Amy Crighton

Amy Crighton is a theatre director and dramaturg from the Midlands with a particular focus on developing new work in conjunction with writers, and an interest in working with new technologies.

She is the Co-Artistic Director of Votive Theatre who were selected for the Barrel Organ & Company development scheme 2022. Amy was recently the recipient of the Jerwood New Work Fund, which supported them to direct CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER in a sold-out run at Camden People's Theatre. They were an associate of Nottingham theatre company New Perspectives in 2022/23 and have had work showcased at the Curve Theatre as part of the National Student Drama Festival. Amy was Assistant Director to Giles Croft on Dennis Kelly's DNA (Lakeside Arts) and has acted as Observer Director on productions at the Manchester Royal Exchange, Sheffield Crucible and National Theatre.

Amy spent 2 years as Literary Assistant at the Bush Theatre working as a dramaturg and supporting on the Bush's artist development schemes. She is a reader for the George Devine Award and Royal Shakespeare Company.

Amy is the recipient of Rose Theatre's 2023 Peter Hall Emerging Artists Fellowship.

Credits

2024
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, The Boy at the Back of the Class based on the novel by Onjali Q. Raúf, adapted by Nick Ahad, dir. Monique Touko, UK Tour - Children's Theatre Partnership, 13 weeks
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Boy at the Back of the Class based on the novel by Onjali Q. Raúf, adapted by Nick Ahad, dir. Monique Touko, Rose Theatre Kingston, 3 weeks

2023
DIRECTOR, Houses of Sand by Emma-Louise Howell, 3 weeks R&D
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Shooting Hedda Gabler by Nina Segal, dir. Jeff James, Rose Theatre Kingston, 3 weeks
DIRECTOR, CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER by Katrina Bennett, Camden People's Theatre, 1 week

2022
DIRECTOR, CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER by Katrina Bennett, SHOUT Festival, Shoot Festival, National Student Drama Festival, R&D

2020
OBSERVER DIRECTOR, Coriolanus, Crucible Theatre Sheffield, 3 weeks, 2020

2019
OBSERVER DIRECTOR, Macbeth, Royal Exchange Theatre, 5 weeks, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DNA, Lakeside Arts Theatre, 1 week, 2019
DIRECTOR, A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing, Curve Theatre Leicester (NSDF), 2 days, 2019

2018
VIDEO DESIGNER, Adult Child/Dead Child, Nottingham New Theatre, 2 days, 2018
DIRECTOR, A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing, Nottingham New Theatre, 1 week, 2018
DIRECTOR, Salome, Nottingham New Theatre, 1 week, 2018

2017
PRODUCER, Wrecked, Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 4 weeks, 2017
PRODUCER, The Black Dog On My Sofa, Nottingham New Theatre, 2 days 2017

Training

PROPER Practitioner Training, Warts and All Theatre (2021)
Young Vic Springboard Program (2020)
National Student Drama Festival (2019)
Almeida Theatre Directing Workshop with Robert Icke (2018)
RSC Big Directors Weekend (2018)
Marketing Intern at HandMade Theatre (2018)
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), Young Actors’ Summer School, Exploring Shakespeare and Contemporary Text (2014)