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About me
I'm a freelance theatre director with an interest in new writing. I've worked on large scale productions on the West End and venues across the UK. Previously, I was joint Artistic Director of new writing company Flux Theatre for 6 years. I enjoy collaborating with writers from early stages in the development of new work and am especially interested in working with live music, sound and other digital disciplines. I'm an Associate Director at The Watermill and Theatre Directing Associate at Mountview. I've led youth and outreach programmes at The Watermill, Chichester Festival Theatre and Corn Exchange, and worked as a guest director at drama schools including Mountview, Royal Academy of Music and Oxford School of Drama. Current: Associate Director on 'Operation Mincemeat' (West End) & 'Dawn French is a Huge Twat' (UK Tour). I'll be directing 'The Wizard of Oz' at The Watermill this Christmas. The Press
"This retelling of Dickens' story succeeds magnificently." ★★★★ WhatsOnStage (A Christmas Carol) "Georgie Staight’s lively, socially distanced direction captures the spirit and much of the darkness of Dickens’ short story." ★★★★ The Stage (A Christmas Carol) "Georgie Staight directs with great clarity." ★★★★ The Guardian (Into The Numbers) “Georgie Staight’s absorbing production.” The Independent (Into The Numbers) "Flawlessly orchestrated by Georgie Staight." ★★★★★ Always Time for Theatre (Section 2) “It’s difficult to know where to start with what is right with Chutney." ★★★★★ LondonTheatre1 (CHUTNEY) “A visual masterpiece... the use of the stage was flawless” ★★★★ Pocket Sized Theatre (CHUTNEY) |
2023
Operation Mincemeat (Associate Director, West End) Dawn French Is A Huge T**t (Associate Director, U.K. Tour) The Wizard of Oz (Director, Watermill Theatre) Credits As Director: Wizard of Oz (Watermill Theatre) Vinegar Tom (Mountview), Camp Albion (Watermill Theatre), Instructions for A Teenage Armageddon, (Southwark Playhouse, nominated for 4 OffWestEnd Awards), Queen Mab (Iris Theatre, nominated for an OffCom Award), Things I Know To Be True (Royal Academy of Music), Wind In The Willows (Mountview Academy of Arts), A Christmas Carol (Watermill Theatre), Eigengrau (Waterloo East Theatre), D-Day 75 (Watermill Theatre, 101 Outdoor Arts & Greenham Trust), CHUTNEY (Bunker Theatre, nominated for 4 Off-West End Awards), Into The Numbers (Finborough Theatre), Section 2 (Bunker Theatre), Dubailand (Finborough Theatre, nominated for an Off-West End award), Dreamless Sleep (Arts Theatre & Pint Sized Finalist at Bunker Theatre), Flood (Tristan Bates Theatre). As Associate Director: Operation Mincemeat (Fortune Theatre, West End), Dawn French Is A Huge T**t (U.K. tour), Sweet Charity (Watermill Theatre), Our Town (Watermill Theatre), Legally Blonde: The Musical (Bernie Grant Arts Centre). Georgie is Associate Director at The Watermill and Theatre Directing Associate at Mountview. Represented by Nick Frankfort at Michael Grandage Company. |