Owen Horsley
Director/Writer
Agent
Assistant
Biography
Owen is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Associate Director of Cheek By Jowl. He trained at Drama Centre London.
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a thrilling major event
The Guardian on Henry VI: Rebellion & Wars of the Roses (Royal Shakespeare Company)
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a witty, well-plotted and heartfelt story, magicked into life in a taut and tender production directed by Owen Horsley
The Stage on Cinderella (Rose Theatre Kingston)
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Horsley captures the cynical disillusion in a script that punctures heroic myth to convey a nihilistic wasteland of war
The Times on Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare’s Globe)
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Owen Horsley’s anti-heroic production at Shakespeare’s Globe is pungent and bitterly comic
Financial Times on Troilus and Cressida
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prizes certain more unusual things about the play to quiet and steady effect … a dignifiedly twilight world, stylish and welcoming
What’s On Stage on Twelfth Night (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre)
★ ★ ★ ★
Horsley proves himself to be one of the best directors of Shakespeare to have emerged at the Royal Shakespeare Company in recent years
The Daily Mail on Henry VI: Rebellion & Wars of the Roses
Credits
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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AS YOU LIKE IT 2026 |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
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ROUGH WITH THE SMOOTH 2026 |
Pitlochry Festival Theatre |
By Shomit Dutta |
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TWELFTH NIGHT 2026 |
National Theatre of Cyprus | |
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CINDERELLA 2025 |
Rose Theatre Kingston |
By Chris Bush and Roni Neale |
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TROILUS AND CRESSIDA 2025 |
Shakespeare's Globe | |
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HENRY VIII 2025 |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama | |
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TWELFTH NIGHT 2024 |
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre |
By William Shakespeare |
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DIANA: THE MUSICAL 2023 |
Eventim Apollo |
Music and Lyrics by David Bryan |
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LINCK & MÜLHAHN 2023 |
Hampstead Theatre |
By Ruby Thomas |
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BOUNDLESS AS THE SEA 2022 |
Cunard/Royal Shakespeare Company |
Writer, Director & Choreographer |
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MISS LITTLEWOOD 2022 |
Cunard/Royal Shakespeare Company |
Director & Choreographer By Sam Kenyon |
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THE WARS OF THE ROSES 2022 |
Royal Shakespeare Company (Royal Shakespeare Theatre) |
Adapted from William Shakespeare |
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HENRY VI: REBELLION 2022 |
Royal Shakespeare Company (Royal Shakespeare Theatre) |
Adapted from William Shakespeare |
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DORIAN 2021 |
Reading Rep |
Co-adapted with Phoebe Eclair- |
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THIS RESTLESS HOUSE 2021 |
Drama Centre London |
By Zinnie Harris |
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HENRY VI PART 1: OPEN REHEARSAL PROJECT 2021 |
Royal Shakespeare Company |
Co-directed with Gregory Dora |
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UNCLE VANYA 2021 |
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama |
By Chekhov, adapted by Richard Nelson |
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MAYDAYS 2018 |
Royal Shakespeare Company (The Other Place) |
By David Edgar |
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ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA 2018 |
Classic Stage Company / Bard City |
By William Shakespeare |
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WHO'S THERE: HAMLET, A MEMORY PLAY 2018 |
Classic Stage Company / Bard City |
After William Shakespeare |
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DORIAN GRAY 2017 |
Watermill Theatre |
Adapted by Phoebe Eclair-Powell |
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SALOMÉ 2017 |
Royal Shakespeare Company (Swan Theatre) |
By Oscar Wilde |
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HENRY V 2016 |
Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre |
By William Shakespeare |
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FIRST ENCOUNTERS: THE FAMOUS VICTORIES OF HENRY V 2015 |
Royal Shakespeare Company / UK & USA Tour |
Adapted from 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry |
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OUTSIDE ON THE STREET 2013 |
Arcola Theatre / Edinburgh Festival |
By Invertigo Theatre |
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DUCHESS OF MALFI 2012 |
Eyestrings Theatre |
By John Webster |
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AS YOU LIKE IT 2012 |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
By William Shakespeare |
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LYSISTRATA 2012 |
Albany Theatre |
By Aristophanes |
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THE MALCONTENT 2011 |
Teatro en Transito, Madrid / Almagro Festival |
By John Marston |
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ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA 2011 |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
By William Shakespeare |
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DUCHESS OF MALFI (MALFI) 2011 |
Soho Theatre / Eyestrings Theatre |
By John Webster |
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ROMEO AND JULIET 2009 |
Love and Madness / UK Tour |
By William Shakespeare |
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IN BED WITH MESSALINA 2009 |
Eyestrings Theatre |
By Benjamin Askew |
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EDWARD II 2008 |
Eyestrings Theatre / St. Andrew's Crypt, London |
By Christopher Marlowe |
Opera
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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LA CENERENTOLA 2023 |
Nevill Holt Opera |
By Rossini |
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM 2015 |
Garsington Opera / Royal Festival Hall |
By William Shakespeare and Felix |
Associate Credits
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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RICHARD II 2013 – 2016 |
Royal Shakespeare Company / BAM / Barbican / China Tour |
Dir. Gregory Doran |
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HENRY IV PARTS 1 AND 2 2015 – 2016 |
Royal Shakespeare Company / BAM / Barbican / China Tour |
Dir. Gregory Doran |
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HENRY V 2015 – 2016 |
Royal Shakespeare Company / BAM / Barbican / China Tour |
Dir. Gregory Doran |
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'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHOR 2011 – 2013 |
Cheek by Jowl / Barbican Theatre / World Tour |
Dir. Declan Donnellan |
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MACBETH 2009 – 2010 |
Cheek by Jowl / Barbican Theatre / World Tour |
Dir. Declan Donnellan |
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TROILUS AND CRESSIDA 2008 |
Cheek by Jowl / Barbican Theatre / World Tour |
Dir. Declan Donnellan |
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CYMBELINE 2007 |
Cheeky by Jowl / Barbican Theatre / World Tour |
Dir. Declan Donnellan |
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THE CHANGELING 2006 |
Cheek by Jowl / Barbican Theatre / World Tour |
Dir. Declan Donnella |
Other
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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WORKSHOPS 2017 – 2019 |
Classic Stage / Bard City |
Classical Text for Actors and Directors |
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BOUNDLESS AS THE SEA 2017 |
Royal Shakespeare Company / New York Times |
Director |
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SHAKESPEARE AT NO. 10 2016 |
Royal Shakespeare Company / 10 Downing St. |
Director |
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WORKSHOP FOR AMERICAN ACTORS FOCUSING ON APPROACHING CLASSICAL TEXT 2016 |
BAM Master Class |
Director |
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SHAKESPEARE UNWRAPPED WORKSHOP 2013 – 2015 |
Royal Shakespeare Company |
Director |
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SHAKESPEARE AT THE SHARD 2014 |
Royal Shakespeare Company |
Director |
