Blythe Stewart

I'm a freelance director based in London who believes in work that is subversive, sophisticated, frank and joyful. I stage new stories which share how social, personal and political upheavals impact our everyday lives.

Two times nominated Best Director for The Off-West End Awards, the Offies.

2019/2020 Resident Assistant Director at the Donmar
Warehouse

2016 Hospital Club Foundation's Emerging Creative for Theatre and Performance

Credits

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DIRECTOR
Wonder Winterland by Sami Ibrahim / Soho Upstairs, 1 week, 2019
Work Bitch by Jessica Siân / VAULT Festival, 1 week, 2019
Finding Fassbender by Lydia Larson / Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 4 weeks, 2018
Skin A Cat by Isley Lynn / UK Tour, The Bunker, VAULT Festival, 2016 - 2018
Conditionally by Danusia Samal / Soho Upstairs, 1 week 2018
The Moor by Catherine Lucie / Old Red Lion Theatre, 4 weeks, 2018
East of Berlin by Hannah Moscovitch / Southwark Playhouse, 4 weeks, 2014
Velocity by Daniel Mcdonald / Finborough Theatre, 3 weeks, 2014

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Teenage Dick by Mike Lew / Donmar Warehouse, 6 weeks 2019
[BLANK] by Alice Birch / Donmar Warehouse, 6 weeks 2019
Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins / Donmar Warehouse, 6 weeks 2019

Training

University of Essex / East 15 Acting School [M.A. Theatre Directing, 2011]
McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada) [B.A. Honours Theatre and Film Studies with Art History, 2009]
Graduated with Distinction; Awarded Amelia Hall Gold Medal for Theatre Excellence

Theatre and Performance Creative - The Hospital Club Foundation, 2015 – 2016
Genesis Directors Springboard - Young Vic, 2013
Meyerhold & Biomechanics - National Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS - Moscow, Russia), 2011
Festival Directing (Stratford Festival Theatre, Stratford Canada), 2009