Jude Christian
Director & Writer
Agent
Assistant
Biography
Jude Christian’s recent directing includes The Girl with the Hurricane Brain (Copenhagen Opera Festival), The Legend of Ned Ludd (Liverpool Everyman), Manon Lescaut (English Touring Opera), The Taming of the Shrew; Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare’s Globe), Violet (Aldeburgh Festival and tour), Pleasure Seekers (Soho Theatre), The Wellspring (Royal & Derngate), Peter Pan (Brageteatret Drammen), Trust; I’d rather Goya robbed me of my sleep than some other arsehole (Gate Theatre), My Mum’s a Twat; Bodies; Lela & Co. (Royal Court), Parliament Square (Royal Exchange and Bush). Jude is Artistic Director of Northern Opera Group and an Associate Artist at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Writing includes The Firework-Maker’s Daughter; The Snow Queen (Polka), Ways of Being (Tramway, Sadler’s Wells), LADY (Yomiuri Otemachi Hall Tokyo), Ten Thousand Heartbeats (Tamasha, Coney, Liverpool Unity and Everyman), Dick Whittington (Lyric and National Theatre), Nanjing (The Yard, Shakespeare’s Globe, Theatertreffen Stückemarkt).
Credits
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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THE FIREWORK MAKER'S DAUGHTER 2025 |
Polka Theatre |
Writer |
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RAPUNZEL 2024 |
Liverpool Everyman |
As Writer |
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THE TAMING OF THE SHREW 2024 |
Shakespeare's Globe |
As Director |
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THE LEGEND OF NED LUDD 2024 |
Liverpool Everyman Theatre |
As Director |
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THE SNOW QUEEN 2023 |
Polka Theatre |
As Writer |
|
WAYS OF BEING 2023 |
Glasgow Tramway / Sadler’s Wells |
As Writer |
|
LADY MACBETH 2023 |
Yomiuri Otemachi Hall, Tokyo / Total Stage Produce Inc |
As Writer |
|
TITUS ANDRONICUS 2023 |
Shakespeare's Globe (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse) |
As Director |
|
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK 2022 |
Lyric Hammersmith |
As Co-Writer with Sonia Jalaly |
|
KAN YAMA KAN 2022 |
59 Productions |
As Writer |
|
AS YOU WRITE IT 2022 |
Shakespeare North Playhouse |
As Director |
|
VIOLET 2022 |
Music Theatre Wales |
As Director |
|
NANJING 2021 |
Theatertreffen |
As Writer and Performer |
|
HOMEMAKERS 2020 |
HOME |
As dramaturg |
|
DICK WHITTINGTON 2020 |
National Theatre |
As co-writer with Cariad Lloyd |
|
LIVING NEWSPAPER 2020 |
Royal Court |
As Director |
|
CINDERELLA 2019 |
Lyric Hammersmith |
As Writer |
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PETER PAN 2019 |
Brageteatret, Norway |
As Adapter & Director |
|
DOCTOR FAUSTUS 2018 – 2019 |
Shakespeare's Globe (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse) |
As Dramaturg |
|
DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL 2018 – 2019 |
Shakespeare's Globe (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse) |
As Director |
|
DICK WHITTINGTON 2018 – 2019 |
Lyric Hammersmith |
Co-writer with Cariad Lloyd and as Director |
|
OTHELLOMACBETH 2018 |
Lyric Hammersmith |
As director |
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NANJING 2018 |
Shakespeare's Globe |
As writer and performer. Part of Refugee Week |
|
THREE SISTERS 2018 |
Rash Dash / Royal Exchange Studio, Manchester |
As Dramaturg |
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TRUST 2018 |
Gate Theatre, London |
Directed & Performed by Jude Christian |
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MY MUM'S A TWAT 2018 |
Royal Court |
By Anoushka Warden |
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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK 2017 |
Lyric Hammersmith |
As Co-Director |
|
THE SEAGULL 2017 |
Lyric Hammersmith |
As Associate |
|
PARLIAMENT SQUARE 2017 |
Royal Exchange / Bush |
By James Fritz |
|
BODIES 2017 |
Royal Court |
By Vivienne Franzmann |
|
THE PATH 2016 |
HighTide Festival |
Various writers |
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SPLIT/MIXED 2016 |
Summerhall |
By Ery Nzaramba |
|
BLUE 2016 |
RWCMD / Gate Theatre |
By Joe Ward Munrow |
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LELA & CO. 2015 |
Royal Court |
By Cordelia Lynn |
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I'D RATHER GOYA ROBBED ME OF MY SLEEP THAN SOME OTHER S.O.B. 2015 |
Boom Arts, Portland) |
By Rodrigo García |
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HOW DO YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT? BWYTA ELIFFANT, SUT MAE GWNEUD HYNNY DWEDWCH? 2014 |
National Youth Theatre of Wales: Aberystwyth Arts Centre & Tour |
Devised |
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HAPPY 2014 |
Pentabus |
By Cara Squires |
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THE MUSHROOM 2014 |
Pentabus |
By Jade Edwards |
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PUNK ROCK 2014 |
RADA |
By Simon Stephens |
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I'D RATHER GOYA ROBBED ME OF MY SLEEP THAN SOME OTHER ARSEHOLE 2014 |
Gate Theatre |
By Rodrigo García |
|
BALANSERA 2013 |
Remix Gold (Poole Lighthouse) |
Circus play devised with integrated youth theatre |
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SONATA MOVEMENTS 2012 |
Concert Theatre (Blue Elephant) | |
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MY ROMANTIC HISTORY 2011 |
English Theatre Berlin |
By DC Jackson |
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LAST EASTER 2010 |
RADA |
By Bryony Lavery |
| ASSOCIATE DIRECTING | ||
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THE DARKEST CORNERS 2017 |
Rashdash / Transform Festival | |
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ALADDIN 2016 |
Lyric Hammersmith |
Dir. Ellen McDougall |
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SHOPPING AND FUCKING 2016 |
Lyric Hammersmith |
Dir. Sean Holmes |
|
CARMEN DISRUPTION 2015 |
Almeida |
Dir. Michael Longhurst |
Opera
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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THE GIRL WITH THE HURRICANE BRAIN 2024 |
Ensemble Lydenskab / Copenhagen Opera Festival | |
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MANON LESCAUT 2023 |
English Touring Opera |
As Director & Librettist |
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THE LOST THING 2019 |
Candoco; Royal Opera House |
By by Shaun Tan |
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HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT 2015 |
Académie du Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, in association with Opera Lab Berlin | |
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©alculated to Death 2014 |
Tête à Tête opera festival, White Lab, Central St Martins |
By Sebastian Laskowski |
Assisting Credits
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
|
Assistant Director 2012 – 2013 |
Royal Opera House Youth Opera Company |
Dir. Karen Gillingham |
