Josh Roche

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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Josh Roche's superbly performed, swift and elegant ensemble production ... the most enthralling, intense five hours I have spent in a theatre this year
Daily Mail on The Forsyte Saga (Park Theatre)

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the way Roche positions his actors, the way that scene glides into scene, is fast and pretty much faultless
The Times on The Forsyte Saga (Part 1) 

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Directed with immense skill and fluidity by Josh Roche, they become a joyous exercise in shared dramatic storytelling ... Roche shapes the space through movement to express emotional states and trusts his fine ensemble to conjure narrative, place and atmosphere
Financial Times on The Forsyte Saga 

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What fun it all is. Beneath Roche’s solid concept Wilde’s exquisite language is as bright as ever
The Times on The Importance of Being Earnest (Royal Exchange)

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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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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)