Niall Potter

I am a German / Scottish stage director, translator and adapter. I split my time between working in the UK and other European countries, primarily Germany and the Netherlands. I believe the German and British theatre scenes have a great deal to learn from one another and am interested in exploring work that creates a cultural bridge between these two traditions. Especially in our post-Brexit world I believe it is essential to uphold an ongoing cultural exchange between the UK and the rest of Europe.
I have worked with a number of leading european & international theatre, opera and film makers including Robert Wilson, Paolo Sorrenttino, Robert Icke, Daniela Löffner & Sönke Wortmann.
My pronouns are he/him.

Credits

Selected Directing Work:
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by Charles Dickens @ Theater Morgenstern (12.2021)
ANGRY ALAN, by Penelope Skinner @ Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, (10.2019)
FEAR & LOATHING IN AMERICA, by Niall Potter based on the works of Hunter S. Thompson @ Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, (12.2018)
THE RIDICULOUS DARKNESS (English Language Premiere), by Wolfram Lotz, translated by Niall Potter @ Wardrobe Theatre Bristol (02.2017)
MACBETH, by William Shakespeare, original version by Niall Potter @ Bristol Bierkeller (01.2016)

Selected Assistant Director Work:
THE JUNGLE BOOK, by Rudyard Kipling @ Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, directed by Robert Wilson, 10.2019
FANNY & ALEXANDER, by Ingmar Bergman @ Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, directed by Stephan Kimmig, 05.2019
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, by Richard Wagner @ Nederlandse Reisopera, directed by Paul Karr, 04.2018
THE GOOD PERSON OF SEZUAN, by Bertolt Brecht @ Schaubühne Berlin, directed by Peter Kleinart

Training

Robert Ickes Directors Workshop @ Almeida Theatre
Theatre & Performance Bachelors Degree with 1st Class Honours @ University of Bristol
Lee Lyfords Directors Workshop @ Bristol Old Vic