Jamie Manton

Director

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Biography

Jamie is a London based theatre and opera director. He is twice Olivier Award nominated for his productions of The Cunning Little Vixen and Paul Bunyan for the English National Opera.

Credits

Opera

Production Company Notes
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2026 		English National Opera

Director 2026 By Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Elisabeth Hauptmann
Ernani
2024 		Buxton International Festival

Director 2024
By Giuseppe Verdi
The Cunning Little Vixen
2024 		Canadian Opera Company, Toronto

Director Feb 2024
By Leos Janaceck
The Cunning Little Vixen
2022 		English National Opera

Director Feb 2022 (OLIVIER AWARDS NOMINATED)
By Leos Janaceck
La traviata
2021 		Nevill Holt Opera

Director Aug 2021
By Giuseppe Verdi
Paul Bunyan
2019 		English National Opera, Alexandra Palace

Director May 2019
By Benjamin Britten
Paul Bunyan
2018 		English National Opera

Director: Sep 2018 (OLIVIER AWARDS NOMINATED)
By Benjamin Britten
The Day After
2017 		English National Opera

Director May 2017
By Jonathan Dove
AS REVIVAL DIRECTOR
Fidelio
2025 		Garsington Opera

Revival Director
Original Dir. John Cox
Carmen
2023 		English National Opera

Revival Director Jan 2023
Original Dir. Calixto Bieto

Carmen
2021 		English National Opera

Revival Director Jan 2021
Original Dir. Calixto Bieto

AS ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Iolanthe
2023 		English National Opera

Staff Director Sep 2023
Dir. Michael Gracey
Billy Budd
2019 		Royal Opera House

Assistant Director Mar 2019
Dir. Deborah Warner
The Merry Widow
2019 		English National Opera

Assistant Director Jan 2019
Dir. Max Webster
Satyagraha
2018 		English National Opera

Assistant Director Jan 2018
Dir. Phelim McDermott
Billy Budd
2018 		Rome Opera

Assistant Director Apr 2018
Dir. Deborah Warner
Aida
2017 		English National Opera

Assistant Director Sep 2017
Dir. Phelim McDermott
Carousel
2016 		London Coliseum

Assistant Director Mar 2016
Dir. Lonny Price
The Magic Flute
2016 		English National Opera

Assistant Director Feb 2016
Dir. Simon McBurney
The Winter's Tale
2016 		English National Opera

Assistant Director Feb 2016
Dir. Rory Kinnear
Tristan & Isolde
2016 		English National Opera

Assistant Director Jun 2016
Dir. Daniel Kramer
La Boheme
2015 		English National Opera

Assistant Director Oct 2015
Dir. Benedict Andrews
Carmen
2015 		English National Opera

Staff Jan 2015
Dir. Calixto Bieto
Between Worlds
2015 		Barbican, ENO

Staff Apr 2015
Dir. Deborah Warner
Mastersingers of Nuremberg
2015 		English National Opera

Staff Feb 2015
Dir. Richard Jones
Xerxes
2014 		English National Opera

Staff Sep 2014
Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Gospel Acc to the other Mary
2014 		English National Opera

Staff Feb 2014
Dir. Peter Sellars

Other

Production Company Notes
DRAMA SCHOOL PRODUCTION
The Magic Flute (Drama School Production)
2025 		Royal Academy of Music

Director
By Amadeus Mozart
L’infidelta delusa (Drama School Production)
2024 		Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Director
By Joseph Haydn
The Day After (Drama School Production)
2018 		Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Director Feb 2018
By Jonathan Dove
AS ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
New Musical Workshop
2024 		Playful Productions

Associate Director
By Stephen Beresford, Dir. Matthew Warchus
New Musical Workshop
2023 		Elliot Harper Productions

Associate Director Jul 2023
By Rachel Joyce, Dir. Katy Rudd
New Musical Workshop
2022 		Old Vic Theatre

Associate Director Sep 2022
By Alain Boubil, Dir. Matthew Warchus
New Musical Workshop
2022 		Scenario Two

Associate Director Aug 2022
Dir. Michael Gracey

Theatre

Production Company Notes
AS DIRECTOR
The Tomorrow Gala
2023 		The Old Vic

Director Apr 2023
Featuring Sir Ian McKellan, Sir Mark Rylance, Andrew Scott
Eugene Onegin
2019 		Buxton Internation Festival

Director July 2019
By Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
No Quarter
2016 		Duelling Productions

Director July 2016
By Polly Stenham
King Lear
2016 		Old Vic Theatre

Assistant Director Oct 2016
Dir. Deborah Warner
A Single Act
2015 		Duelling Productions

Director June 2015
By Jane Bodie
The Norman Conquests Duelling Productions
2014 		Duelling Productions

Director Aug 2014
By Alan Ayckbourn
August: Osage County
2014 		Exeter Northcott Theatre

Director Feb 2014
By Tracy Letts
Punk Rock
2013 		Duelling Productions

Director Sep 2013
By Simon Stephens
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2026 		Chichester Festival Theatre and Haymarket Theatre West End

Associate Director

A Christmas Carol
2023 		Melbourne, Australia [Old Vic]

Revival Director Nov 2023
Original Dir. Matthew Warchus
Winner of 5 Tony Awards
A Christmas Carol
2023 		Melbourne, Australia

Revival Director Jan 2023
Original Dir. Matthew Warchus
Winner of 5 Tony Awards
A Christmas Carol
2022 		Melbourne, Australia

Revival Director Nov 2022
Original Dir. Matthew Warchus
Winner of 5 Tony Awards
A Christmas Carol
2021 		San Francisco, Golden Gate Theatre

Revival Director Nov 2021
Original Dir. Matthew Warchus
Winner of 5 Tony Awards
A Christmas Carol
2020 		In Camera: Old Vic

Revival Director Nov 2020
Original Dir. Matthew Warchus
Winner of 5 Tony Awards
A Christmas Carol
2019 		Broadway, NYC

Associate Director Nov 2019
By Jack Thorne, Dir. Matthew Warchus
Winner of 5 Tony Awards
A Christmas Carol
2018 		Old Vic Theatre

Associate Director Nov 2018
By Jack Thorne, Dir. Matthew Warchus
Winner of 5 Tony Awards
A Christmas Carol
2017 		Old Vic Theatre

Associate Director Nov 2017
By Jack Thorne, Dir. Matthew Warchus
Winner of 5 Tony Awards
Jamie Manton
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