy, 1 week, 2021
The Lost Boy: Peter Pan, Pleasance Theatre, 6 weeks, 2017
The Toxic Avenger: The Musical, Pleasance Edinburgh Fringe & Arts Theatre, 14 weeks, 2017
A Haunting, Vault Festival, 1 week, 2017
Adam & Eve and Steve, King's Head Theatre, 6 weeks, 2017
Boy With Beer, King's Head Theatre, 6 weeks, 2016
Bonnie and Clyde, Etcetera Theatre, 1 week, 2016
Action to the Word's Dracula, Latitude Festival & Arts Theatre, 1 week, 2015

Training

MFA Theatre Directing, Birkbeck College, 2020 - 2022
Springboard Training Course, Young Vic Theatre, 2017
Resident Trainee Director Scheme, King's Head Theatre, 2016 - 2017