Georgia Murphy

Georgia is currently the Associate Director at The Octagon Theatre. She is a director, writer and theatre maker specialising in comedy, new writing, family shows and devised work. She trained at Ecole Phillippe Gaulier and founded her award-winning company Mouths of Lions in 2013, which specialises in combining clown with theatre. She has collaborated with artists such as Marcello Magni (Complicite), Cal MaCrystal (The Mighty Boosh), Wardrobe Ensemble and Spymonkey. Her work has toured the UK and internationally and she has staged work at The Bush, Roundhouse, BAC, Camden People’s Theatre, Ovalhouse, Southwark Playhouse and numerous UK festivals. For more information please see her website: www.georgiamurphy.co.uk

Credits

DIRECTING CREDITS

Supermies | Helsinki Opera House & Finland Tour | The Fabulous Backstrom Brothers | ongoing | 2021
Clown opera about fatherhood with a three piece Baroque band.

Valentina Star Dreamer | The Place & online Schools Tour | Haste Theatre Ensemble | three weeks | 2021
An interactive online family show about the first female cosmonaut supported by The Place and ACE.

​Ryan Lane will be there now in a minute | Heroes, Edinburgh Fringe/Soho Theatre/VAULT | Ryan Lane | two months | 2019/2020
A Welsh League of Gentleman meets RuPaul's Drag Race supported by ACE & Soho Theatre & Told by an Idiot.

​Frills and Spills | Shorditch Town Hall/The Wardrobe Theatre/Camden People's Theatre | Stumble Trip Theatre | three weeks | 2020
Bouffon show created in collaboration with dark clown Peta Lily & supported by ACE & Shorditch Town Hall

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An Evening with Evie Fehilly | The Glory/London cabaret venues | Evie Fehilly | 2019
And hour of songs, dance and cabaret with the UK's No.1 award winning Drag King Evie Fehilly.

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Charlie and the Christmas Cat | The Lichfield Garrick Theatre | Sarah Argent & Kevin Lewis | one month | 2019
Fun filled family show for ages 3+.

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The Men Who Knew Everything R&D | Rosemary Branch Theatre | The Moodboard | two weeks | 2019
Film Noir clown satire exploring male privilege.

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The Astonishing Singing Fish! | The Brockley Jack/UK Tour | Tice Oakfield | three weeks | 2019
A fun-filled musical comedy about a goldfish who dreams of being in Phantom of the Opera.

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Tragic Scenes of Legendary Women where Snakes were (kind of) present | Limerick Festival, The Blue Elephant | Monia Baldini & Lucia Pena Pin | six nights | 2019
A cabaret clown show exploring the mystical, mythical and historical links between women and snakes.


Tohtori Zeiffal, Tohtori Zeigal ja virtahepo, jota ei koskaan saatu kiinni! | Finland tour | Georgia Murphy & Jouni Backstrom | ongoing | 2018-22
A finnish production of ‘Dr Zeiffal, Dr Zeigal…’ a Mouths of Lions family show. Produced & translated by finnish clown company The Fabulous Backstrom Brothers.

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JITTERS | Vault Festival | Finbarr Doyle & Jeda de Brie | one night | 2019
Miniaturists new writing showcase at Vault festival. A dark comedy about the life of a children's entertainer.
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Ellie and the Enormous Sneeze | Theatre Deli/ Brighton/ EdFringe | Georgia Murphy & Jessie Allam | two months | 2018
Roald Dahl-esque family show for ages 6+ combining live music, mask & storytelling. Original story by Jessie Allam, produced by Mouths of Lions, commissioned by Jim Jam Arts, supported by ACE & Theatre Deli. Shortlisted: Primary Times Award & Broadway World Award

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Dr Zeiffal, Dr Zeigal and the Hippo That Can Never Be Caught! | UK tour/ Ireland tour | Georgia Murphy | two years |2016-18
Interactive family clown show about two expert hippo enthusiasts chasing the wild UK hippopotamus, ages 4 +. Devised by Oli Weatherly, Louise Dickinson & Georgia Murphy. Winner: Best Family Show Buxton Festival. Produced by Mouths of Lions & commissioned by Jim Jam Arts.

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Girl from Ipanema | Omnibus/ BAC/ New Diorama | Georgia Murphy | six performances | 2016
Devised semi-autobiographical solo show about grief, motherhood and time travel supported by Omnibus’ Engine Room Scheme.

