Ryan McBryde

Directors, Stage Director

    About Ryan McBryde

    Ryan McBryde is an award-winning theatre director.  He is formerly the Creative Director for the Mercury Theatre, Colchester (2019 – 2024).

    As Associate and Assistant Director, Ryan has worked with Stephen Daldry, Fiona Laird, Marianne Elliot and Matthew Warchus.

    Theatre

      • Production
      • Company
      • Notes
      • HONK!
      • Barn Theatre
      • Upcoming / Director
      • DOUBLE DOUBLE
      • Barn Theatre
      • Director
      • ZOG
      • Freckle Limited, UK Tour
      • Director
      • ANIMAL FARM
      • Stadt Trier
      • Adaptor & Director
      • THE 39 STEPS
      • Salisbury Playhouse
      • Director
      • SLEEPING BEAUTY
      • Salisbury Playhouse
      • Director
      • MIDSUMMER (A PLAY WITH SONGS)
      • Mercury Theatre, Colchester
      • ★★★★ "Director Ryan McBryde gives full rein to inventiveness, and the production is perfectly paced, and unashamedly romantic. A gorgeous, unmissable production." Daily Mail (Critics Pick Of The Week) / ★★★★★ “Part of the reason why it felt so fresh, despite clearly being a lovely story about two lost souls finding each other, was its attention to detail and structure. HILARIOUS, incredible, and different!" British Theatre Guide / ★★★★ "Ryan McBryde has really risen to the challenge with this modern take on a rom-com. The packed audience of mainly young people loved it." The Stage
      • THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
      • Mercury Theatre, Colchester
      • “An absolute joy!” British Theatre Guide
      • GREAT EXPECTATIONS
      • Mercury Theatre, Colchester
      • ★★★★ “Ryan McBryde’s creative direction ensures that it's a fast-paced, engaging and visually impressive production that stays true to the original story while capturing the imagination….” WhatsOnStage / ★★★★ Condensing the huge novel into a brisk two hours, it is inventively and energetically directed by Ryan McBryde. Your expectations will be met! BritishTheatre.com
      • THEY DON’T PAY WE DON’T PAY
      • Mercury Theatre, Colchester
      • ★★★★★ “Ryan McBryde’s gloriously frenetic staging beds itself firmly into all the farcical elements of the Fo/Rame original. McBryde tops his production with a glorious a coup de théâtre, reminding us that mass protest should be not just a privilege but a right within any democracy.” The Stage
      • THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
      • Mercury Theatre, Colchester
      • ★★★★ “… feels like being invited to the glitziest party in town. It’s joyous and buoyant, and true to the spirit of Shakespeare – director Ryan McBryde has done a brilliant job making the show as accessible as possible. A remarkable achievement.” The Stage
      • BASKERVILLE
      • Mercury Theatre, Colchester
      • ★★★★ “Everything you could wish to see in a murder mystery comedy” - What’s On Stage
      • MOLL FLANDERS 
      • Mercury Theatre, Colchester
      • “Rendered with immense clarity in Ryan McBryde’s polished, moving production” ★★★★ Mark Shenton, The Stage
      • PIECES OF STRING
      • Mercury Theatre, Colchester
      • Nominated for Best Musical Production – UK Theatre Awards 2018 / ★★★★★ ‘Go see this…a formidable and magical musical experience…worthy of a west end transfer' Boyz Magazine / ★★★★★ ‘…magnificently directed by Ryan McBryde’ - British Theatre Guide / ★★★★ '…Seriously impressive and utterly lovely new British musical rendered with immense clarity in director Ryan McBryde’s polished, moving production”’ Mark Shenton @ The Stage
      • ROMEO AND JULIET
      • Theater Trier, Germany
      • LOVE ON THE LINKS
      • Salisbury Playhouse
      • JACK AND THE BEANSTALK  
      • Salisbury Playhouse
      • Winner - Best Pantomime at the Great British Pantomime Awards
      • THE INVISIBLE MAN
      • Queens Theatre, Hornchurch
      • BEFORE THE PARTY
      • Salisbury Playhouse
      • FAUST I  
      • Schauspielbühnen, Stuttgart
      • CINDERELLA
      • Salisbury Playhouse
      • ★★★★ ‘…fires on all cylinders from start to finish - a crackerjack of a show.’ The Stage
      • THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE  
      • Seabright Productions
      • Musical workshop
      • THE LIFE
      • The English Theatre, Frankfurt
      • THE HOUSE OF MIRROR AND HEARTS
      • Aria Ents
      • Arcola Theatre in July 2015
      • SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
      • Theatre Royal Bath and UK tour
      • 1984
      • Schauspielbühnen, Stuttgart
      • Nominated for the ‘Der Faust Theaterpreise’
      • SPRING AWAKENING
      • Schauspielbühnen, Stuttgart
      • THE RULING CLASS
      • English Theatre Frankfurt
      • ANGUS, THONGS AND EVEN MORE SNOGGING
      • West Yorkshire Playhouse/Michelou Productions
      • Premiere stage adaptation of Louise Rennison’s book
      • SWEET CHARITY
      • English Theatre Frankfurt
      • THE CRUCIBLE
      • Schauspielbühnen, Stuttgart
      • A DAY AT THE RACISTS
      • Finborough Theatre
      • THE RSC 50th ANNIVERSARY GALA
      • Royal Shakespeare Company
      • SPRING AWAKENING: THE MUSICAL; THE WHO’S TOMMY; THE FULL MONTY: THE MUSICAL; HYSTERIA; HAIR; DEATHTRAP and THE FOX
      • All for The English Theatre, Frankfurt
      • ON THE 20TH CENTURY
      • Union Theatre
      • THE JABBERWOCKY
      • Arcola Theatre
      • HAMLET – THE MUSICAL
      • Royal & Derngate, Northampton and Richmond Playhouse