Katie Thompson

Hi, my name is Katie Thompson, my pronouns are she/her and I recently graduated from the MA Directing course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. I am interested in creating work that looks at issues in society, that is character driven and often explores female narratives. I tend to work within the realism genre and I am a text based director who enjoys delving into both classical and contemporary pieces. I want the work I create to be accessible and to ask questions of the audience.

If you'd like to get in touch, please email me at katiethompsonartist@outlook.com

Credits

Artist in Residence with Complicité for their Mudlarks International Residency 2024

DIRECTING CREDITS

• Director, Forgotten in the Land of Egypt (Tom Murray), The Space London plus Touring, 6 months, October 2024-March 2025
• Director, The Turn of the Screw (Ken Whitmore), Sheringham Little Theatre, 1 week, August 2024
• Director, Weeds (Elle Jenkins), Norwich Theatre Royal and UEA, 1 performance, 2024
• Director, Cinderella (Nick Earnshaw), Diss Corn Hall, 2.5 weeks, 2023
• Director, Season’s Greetings (Alan Ayckbourn), Sheringham Little Theatre and St. George’s Theatre, 1 week, Nov-Jan 2024
• Director, Consent (Nina Raine), Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 3 performances, 2023
• Assistant Director to Becky Hope-Palmer, Bloodbank (Meghan Tyler), A Play, a Pie & a Pint, 1 week, 2023
• Assistant Director to Marc Silberschatz, The Summoning of Everyman (adapted by Marc Silberschatz), Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 1 week, 2023
• Assistant Director to Michael Brown, Measure for Measure (adapted by Michael Brown), part of a month-long residency at Shakespeare’s Globe with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 1 performance, 2023
• Director and Producer, Here is Home, Love Light Festival & St. George’s Theatre Plaza, 3 performances, 2022 - R and D to performance
• Assistant Director to Marcus Romer for a season of plays: Our Town (Thornton Wilder), Two (Jim Cartwright), Ghosted (James McDermott), St. George’s Theatre & Sheringham Little Theatre, 1 week each, May-August 2021
• Project Producer, Co-ordinator, and Director, We Are One (a series of short films), part of Rewriting Rural Racism, Sheringham Little Theatre, October 2020-April 2021
• Director, Before It Rains (Katherine Chandler), Stage One Stage@Leeds & St. George's Theatre, 1 week, 2019

Training

• MA Directing, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, one year
• Month-long residency in Theatre Directing at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, January 2023
• Mentorship from Nathan Curry (Director of Tangled Feet Theatre), December 2021-March 2022
• Theatre & Performance (First Class Hons), University of Leeds, September 2017 - June 2020