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The Catastrophists | The Criterion | Jack Stanley | one night | 2015
Rehearsed reading for Criterion New Writing Programme. A dark comedy set in a dystopian future.

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SUPERFUNADVENTURETIMES | Camden People’s Theatre / Leeds Studio Theatre | Georgia Murphy | two weeks | 2015
A show about the role of women in the fantasy genre. Devised by Georgia Murphy, Louise Dickinson, Rimi Solloway, Chloe Courtney. Supported by Farnham Maltings and produced by Mouths of Lions.

​Brief Encounters | London Bridge Live Arts Festival | three days | Jane Gauntlett & Georgia Murphy | 2014
Interactive audio experience with storytelling & treasure hunts around Kings College London.

​Cuckoo Land | Tonybee Studios/Paris | devised | one night | 2014
Interactive performance combining skype, game play & two countries.

HAM | The Space/ The Roundhouse | Nathan Wood | three weeks | 2013
New writing, a solo performance of Noah’s Ark.

​Blind Date | Southwark Playhouse | Ziella Bryars | one night | 2013
A short play produced by Little Pieces of Gold.

​Skin a Cat | Bussey Building | Isley Lynn | one night | 2013
Rehearsed reading produced by Tell Tales.

​Ayodyha | The Bush | Vinay Patel | one night | 2013
Short play produced by Theatre Renegade.

​Session One | Theatre 503 | Nathan Wood | one night | 2013
Short play produced by Rapid Write Response.

​The Breakout | The Last Refuge | Anders Lustgarten | one night | 2013
As part of Theatre Uncut.

​Nothing ever happens | Rich Mix | Keziah Warner | one night | 2013
Produced by Descent productions.

Rats Nests | Vaults | Michael Ross | two nights | 2012
Produced by Descent productions.

​Health and Safety | Vaults | Rebecca Walker | two nights | 2012
Produced by Descent productions.

​Stuck in the Middle | BAC | Micheal Sands | one night | 2012
Rehearsed reading produced by Artists Anonymous.

​Shit Happens | The Lion Upstairs | Shyama Perera | three nights | 2012

Dirt | C -Venues, EdFringe | Nathan Wood | one month | 2012

​The Suicide | Stage@leeds | Nikolai Erdman | one week | 2011​
Student production.

​A Midsummer Night's Dream | Stage@leeds | Shakespeare | one week | 2010
Student production.

​Measure for Measure | Stage@leeds | Shakespeare | one week | 2009
Student production.

Measure for Measure | The Albany/ Liverpool Cathedral | Shakespeare | four performances | 2008
45 min version directed as part of the Shakespeare Youth Festival and Liverpool Capital of Culture Festival.


ASSISTANT & ASSOCIATE DIRECTING INCLUDES


A Christmas Carol | Liverpool Playhouse | Spymonkey & Mathew Crosley & Ed Gaughan | five weeks | 2018/19
Assistant to Ed Gaughan on Spymonkey’s interpretation of Dickens’s classic.

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Cyrano De Bergerac | Southwark Playhouse | Glyn Maxwell | one month run | 2016
Assistant to Russell Bolam & Mov. Dir Marcello Magni, starring Kathryn Hunter.


Plague of Idiots | EdFringe | devised | four weeks | 2015
Assistant to Cal McCrystal on devised clown show with clown company Plague of Idiots.
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Macbeth | Shakespeare & Co/ Notre Dame Park | Shakespeare | three weeks | 2014
Assistant to Cressida Brown on an outdoor production of Macbeth.
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Bed | The Brockley Jack | Jim Cartwright | four weeks | 2013
Assistant to Cecily Boys.


Released | UK Tour | devised | five weeks | 2011
Assistant to Nancy Hirst on Fringe First Winner Released.

Training

Short courses & workshops:
Complicite, Devising adaptations with Marcello Magni, 2017
Told by an Idiot, Directing and devising with Paul Hunter, 2016
GECKO, Movement direction, 2016
Little Angel, Object manipulation, puppetry and live animation, 6 weeks, 2013
Young Vic Directors Scheme, Training with; David Lan, Carrie Cracknell, Paul Hunter, Joe Hill Gibbons, Maria Aberg and Natalie Abrahami, 2012
Living Pictures, Directing classics with Ian Rickson & Lyndsey Turner, 2012
Artistic Director internship, 3 month placement with Battersea Arts Centre | 2008