Lucy Bailey is a theatre director who co-founded and was the co-artistic director of The Print Room. Recently, she has directed a staggering production of Agatha Christie’s ‘Witness For The Prosecution’ at London County Hall, immersing the audience into the text.
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL Current
World Premiere
Chichester Festival Theatre / Fiery Angel
Press performance 25th April 2024
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE Current
UK Tour
Northampton Royal & Derngate / Fiery Angel
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
UK Tour, World Premiere
Simon Friend Productions
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Globe Theatre
★★★★★
‘Simply delightful… There’s magic in the air during this production’ – Broadway World
★★★★
‘Bewitching [and] stylishly summery… Tremendous’- The Times
★★★★
‘Buoyant with slapstick… full of visual colour’’ – The Observer
★★★★
‘Splendid… visually appealing and very funny’ The Telegraph
★★★★
‘Joyous, clever…genuinely funny’ Financial Times
OLEANNA
Theatre Royal Bath
★★★★★
The Guardian, The Metro, The Sunday Times, The Times
★★★★
“The show of the year” The Daily Telegraph
★★★★
“Lucy Bailey’s smart, sleek production…” Whatsonstage
★★★★
Broadway World, The Evening Standard
GASLIGHT
UK Tour, starring Martin Shaw
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION by Agatha Christie
London’s County Hall
GHOSTS a new adaptation by Mike Poulton
Northampton Royal & Derngate,
LOVE FROM A STRANGER by Agatha Christie
Northampton Royal & Derngate, UK Tour
CAVE a site specific opera by Tansy Davies & Nick Drake
Printworks, Rotherhithe
THE GRADUATE
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leicester Curve, UK Tour
Starring Catherine McCormack
COMUS by John Milton & Patrick Barlow
Shakespeare’s Globe, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
KENNY MORGAN by Mike Poulton
World Premiere and revival: Arcola Theatre
GREAT EXPECTATIONS a new adaptation by Michael Eaton
West Yorkshire Playhouse
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
St James Theatre
GASLIGHT
Northampton Royal & Derngate, starring Tara Fitzgerald
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
UK Tour
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Harold Pinter Theatre, starring Nigel Havers and Sian Philips
TITUS ANDRONICUS
Shakespeare’s Globe
DIAL ‘M’ FOR MURDER
UK Tour
FORTUNE’S FOOL by Turgenev
Old Vic Theatre, starring Iain Glen
THE WINTER’S TALE
Royal Shakespeare Company, UK Tour
KING LEAR
Bath Theatre Royal
Starring David Haig
UNCLE VANYA
The Print Room
Starring Iain Glen
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
Royal Shakespeare Company, UK Tour
THE BEGGARS’ OPERA
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
KINGDOM OF EARTH by Tennessee Williams
UK Premiere The Print Room
SNAKE IN THE GRASS by Alan Aykbourn
The Print Room
JULIUS CAESAR
RSC at The Roundhouse/The Armoury New York
FABRICATION by Pier Paolo Pasolini adapted by Jamie Mackendrick
UK Premiere The Print Room
MACBETH
Shakespeare’s Globe
DIAL M FOR MURDER by Frederick Knott
West Yorkshire Playhouse and UK Tour
JULIUS CAESAR
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
PRIVATE LIVES by Noel Coward
Hampstead Theatre
THE LADY FROM THE SEA
Birmingham Rep
TIMON OF ATHENS
Shakespeare’s Globe
GLASS EELS by Nell Leyshon
Hampstead Theatre
DON’T LOOK NOW Ad. Nell Leyshon from book by Daphne du Maurier
Crucible, Sheffield & Lyric, Hammersmith
COMFORT ME WITH APPLES by Nell Leyshon
Hampstead Theatre, UK Tour
TONIGHT AT 8.30 by Noel Coward
Chichester Festival Theatre
TITUS ANDRONICUS
Shakespeare’s Globe
COMFORT ME WITH APPLES by Nell Leyshon
Hampstead Theatre
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
Playhouse Theatre, West End
starring Charlotte Emmerson and Val Kilmer
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE adaptation by Andrew Rattenbury
West Yorkshire Playhouse
THE NIGHT SEASON by Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Cottesloe, National Theatre
TWELFTH NIGHT
Royal Exchange Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Royal Exchange Theatre
STAIRS TO THE ROOF by Tennessee Williams
Chichester Festival Theatre
THE ASH GIRL by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Birmingham Rep
BABY DOLL by Tennessee Williams adapted for the stage by Lucy Bailey
Birmingham Rep, National Theatre & Albery Theatre, West End
AS YOU LIKE IT
Shakespeare’s Globe, Tokyo Globe
THE MAID’S TRAGEDY by Beaumont and Fletcher
Shakespeare’s Globe
CHERYOUMUSHKI 1958 by Shostakovich
Lyric, Hammersmith
SCHOOL FOR WIVES by Moliere
Salisbury Playhouse
PLAY/ACT WITHOUT WORDS II
International Beckett Festival
COME AND GO
Gate Theatre, Dublin
LESSNESS by Samuel Beckett
World Premiere, Oxford Playhouse
OPERA/MUSIC THEATRE
1995 – 2006 Lucy has been both Co-Founder and Artistic Director of THE
GOGMAGOGS – a music theatre ensemble of string players. She has
conceived and directed shows including:
THE GOGMAGOGS GUMBO JUMBO Greenwich Theatre & International Tour
TROY TOWN BAC & Riverside Studio
THE FOOL by John Taverner, Norwich Festival & Queen Elizabeth Hall
THE GOGMAGOGS AGOGO Purcell Room, RFH.
INTRODUCING THE GOGMAGOGS ICA Theatre & Royal Court
GUDRUN’S FOURTH SONG Opera Nord, Copenhagen
LET’S BEGIN AGAIN by John Tavener, World Premiere, Norwich Festival
NOYES FLUDDE by Benjamin Britten, Aldeburgh Festival
JENUFA by Janacek, ENO/London Coliseum
TEOREMA by Georgio Battistelli Florence World Premiere, Munich Bienale,
MARY OF EGYPT by John Tavener World Premiere, Aldeburgh Festival
MADAM BUTTERFLY by Puccini Vancouver Opera
FILM
YOU CAN RUN 2003
Short Film
TEACHING / WORKSHOPS
2016 Tennessee Williams National Theatre Studio
2016 Jean Cocteau Almeida Theatre
2016 The Devils National Theatre Studio
2015 Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare in Italy, Urbino
2014/16 MAD LAB Guildhall School of Music
2012 MA directing course RADA
2006 Don’t Look Now National Theatre Studio
2004 Music Theatre Workshop Guildhall School of Music
2003 Music Theatre Workshop Opera Nord, Copenhagen
2003 The Postman Always Rings Twice National Theatre Studio
2002 ISPA Conference: Invited Speaker New York
2001 Music Theatre Workshop Concordia String Orchestra
2000 Music Theatre Workshop Stockholm