Alex Sutton

Theatre Director Film/ TV Director Dramaturg Fine Artist Producer

I am a director working in new plays, Shakespeare, musical theatre, opera and adaptation.

I am currently studying at NFTS, Beaconsfield and working as associate to Tom Morris on approaches to staging large scale orchestral works.

I was the resident director at the National Theatre new work department in 2017. I was nominated for the Stage Debut 'Best Director' award in 2020. I ran the Leicester Curve Musical Theatre young company from 2018-2022. I also work with NYMT on large scale projects including a fully BSL inclusive version of Menken & Schwartz THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (Manchester Cathedral - OFFcomm award winner 2021)

I was the resident director on Andrew Lloyd Webber's BAD CINDERELLA.
I have assisted Simon McBurney, Peter Gill, Melly Still, Braham Murray, Laurent Pelly, and Lonny Price on productions at the National Theatre, Royal Opera House, English National Opera and the Barbican.

Credits

DIRECTOR Kiss me Kate, NYMT Leicester Curve, 1 week, 2023
DIRECTOR Chess, NYMT, Leicester Curve, 1 week, 2022
DIRECTOR Million Dollar Quartet, Barn, 6 weeks, 2022
RESIDENT DIRECTOR, Cinderella, West End, from 2021- 2022
DIRECTOR, Spring Awakening, 1 week, 2021
DIRECTOR, Preludes Live stream, 1 week, 2021
DIRECTOR, Hunchback of Notre Dame (BSL Inclusive), 1 week, 2021
DIRECTOR, Kiss me Kate, Other Place, 1 week, 2020
DIRECTOR, Cry Baby, Leicester Curve, 1 week, 2020
DIRECTOR, Edelweiss Pirates, Leicester Curve, 2020
DIRECTOR, Preludes, Southwark Playhouse, 6 weeks, 2019
DIRECTOR, Anything Goes, Other Palace, 1 week, 2019
DIRECTOR, Out House, Leicester Curve, 1 week, 2019
DIRECTOR, The Night before Christmas, Southwark Playhouse, 4 weeks, 2018
DIRECTOR, Sleepy Hollow, Other Palace, 1 week 2018

FLIM/TV

CICADA - 2nd AD (Dir: Roxana Stroe)
My Father Breaks things - 2nd AD (Dir: Olivia Owyeung)
Under the Floor - 3rd AD (Dir: Oscar Simmons)
Big Steps - 3rd AD (Dir: Junbo Qui)

Location

London

Experience

10+ years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • AR / VR
  • Architecture
  • Comedy
  • Crafts
  • Dance
  • Fashion
  • Film - documentary
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Gaming and interactivity
  • Graphic / product design
  • Literature
  • Live art
  • Magic / illusion
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Music
  • New technologies / digital
  • Opera
  • Radio/Audio
  • Streaming
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - documentary
  • TV - drama
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Access consultancy (including BSL, audio-description and neurodiversity)
  • Choreography
  • Costume Design
  • Curating
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Languages
  • Lighting Design
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Music Composition
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Prop Making
  • Puppetry
  • Set Design
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Sound Design
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Video Design
  • Working with Deaf artists
  • Working with Deaf non-professional adults / children
  • Working with disabled artists
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with learning disabled adults / children
  • Working with learning disabled artists
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

I speak fluent Italian and basic German and Russian. I use BSL (level 3)

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