Priya Patel Appleby

My name is Priya (she/her) I am an early-career director proud to be born and bred in Brum, and currently based in London.

I am most passionate about new musicals - especially ones with a feminist narrative, historical stories, and shows that champion untold stories and unheard voices.

Diversity and representation, onstage and off, are of paramount importance to me, and my work is driven by my desire to tell the stories and celebrates the voices I needed to hear onstage when I was younger.

Website: www.priyapatelappleby.co.uk
Email: contact@priyapatelappleby.co.uk

Credits

Directing:

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Leeds Playhouse, 10 weeks, 2022 (dir.James Brining)

CHILDREN'S DIRECTOR: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Leeds Playhouse and UK and Ireland Tour, 1 year, 2022-2023 (dir. James Brining)

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: My Son's A Queer (But What Can You Do?), Edinburgh Fringe - Underbelly (George Square), 4 weeks, 2022 (dir. Luke Sheppard)

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: My Son's A Queer (But What Can You Do?), Norwich Playhouse, 2022 (dir. Luke Sheppard)

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: Legally Blonde, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, 7 weeks, 2022 (dir. Lucy Moss)

CO-DIRECTOR : Georgia and the Iceberg, R&D, 2022

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Spring Awakening, Almeida Theatre, 7 weeks, 2021-2022 (dir. Rupert Goold)

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, What's New Pussycat?, Birmingham REP, 5 weeks, 2021 (dir. Luke Sheppard)

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, RENT, Hope Mill Theatre, 6 weeks, 2021 (dir. Luke Sheppard)

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Just So, Watermill Theatre, 5 weeks, 2021 (dir. Abigail Pickard Price)

DIRECTOR, The Red Side of the Moon, Iris Theatre, 1 week, 2021

DIRECTOR, Fake Tan, Digitally Streamed on Youtube, 2021

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, RENT, Hope Mill Theatre, digital stream, 2020 (dir. Luke Sheppard)

DIRECTOR, Threshold, UEA Drama Studio, 2 performances, 2020

DIRECTOR, Cabaret: A Night at the Musicals, UEA Drama Studio, 3 performances, 2020

DIRECTOR, Snoo Wilson Prize Rehearsed Readings, The Garage, 1 performance, 2020

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Love of the Nightingale, UEA Drama Studio, 1 week, 2019 (dir. James Robert Carson)

DIRECTOR, The Grace of Mary Traverse (rehearsed reading), UEA Drama Studio, 1 performance, 2019

DIRECTOR, Boudica, UEA Drama Studio, 3 performances, 2018

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Fame, MAC Birmingham, 1 performance, 2018 (Youth Theatre)

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Oliver, MAC Birmingham, 1 performance, 2018 (Youth Theatre)


Dramaturgy:

DRAMATURG: Georgia and the Iceberg, SW Tour, 2023 (DorsetBorn)

DRAMATURG: Jungle Book, Watermill Theatre, 6 weeks, 2021 (dir. Tom Jackson Greaves)

Training

BA First Class Drama University of East Anglia 2017-2020

Royal Court Script Panel 2021

Masterclass/Jermyn Street Director Mentoring 2021

Directing workshops with Lindsay Turney and Robert Icke 2020-2021

NSDF 2020 Festival Company