Kay Brattan

I’m a Canadian theatre maker currently based in London. My preferred pronouns are she/her.

Before coming to the UK, I was living in Toronto and working in the fringe scene as an actor, stage manager, and director. I graduated Humber College’s Theatre Performance programme in 2011 and then spent the last decade trying to figure out my place in theatre land. I directed and adapted my first show in 2017 for the Toronto Fringe, which was a burlesque adaptation of Lysistrata, and since then haven’t stopped directing.

I’m into classical theatre that focuses on the experiences of women/reimagined classical text from a feminist prospective, adaptations and new work, ghost stories, physical theatre, magical realism, clowning, and fart jokes.

I’m also the artistic director of Little Lion Theatre Company, a theatre company based in London who is focused on bringing Canadian theatrical works to the UK.

I’m also a dramaturg and love to work with writers on new script creation and development.

Credits

(Upcoming) DIRECTOR, Alice in Wonderland/Corbett Theatre, East 15 Acting School, 1 week, 2023

DIRECTOR, Portia's Julius Caesar/The Dell, Little Lion Theatre Company in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, 1 performance, 2023

DIRECTOR, Bride and the Moon/Corbett Theatre, East 15 Acting School, London, UK, 1 Week, 2023

DIRECTOR, Cymbeline/ The Bridewell Theatre with East 15 Acting School, London, UK, 1 Week, 2023

DIRECTOR, Yaga by Kat Sandler/The Drayton Arms, London, UK, 3 Weeks, 2022

DIRECTOR, Spycraft: A Staged Reading/The Drayton Arms, London, UK, 2 days, 2022

DIRECTOR, Beautiful Vida: A Staged Reading/Etcetera Theatre, London, UK, 1 day, 2021

DIRECTOR (HIGHWAY 1), PRODUCER, Stories From Home: A New Play Series/Drayton Arms Theatre, London UK, 2 days, 2021

DIRECTOR, What You Will/Teahouse Theatre, London UK, 3 days, 2020

DIRECTOR, Mustard/Drayton Arms Pub Theatre, London, UK, 5 days, 2020

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The AB Project: The Return (R&D)/Serbian National Theatre Studio, Novi Sad, David Glass Ensemble, 3 days, 2019

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Accidentally Muslim/The Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Fringe, AM Productions, 4 weeks, 2019

ASSITANT DIRECTOR, Brazen Head/Corbett Theatre, East 15 Acting School, 1 week, 2019

ASSITANT DIRECTOR, King Lear/Ellen Terry Barn Theatre, East 15 Acting School, 2 days, 2019

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Things That Were There/Hen and Chickens Pub Theatre, Theatre Festival Pending, 1 week, 2019

DIRECTOR, Carmilla/The Wiggle Room (Montreal), The Painted Lady (Toronto), Montreal and Toronto Fringe, 3 weeks, 2018

DIRECTOR, The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea/Alumnae Theatre Toronto, New Ideas Festival, 1 week, 2018

DIRECTOR, Wake Up and Smell the Coffee/The Assembly Theatre Toronto, LowDown Theatre Company, 1 week, 2017

DIRECTOR, Lysistrata/The Painted Lady, Toronto Fringe Festival, 2 weeks, 2017

Training

Directing in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe
Alchemy of the Extraordinary, Devised Theatre Workshop with the David Glass Ensemble
East 15, London UK, Theatre Directing MA
GITIS International, Moscow Russia, Directing Intensive
York University, Toronto Canada, Theatre Studies
Humber College, Toronto Canada, Theatre Performance