Joe Lichtenstein
Director
Agent
Assistant
Biography
Joe is a theatre director, artist and animator. He trained on the National Theatre’s Director Course in 2016. As well as directing across the UK and in Europe, Joe has also worked on various productions throughout the UK and on Broadway as an Associate and Assistant director.
He was awarded Firstsite Collectors’ Bursary Award in 2020. In 2016 Joe was awarded the National Theatre Director’s Course and the JMK Award Finalist in 2015. In both 2011 and 2009 he won the Leeds Young Person’s National Film Award. He obtained his Writing, Directing and Performance degree from the University of York.
Credits
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
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THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD 2026 |
UK Tour |
UK Tour Director |
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GRACE PERVADES 2026 |
Theatre Royal Haymarket |
Associate Director |
Associate Credits
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD 2025 |
@sohoplace |
Dir. Jeremy Herrin |
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EVERY BRILLIANT THING 2025 |
@sohoplace |
Dir. Jeremy Herrin |
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GRACE PERVADES 2025 |
Theatre Royal Bath |
Dir. Jeremy Herrin |
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THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD 2024 |
Chichester Festival Theatre |
Dir. Jeremy Herrin |
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DOUBT 2022 |
Chichester Festival Theatre |
Dir. Lia Williams |
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PINTER AT THE PINTER: GALA 2018 |
Harold Pinter Theatre |
Dir. Jamie Lloyd |
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PINTER AT THE PINTER: PINTER THREE 2018 |
Harold Pinter Theatre |
Dir. Jamie Lloyd |
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PINTER AT THE PINTER: PINTER ONE 2018 |
Harold Pinter Theatre |
Dir. Jamie Lloyd & Lia Williams |
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BEGINNING 2018 |
Ambassadors Theatre |
Dir. Polly Findlay |
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BEGINNING 2017 |
National Theatre (Dorfman) |
Dir. Polly Findlay |
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A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE 2015 |
Lyceum Theatre, New York |
Dir. Ivo van Hove |
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LULU 2015 |
Dutch National Opera |
Dir. William Kentridge |
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KINGS OF WAR 2015 |
Toneelgroep Amsterdam |
Dir. Ivo van Hove |
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BRASSED OFF! 2014 |
York Theatre Royal |
Dir. Damien Cruden |
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THE GLASS MENAGERIE 2013 |
Bolton Octagon |
Dir. David Thacker |
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TULL 2013 |
Bolton Octagon |
Dir. David Thacker |
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OF MICE AND MEN 2013 |
Bolton Octagon |
Dir. David Thacker |
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ESSEX DYONISIA 2012 |
Lakeside Theatre, Colchester |
Dir. Gari Jones |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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FIESTA 2023 |
Queens Theatre Hornchurch / Havering Changing |
Writer and Director |
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THE EMPTY CHAIR 2022 |
Queens Theatre Hornchurch |
Devisor/Director/Designer |
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BEGINNING 2021 |
Queens Theatre Hornchurch / Theatre Royal, Bath |
By David Eldridge |
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A TASTE OF JOY! 2021 |
Dalston Warehouses |
By Joe Lichtenstein and Andy Livingstone |
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PUNK ROCK 2020 |
Hope Street Theatre |
By Simon Stephens |
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THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST 2018 |
Arts Theatre |
Rehearsed Reading |
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A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH 2017 |
Old Red Lion, London |
By Freddie Rosen |
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CORNERMEN 2015 – 2016 |
The Vaults Festival / Incoming Festival / OtherPlace / New Diorama Theatre / Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh Festival |
By Oli Forsyth |
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SMOKE OF HOME 2013 – 2016 |
Clifford’s Tower 2016 / Bloomsbury Theatre 2015 / York Theatre / Royal and Landesbuhnen Sachsen, Germany 2014 / York Black Box Theatre |
By Zednek Elias and Jiri Stein |
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ESSEX GIRLS 2014 |
The Drama Barn |
By Rebecca Prichard |
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THE LESSON 2013 |
The Drama Barn |
By Eugene Ionesco |
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WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? 2012 |
The Drama Barn |
By Edward Albee |
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FROZEN 2012 |
The Drama Barn |
By Bryony Lavery |
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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DO YOU DREAM IN COLOUR? 2021 |
Animation |
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THE SHARK 2020 |
Animation |
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THE EYE 2019 |
Animation |
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LOVE YOUR HEART 2018 |
Animation |
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THE DRIP 2017 |
Animation |
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THE BIRD 2017 |
Animation |
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TIME PASSES SLOWLY 2016 |
Animation |
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CADMIUM RED NO.682 2016 |
Animation |
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TIDAL WAVE 2014 |
Animation |
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VIEW FROM COURT 15 2014 |
Animation |
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MY BOX 2011 |
Animation |
Other
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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YOU ARE HERE 2016 |
Music video |