Sarah Meadows

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Sarah Meadows | Director | Dramaturg

Sarah is an award-winning director and previous Artistic Director of multi award-winning Longsight Theatre Company. Sarah is current director of Ride (Leicester Curve/Southwark Playhouse Elephant). Her original production at Charing Cross Theatre received critical acclaim and was finalist for six Off West End Awards nominations including Best Director (Musicals), winning two. Ride was also finalist for Best Off-West End Production at the 2022 WhatsOnStage Awards. Sarah recently directed the first UK sharing of smash hit Korean musical Marie Curie with Aria Entertainment which is set for UK premiere in 2024.

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Sarah Meadows | Director | Dramaturg

Sarah is an award-winning director and previous Artistic Director of multi award-winning Longsight Theatre Company. Sarah is current director of Ride (Leicester Curve/Southwark Playhouse Elephant). Her original production at Charing Cross Theatre received critical acclaim and was finalist for six Off West End Awards nominations including Best Director (Musicals), winning two. Ride was also finalist for Best Off-West End Production at the 2022 WhatsOnStage Awards. Sarah recently directed the first UK sharing of smash hit Korean musical Marie Curie with Aria Entertainment which is set for UK premiere in 2024.

She was a director with the prestigious Old Vic 12 programme and is on the advisory board for Documental Theatre, where she was a director and dramaturg for six brand new radio plays, in partnership with National Prison Radio. She will also be directing their new musical OH MATRON in Autumn 2023 premiering at Exeter Northcott. Sarah is also currently developing a new play by Sam Rees with Norwich Theatre.

Sarah recently developed and directed the Alfred Fagon Award shortlisted play Bricks by Emma Dennis-Edwards (Consent, Channel 4) at the Old Vic, set for full scale production in partnership with The Bush – confirmed cast including Ross Boatman (Mum, London’s Burning, Eastenders BBC). Sarah was recently an artist in residence at Arts Depot and was part of Fuel Theatre Creative Freelancers group, improving right and conditions for freelancers. Sarah is developing a ‘return to work programme’ for creative freelance parents and carers in collaboration with Theatre Bristol.

Further projects in development: Daddy by Camilla Whitehill (Big Mood, Channel 4) having directed an extract for film with comedian and impressionist Rory Bremner as part of The Popcorn Awards; This Might Not Be It by Sophia Chetin-Leuner (Plaines Plough Women’s Award for Playwriting shortlist) in collaboration with The Bush; The Birthday Plan by Steve Dunne in partnership with RGM Productions; Nadya by Chris Dury (Park Theatre, with Michelle Terry & Stephen Tomkinson).

Other recent credits as director include: One Jewish Boy (Trafalgar Studios); Leaving Eden by Sophia Chetin-Leuner (Park Theatre); The Fear Of Fear by Stephanie Ridings (Warwick Arts/UK Tour); Alkaline by Stephanie Martin (Park Theatre); You by Mark Wilson (VAULTS Festival); Screwed by Kathryn O’Reilly, (Theatre 503 – nominated for Best Director, Off-West End Awards 2016); The Very Perry Show by Kate Perry (San Francisco International Arts Festival); Where Do Little Birds Go? by Camilla Whitehill (UK Tour/VAULT Festival/Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe – People’s Choice Award 2015); Mr Incredible by Camilla Whitehill (VAULT/Edinburgh Fringe – winner of Origins Award for Outstanding New Work 2016); You by Mark Wilson (Brighton Fringe – Argus Angel Award, Brighton Fringe Award For Theatre, The Fringe Review Outstanding Theatre Award 2015).

As Associate Director: Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward (dir. Sir Richard Eyre, Theatre Royal Bath/Duke of York’s); Admissions by Joshua Harmon (dir. Daniel Aukin, Trafalgar Studios/UK Tour).

As Assistant Director: The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard (dir. Stephen Unwin, Theatre Royal Bath); Summer In London by Rikki Beadle-Blair (Theatre Royal, Stratford East)

Sarah also directs at drama schools including Mountview, Fordham University and LAMDA.

Sarah began her career in Manchester and worked as Assistant to the Executive Producer and Artistic Director John McGrath (National Theatre Wales, Manchester International Festival) at Contact Theatre. Sarah directed many productions across the North West and worked at theatres such as The Library, The Lowry and Bolton Octagon before relocating to London.

Sarah was Artistic Director at Longsight Theatre who developed and produced exciting new work. Sarah has worked across many new writing development schemes and is a highly skilled dramaturg. Sarah has curated work at Theatre 503 with Lisa Spirling and was curator and chair of The Kings Cross Award for New Writing.

Sarah has worked and trained with directors such as Sir Richard Eyre, John McGrath, Mike Alfreds, John Burgess, Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE, Daniel Aukin, Lindsey Turner and Stephen Unwin.

Sarah brings great clarity of purpose, intensity and emotional truth to whatever she directs and is brilliant at inspiring actors”
– John Burgess, co-founder of The Studio, National Theatre 1982-94

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