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Lucy Hayes

Director Writer

She/ Her. Lucy is an Irish East Londoner. She works as a theatre director, assistant director, writer, and youth workshop facilitator. Her work is highly theatrical, visually intricate and audience focussed. She is interested in epic, complex, personal stories that explore what it means to tell stories and to be human.

Credits

As Director:

CO-DIRECTOR/ WRITER, Bitter Lemons, Pleasance Courtyard & Bristol Old Vic, 6 weeks, 2023
DIRECTOR, Our Common Voice, Omnibus, 2023
DIRECTOR, Plant Daddy, Pleasance London, 2 nights, 2022
DIRECTOR, The Allocated, Mountview Musical Theatre, Backstage Theatre, 3 nights, 2022
DIRECTOR/WRITER, Bonsai Baby, Theatre 503, 2 nights; Golden Goose Theatre, 1 night, 2021
DIRECTOR/ WRITER, But Still Michael Grew, BBC Radio Bristol; Online production, 2020
DIRECTOR, Us/Them, The Wardrobe Theatre, 1 week, 2020 (Cancelled due to Covid-19)
DIRECTOR, The Wind Blows Free, Tristan Bates, 3 nights, 2019
DIRECTOR, Hedda, Oxford Playhouse, 1 week, 2018
DIRECTOR, The Optimists, Edinburgh Fringe, 3 weeks, 2017
DIRECTOR, Aladdin, Deco Theatre, 2 weeks, 2017
DIRECTOR, Trojan Women, BT Studio/ Oxford Playhouse, 1 week, 2015

As Associate Director:

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Le Malade Imaginaire, Festival Théâtre de la Ville de Richelieu, 3 weeks, 2022
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Scroogical! A Christmas Carol, West End in Schools, 3 weeks, 2021
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Sticks and Stones, Central School of Speech and Drama, 1 week/ filmed production, 2020

As Assistant Director:

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, RAYA, Hampstead Theatre, 6 weeks, 2021
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Macbeth, Shakespeare's Globe, 5 weeks, 2020
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, To Provide All People, Bristol Old Vic, 2 weeks, 2020 (cancelled due to Covid-19, online production on Bristol Arts Channel)
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Macbeth, BOVTS TIE tour, 2 weeks, 2020
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Earthquakes in London, Bristol Old Vic, 2 weeks, 2019

Training

MA Drama Directing, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
BA English Language and Literature, University of Oxford

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Photography
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with young people
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

French