Kirsty Housley is a director, writer and dramaturg. Her work has twice been nominated for the stage award for innovation (winning in 2017 for The Encounter with Simon McBurney/Complicite). In 2021 the digital production of Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran was selected for the Sundance Festival New Frontiers category.
Recent work includes Jekyll and Hyde by Evan Placey (director) for The National Theatre; Some Old Street for Hampstead Theatre (director and co-writer); Extinct by April de Angelis (director and dramaturg) for Theatre Royal Stratford East; The Long Goodbye (director of live show and live stream) with Riz Ahmed for Manchester International Festival/BAM; Mephisto (A Rhapsody) at The Gate Theatre (director); Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran and The Believers are but Brothers (Director and co-creator with Javaad Alipoor); Tao of Glass with Phillip Glass for Manchester International Festival (co-director); Avalanche: A Love Story at The Barbican and Sydney Theatre (Dramaturg); Misty at The Bush and the West End (Dramaturg); The Encounter for Complicite (co-director), I’m a Phoenix, Bitch for Bryony Kimmings/BAC and Myth for the RSC (director and co-writer).
Kirsty is currently an RSC Digital Fellow.
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‘They make it happen’ is a series of online conversations with renowned artists and producers about the nature of making and touring work internationally.
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