Júlia Levai

Júlia (she/her) is a theatre director from Budapest based in London.
Her recent directing credits include the ★★★★★ revival of ‘Smoke’ (Southwark Playhouse), and ‘We’ll Be Who We Are’ by Naomi Obeng (VAULT Festival). Her Assistant Director credits include: ‘Hope Has A Happy Meal’ (Royal Court), ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’ (Royal Shakespeare Company), and ‘Nora: A Doll’s House’(Young Vic). She is an MGCFutures bursary recipient. Júlia trained on LAMDA’s MA Directing course and on the Young Vic’s Jerwood Assistant Director Programme. She is a script reader for the NT Studio, Royal Court, the ‘Bruntwood Prize’, and the ‘Women’s Prize For Playwriting’. She is currently working as Staff Director at the National Theatre.

Credits

DIRECTOR, Not Really Now (rehearsed reading), New Diorama Theatre Stella Green 1 performance, 2023
DIRECTOR, Smoke, Southwark Playhouse, 3 weeks 2023
DIRECTOR, We’ll Be Who We Are, VAULT Festival, 3 performances, 2023
DIRECTOR, Machinal, St Mary’s University, 4 performances, 2022
DIRECTOR, Vanishing [short plays], LAMDA,1 performance, 2022
DIRECTOR Northern Girls [short plays], Pilot Theatre – Site specific /Outdoors: York & Redcar, 1 week, 2021
DIRECTOR, Did I Wake You?, Young Vic,Digital piece, 2021
DIRECTOR, Sweeties [short play], Theatre503, 1 performance, 2020
DIRECTOR, The Prince of Homburg, The Space & LAMDA, 1 week & 3 performance, 2019
DIRECTOR There Has Possibly Been An Incident, Blue Elephant Theatre & Black Box Theatre (York), 2 performances & 1 week, 2018
DIRECTOR, Mr. Saxon’s, TheSpace, Edinburgh Fringe, 2 weeks, 2018

STAFF DIRECTOR, Dear Octopus, National Theatre, 3 months, 2024
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Hope Has A Happy Meal, Royal Court, 2 months 2023
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, All's Well That Ends Well, RSC, 3 months, 2022
STAFF DIRECTOR, The Bone Sparrow, Pilot Theatre - UK Tour, 2022
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Filthy/Rich, Mountview, 2021
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, L'Illusion Comique, NT Belgrade, 2021
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Nora: A Doll's House, Young Vic, 2020

Training

Projekt Elevate, PROJEKT EUROPA & Rose Theatre, 2022

Directors' Group, Royal Court, 2021

Resident Director, National Theatre Belgrade, Supported by ETC, 2021

Jerwood Assistant Director Program, Young Vic, 2020

MA Directing, LAMDA, 2018/19

BA 'Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance', University of York, 2015-18