NANCY HIRST

Director

Most recently Nancy was associate director for My Boy Jack, with David Haig and Belinda Lang, (originally directed by John Dove) for the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and subsequent tour.

Prior to this successful tour productions as Director include The Canterbury Tales (Icon Theatre tour); Five Fabulous Brothers, (Young Vic); The Men’s Room, (Croydon Warehouse Theatre); Violent Outing (Soho Theatre); Cosi Fan Tutte (City Opera); The Beggar’s Opera (OFA, Richard Eyre Theatre); Suor Angelica (City Opera); Skeleton Woman and Lady Death (BAC) and I Died at the Seaside (Etcetera Theatre).

As assistant director Nancy has worked for Opera North, ROH, Covent Garden, The Bush Theatre and the Cambridge Arts Theatre.

Nancy won the Stephen Arlen Award 2002 for her production of The Men’s Room and was a finalist for the James Menzies-Kitchen Young Director’s Award at the BAC 2002.

In 2003 Nancy participated in the RNT Studio Director’s Programme.