Adam Penford
Director
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Adam has been Artistic Director of Nottingham Playhouse since 2017.
The venue won Regional Theatre of the Year 2019 in The Stage Awards, with the judges saying:
“The resurgence of Nottingham Playhouse under artistic director Adam Penford is a reason to rejoice.”
Trained at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA).
For Nottingham Playhouse: Piaf,An Enemy of the People, Coram Boy, The Madness of George III and Wonderland.
For the National Theatre: A Small Family Business (Olivier), Dorfman Opening Gala (Dorfman), Is There Wi-Fi in Heaven (The Shed), Island (Cottesloe). Revival Director on One Man Two Guvnors (West End, Broadway, UK and International Tour). Associate Director on NT 50 Years on Stage. Staff Director on Season’s Greetings.
Other directing credits: Holes(UK Tour), Committee(Donmar Warehouse), The Boys in the Band(Vaudeville and Park Theatre), Platinum(Hampstead Theatre), Unfaithful(Found111), Watership Down (Watermill Theatre), Deathtrap (Salisbury Playhouse and UK Tour), Ghost the Musical (ETF), Stepping Out (Salisbury Playhouse), The Machine Gunners and Run! (Polka Theatre), The Hostage (Southwark Playhouse) and Young Woodley, Tea and Sympathy (Finborough Theatre).
Assistant/Associate director credits: Kevin Spacey Gala (Old Vic), The Winter’s Tale (Propeller at the Watermill), The Vagina Monologues (National Tour), 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (Bush), Imagine This (Theatre Royal, Plymouth), Dying For It (Almeida) and Charley’s Aunt (Oxford Playhouse).
Theatre
Production | Company | Notes |
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Coram Boy 2019 | Nottingham Playhouse | Director |
An Enemy of the People 2019 | Nottingham Playhouse | Director |
Piaf 2020 | Nottingham Playhouse | Director |
Holes 2020 | UK Tour | Director |
2018 | Nottingham Playhouse | Director |
2018 | Nottingham Playhouse | Director |
2018 | Nottingham Playhouse | Director |
The Boys in the Band 2017 | Vaudeville Theatre | Director |
Committee 2017 | Donmar Warehouse | Director |
Platinum 2016 - 2017 | Hampstead Theatre | Director |
The Boys in the Band 2016 | Park Theatre | Director |
Unfaithful 2016 | Found111 | Director |
Watership Down 2016 | Watermill Theatre | Director |
Deathtrap 2016 | Salisbury Playhouse | Director |
Kevin Spacey Gala 2015 | Old Vic | Associate Director |
Is There Wi-Fi In Heaven? 2014 | National Theatre | Director |
Dorfman Opening Gala 2014 | National Theatre | Director |
Ghost the Musical 2014 | English Theatre Frankfurt | Director |
A Small Family Business 2014 | National Theatre | Director |
One Man, Two Guvnors 2014 | National Theatre | Revival Director - West End, Broadway & Tour |
50th Anniversary Gala 2013 | National Theatre & BBC | Associate Director to Nick Hytner |
Stepping Out 2012 | Salisbury Playhouse | Director |
Island 2012 | National Theatre | Director |
Run 2012 | Polka Theatre | Director |
The Machine Gunners 2011 | Polka Theatre | Director |
Season's Greetings 2010 | National Theatre | Staff Director to Marianne Elliot |
The Hostage 2010 | Southwark Playhouse | Director |
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover 2008 | Bush Theatre & Latitude Festival | Assistant to Anthea Williams |
Imagine This 2007 | Theatre Royal, Plymouth | Resident to Tim Sheader |
Dying For It 2007 | Almeida Theatre | Assistant to Anna Mackmin |
Out of Bounds: Young Woodley / Tea & Sympathy 2006 | Finborough Theatre | Director |
The Vagina Monologues 2006 | UK Tour | Associate to Tim Sheader |
Charley's Aunt 2006 | Oxford Playhouse | Assistant to Tim Sheader |