Josh Roche
Director
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Josh is a previous winner of the JMK Award. He is co-founder of the OpenHire campaign for fair hiring.
He was previously Writer's Centre Associate at the Soho Theatre and an Associate Reader for Sonia Friedman Productions and Shakespeare's Globe.
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Director Josh Roche keeps the jokes and the twists humming at a breathless meta pace
The Times on It's A Motherf**king Pleasure (FlawBored/Underbelly)
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Josh Roche’s powerful and disturbing revival reclaims Storey’s play
The Guardian on Home (Chichester Festival Theatre)
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Josh Roche handles the rich, rambling intricacy of Smith’s text with finesse, letting each moment of humour, warmth, or melancholy resonate like an echo on the airwaves
The Stage on Radio (Arcola Theatre)
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2024 | Royal Exchange Theatre | |
2024 | Park 200/Troupe Productions | Adapted by Shaun McKenna and Lin Coghlan |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2024 | SoHo Playhouse | By FlawBored |
2023 | RADA | By Joan Lindsay and Tom Wright |
2023 | Soho Theatre/Underbelly/Vaults Festival/FlawBored | By FlawBored |
2023 | Brits Off Broadway/59E59 | By Lucy Roslyn |
2023 | Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto | Co-Directed with Jonathan Dove |
2022 | Finborough Theatre | By Lucy Roslyn |
2022 | Theatre503 | By Joel Tan |
2021 | Chichester Festival Theatre (Minerva Theatre) | By David Storey |
TIGER COUNTRY 2021 | Oxford School of Drama | By Nina Raine |
THIRD YEAR PRODUCTION 2020 | RADA | |
2020 | Oxford School of Drama | By Joel Tan |
2019 | Mountview | By Lucy Kirkwood |
2019 | Summerhall/BBC Arts/Avalon | By Brian Catling |
2019 | The Vaults/Edinburgh Festival/Boondog Theatre | By Lucy Roslyn |
2019 | Arcola Theatre/Audible UK | By Al Smith |
2019 | ALRA | By Laura Wade |
2018 | Poleroid Theatre/Old Red Lion/Mercury Theatre | By Kenneth Emson |
2017 | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama | By Lope de Vega |
2017 | Young Vic | Edited by Katharine Viner and Alan Rickman |
THIS MUST BE THE PLACE 2016 | Poleroid Theatre/Vaults Festival | By Kenny Emson & Brad Birch |
WOMEN CENTRE STAGE 2016 | Sphinx Theatre | By Vinay Patel |
MAGNIFICENCE 2016 | Finborough Theatre/Fat Git Theatre | By Howard Brenton |
WORLD SHAKESPEARE CONFERENCE 2016 | Royal Shakespeare Company | One-Off Event |
KEEP THE ASPIDISTRA FLYING 2016 | Royal Shakespeare Company | R&D Project for The Other Place |
PLASTIC 2015 | Poleroid Theatre/Latitude Festival | By Kenny Emson |
A THIRD 2015 | Finborough Theatre/Fat Git Theatre | By Laura Jacqmin |
(I FEEL FINE) 2014 - 2015 | Fat Git Theatre/Vaults Festival/New Diorama Theatre | By Joe White |
A PIT OF CLAY 2014 | Fat Git Theatre/RIFT | By Brad Birch |
WINKY 2014 | Fat Git Theatre/Soho Theatre Underbelly | Adapted from George Saunders |
SPECIE 2013 | Fat Git Theatre/Pleasance Edinburgh/New Diorama | By Joe White |
UNINVITED 2012 | Fat Git Theatre/Bedlam Theatre/New Diorama | Adapted from Peter Mortimer |
Other
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM 2015 | Royal Shakespeare Company/Lloyds Bank | Event at The Banking Hall |
BURNS NIGHT CELEBRATION 2015 | Shakespeare's Globe | Event |
Assisting Credits
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2018 | Ambassadors Theatre/Chichester Festival Theatre/UK Tour | Associate Director |
SHAKESPEARE LIVE! 2016 | Royal Shakespeare Company | Dir. Gregory Doran |
THE ALCHEMIST 2016 | Royal Shakespeare Company (Swan Theatre/Barbican) | Dir. Polly Findlay |
DOCTOR FAUSTUS 2016 | Royal Shakespeare Company (Swan Theatre/Barbican) | Dir. Maria Aberg |
FARINELLI AND THE KING 2015 | Duke of York's Theatre | Dir. John Dove |
DEATH OF A SALESMAN 2015 | Royal Shakespeare Company (RST)/Noel Coward Theatre | Dir. Gregory Doran |
DOCTOR SCROGGY'S WAR 2014 | Shakespeare's Globe | Dir. John Dove |
ETERNAL LOVE 2014 | English Touring Theatre | Dir. John Dove |
BLINK 2013 | Soho Theatre/Traverse Theatre/59E59/Jagriti Theatre, Bangalore | Dir. Joe Murphy |
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW 2013 | Shakespeare's Globe/UK Tour/Asian Tour | Dir. Joe Murphy |
THE BOY WHO FELL INTO A BOOK 2012 | Soho Theatre | Dir. Steve Marmion |
UTOPIA 2012 | Soho Theatre | Dir. Steve Marmion |