Matthew Iliffe

I’m an award-winning theatre director working on plays and musicals.

My production of Sophie Swithinbank’s Bacon premiered at the Finborough Theatre to critical acclaim and won three Off-West End Awards including Best Director. The production has since played successful seasons at Riverside Studios, Summerhall for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and is touring to Bristol Old Vic in November. Bacon will tour nationally and internationally in 2024.

This Autumn, I have been invited to take part in the National Theatre’s Directors’ Course and in the Spring I will return to the Finborough Theatre to direct the world premiere of a new play.

Credits

Theatre as director includes: Breeding (King’s Head Theatre); Bacon (Finborough Theatre, Riverside Studios, Summerhall Edinburgh and Bristol Old Vic); Four Play (Above The Stag); The Niceties (Finborough Theatre); Maggie May (Finborough Theatre) and The Burnt Part Boys (Park Theatre).

As assistant director: Assassins (Chichester Festival Theatre, Dir. Polly Finlay); BLACK SUPERHERO (Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Royal Court, Dir. Daniel Evans), Brass (National Youth Music Theatre/Hackney Empire, Dir. Hannah Chissick), Musik (Leicester Square Theatre, Dir. Josh Seymour).


Awards include: Best Director of a Play at the Off West End Awards for Bacon at the Finborough.

Training/Education:
National Theatre’s Directore Course 2023
Theatre & Performance Studies BA (Hons), First Class, University of Bristol
StoneCrabs Young Directors Programme