Liz is the Artistic Director at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick.
She is also the Artistic Director of Junction 8 Theatre. She won the JMK Young Director Award 2015 for which she directed Barbarians at the Young Vic, which was nominated for an Olivier Award. Liz is currently the Associate Director on the UK and Ireland tour of the National Theatre’s production of Macbeth dir. by Artistic Director Rufus Norris.
Directing Credits
The Secret Garden
by Jessica Swale
Theatre by the Lake
Keswick
Nov - Jan 2018
Under the Market Roof
by Becky Prestwich
Junction 8 Theatre
Chorley Market
Oct 2017
Handbagged
by Moira Buffini
Theatre by the Lake
Keswick
Jun - Nov 2017
How My Light is Spent
by Alan Harris
Royal Exchange, Sherman Theatre
and Theatre by the Lake
Apr - Jun 2017
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
The Dukes (Young Actors)
Lancaster
Mar 2017
Blue Stockings
by Jessica Swale
ALRA North
Oct 2016
Midnight at the Hotel Beauregard & Too Fast
by Penelope Skinner & Douglas Maxwell
ALRA North
Jan 2016
Barbarians
by Barrie Keefe
The Young Vic
Dec 2015
MacThe Gap & Talking Down
by Simon Stephens & Ian Kershaw
Bridging The Gap
Halle St Peters, Manchester
Sept 2015
July 2015
247 Theatre Festival
Manchester
We Are The Multitude
by Laura Harper
May 2012
Lee Rosy's Tea Shop
Nottingham
The Dumb Waiter
by Harold Pinter
Apr 2012
The Actor's Studio
Liverpool
The Match
by Mari Lloyd
Aug 2011
C Venues
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Beef
by Rose Williams
Rope
by Patrick Hamilton
Nottingham New Theatre
May 2011
Orphans
by Dennis Kelly
NSDF 2011
Scarborough
Apr 2011
Jul 2010
Blackburn Empire Theatre
The Country
by Martin Crimp
Mar 2010
Nottingham New Theatre
Road
by Jim Cartwright
Assistant Director Credits
Mr Punch
by Patrick Markber
National Theatre Studio
May 2018
dir. Patrick Marber
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
National Theatre
Mar 2018
dir. Rufus Norris
Nov 2014
Wildefire
by Roy Williams
Hampstead Theatre
dir. Maria Aberg
Brittania Waves the Rules
by Gareth Farr
Jun 2014
Royal Exchange Theatre
dir. Nick Bagnall
The Last Days of Troy
by Simon Armitage
Royal Exchange Theatre and Shakespeare's Globe
Jun 2014
dir. Nick Bagnall
Much Ado Abotu Nothing
Shakespeare
Royal Exchange Theatre
May 2014
dir. Maria Aberg
Blindsided
by Simon Stephens
Feb 2014
Royal Exchange Theatre
dir. Sarah Frankcom
That Day We Sang
by Victoria Wood
dir. Sarah Frankcom
Royal Exchange Theatre
Jan 2014
dir. Dan Bird
Aug 2013
Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival
The Adventure
by Oliver Birch
dir. Polly Findlay
Apr 2013
Menier Chocolate Factory
Proof
by David Auburn
dir. Justin Audibert
Gate Theatre
Gruesome Playground Injuries
by Rajiv Joseph
Feb 2013
dir. Richard Beecham
Arts Educational Drama School
Dec 2012
Tory Boyz
by James Graham
Education and Training
Birkbeck, University of London
MFA Theatre Directing (Distinction)
University of Nottingham
BA English Studies (2:1)