FRANCESCA GOODRIDGE
Director
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Francesca is the Associate Director of Theatr Clwyd. She is currently Associate Director on Rufus Norris' production of Nye at the National Theatre.
Training
The National Theatre Directors Course.
First recipient of the 18 month Carne Traineeship for Directors in Wales. (Funded by The Carne Trust, ACW and Sir Ian McKellen)
Trainee Director at Theatr Clwyd
Trainee Director at The Other Room Theatre
BA Honours Acting Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.
Director Credits
Rope by Patrick Hamilton at Theatr Clwyd
A Greasy Spoon by Alice Bunker Whitney at Liverpools Royal Court Theatre
TRUTH OR DARE by Multiple Playwrights, Theatr Clwyd, 2023.
SORTER by Richard Mylan. Swansea Grand Theatre, March 2023. (Nominated for a Stage Debut Award)
Faustus: That Damned Woman by Chris Bush. Storyhouse Theatre, Chester. Jan-February 2023
The True Adventures of Marian and Robin Hood by Alan Pollock. The Barn Theatre, Cirencester. Dec-Jan 2023
A Pretty Sh*tty Love by Katherine Chandler (co-created by Francesca Goodridge). Theatr Clwyd with tour to Chapter Arts, July - August 2022.
POSH by Laura Wade. Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, May 2022.
Carousel by Rodgers andHammerstein. Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, February 2022.
Brothers Grimm Present Cinderella by Alan Pollock. The Barn Theatre, Cirencester. Dec-Jan 2022
Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. by Alice Birch. Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, October 2021
Once Upon A Christmas by Robert Evans, Diana Nneka Atuona and Rebecca Wilson. Co-directed with Tamara Harvey. Theatr Clwyd, December 2021.
The Future by Matthew Bulgo. National Youth Theatre of Wales, 2021.
Philistines by Gorky, adaptation by Andrew Upton.Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, March 2020.
The Crocodile by Tom Basden. The Cornerstone Theatre, Liverpool, 2019.
Adam, Eve and Steve The Musical by Chandler Warren. Kings Head Theatre, London, 2018
Shout! The Mod Musical by Phillip George and David Lowenstein . The Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, 2016.
Associate Director Credits
Nye by Tim Price. Directed by Rufus Norris. The National Theatre (Olivier) and Wales Millenium Centre.
Boys From the Blackstuff by James Graham. Directed by Kate Wasserberg. Co produced by Liverpools Royal Court, National Theatre and The Garrick Theatre (West End)
Famous Five The Musical book by Elinor Cook, music and lyrics by Theo Jamieson. Directed by Tamara Harvey. Co produced by Theatr Clwyd and Chichester Festival Theatre.
Curtain Up by multiple playwrights. (15 plays). Directed by Tamara Harvey, Theatr Clwyd, 2021
Sinner Club by Lucy Rivers. Directed by Titas Halder. The Other Room Theatre.
Isla by Tim Price. Directed by Tamara Harvey. Co production with The Royal Court Theatre, London.
Selected Assistant Director Credits
For The Grace Of You Go I by Alan Harris Directed by James Grieve.
Pavilion by Emily White. Directed by Tamara Harvey
Milky Peaks by writer/composer Seiriol Davies, devised by company Seiriol Davies, Matthew Blake, Dylan Townley. Directed by Alex Swift.
A Christmas Carol adaptation by Alan Harris. Directed by Liz Stevenson
Wave Me Goodbye by Emma Reeves. Directed by Christian Patterson.
Dick Whittington Rock’n’Roll Panto by Christian Patterson. Directed by Zoe Waterman.
The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde. Directed by Richard Fitch.
Other
Visiting Director at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Leeds Conservertoire, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Mountview and LIPA.
Work in Development
Miss Wales. A new all-female musical and recipient of the National Theatre Studio's Generate Programme. It will open at Theatr Clwyd for full production in 2026. Selected for BEAM 2023.
Without You: The Badfinger Musical. Supported by Arts Council Wales
References (contact details available on request)
Tamara Harvey, Joint Artistic Director of RSC.
Rufus Norris, Artistic Director of The National Theatre
Liz Stevenson, Artistic Director of Theatre by the Lake.
Tim Price, Playwright.