Owen Horsley
Director/Writer
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
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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... steers away from some of the more well-trodden innuendos, and prizes certain more unusual things about the play to quiet and steady effect. It finds an understanding and well-used space at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre to unwrap unhurriedly. It’s a dignifiedly twilight world, stylish and welcoming
What's On Stage on Twelfth Night (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre)
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Stylish and surprisingly sexy … his staging is witty and seductive
Evening Standard on Twelfth Night
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Owen Horsley's glorious direction … A triumph
WhatsOnStage on Linck and Mülhahn (Hampstead Theatre)
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a thrilling major event
The Guardian on Henry VI: Rebellion & The Wars of the Roses (Royal Shakespeare Company)
★ ★ ★ ★
Horsley proves himself to be one of the best directors of Shakespeare to have emerged at the Royal Shakespeare Company in recent years
Daily Mail on Henry VI: Rebellion & The Wars of the Roses
Opera
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2023 | Nevill Holt Opera | By Rossini |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2024 | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre | By William Shakespeare |
2023 | Eventim Apollo | Music and Lyrics by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro |
2023 | Hampstead Theatre | By Ruby Thomas |
2022 | Cunard/Royal Shakespeare Company | Writer, Director & Choreographer |
2022 | Cunard/Royal Shakespeare Company | Director & Choreographer |
2022 | Royal Shakespeare Company (Royal Shakespeare Theatre) | Adapted from William Shakespeare |
2022 | Royal Shakespeare Company (Royal Shakespeare Theatre) | Adapted from William Shakespeare |
2021 | Reading Rep | Co-adapted with Phoebe Eclair-Powell |
2021 | Drama Centre London | By Zinnie Harris |
2021 | Royal Shakespeare Company | Co-directed with Gregory Doran |
2021 | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama | By Chekhov, adapted by Richard Nelson |
MAYDAYS 2018 | Royal Shakespeare Company (The Other Place) | By David Edgar |
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA 2018 | Classic Stage Company / Bard City | By William Shakespeare |
WHO'S THERE: HAMLET, A MEMORY PLAY 2018 | Classic Stage Company / Bard City | After William Shakespeare |
DORIAN GRAY 2017 | Watermill Theatre | Adapted by Phoebe Eclair-Powell |
SALOMÉ 2017 | Royal Shakespeare Company (Swan Theatre) | By Oscar Wilde |
HENRY V 2016 | Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre | By William Shakespeare |
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM 2015 | Garsington Opera / Royal Festival Hall | By William Shakespeare and Felix Mendelssohn |
FIRST ENCOUNTERS: THE FAMOUS VICTORIES OF HENRY V 2015 | Royal Shakespeare Company / UK & USA Tour | Adapted from 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV and Henry V by William Shakespeare |
OUTSIDE ON THE STREET 2013 | Arcola Theatre / Edinburgh Festival | By Invertigo Theatre |
DUCHESS OF MALFI 2012 | Eyestrings Theatre | By John Webster |
AS YOU LIKE IT 2012 | Guildhall School of Music and Drama | By William Shakespeare |
LYSISTRATA 2012 | Albany Theatre | By Aristophanes |
THE MALCONTENT 2011 | Teatro en Transito, Madrid / Almagro Festival | By John Marston |
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA 2011 | Guildhall School of Music and Drama | By William Shakespeare |
DUCHESS OF MALFI (MALFI) 2011 | Soho Theatre / Eyestrings Theatre | By John Webster |
ROMEO AND JULIET 2009 | Love and Madness / UK Tour | By William Shakespeare |
IN BED WITH MESSALINA 2009 | Eyestrings Theatre | By Benjamin Askew |
EDWARD II 2008 | Eyestrings Theatre / St. Andrew's Crypt, London | By Christopher Marlowe |
Associate Credits
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
RICHARD II 2013 - 2016 | Royal Shakespeare Company / BAM / Barbican / China Tour | Dir. Gregory Doran |
HENRY IV PARTS 1 AND 2 2015 - 2016 | Royal Shakespeare Company / BAM / Barbican / China Tour | Dir. Gregory Doran |
HENRY V 2015 - 2016 | Royal Shakespeare Company / BAM / Barbican / China Tour | Dir. Gregory Doran |
'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE 2011 - 2013 | Cheek by Jowl / Barbican Theatre / World Tour | Dir. Declan Donnellan |
MACBETH 2009 - 2010 | Cheek by Jowl / Barbican Theatre / World Tour | Dir. Declan Donnellan |
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA 2008 | Cheek by Jowl / Barbican Theatre / World Tour | Dir. Declan Donnellan |
CYMBELINE 2007 | Cheeky by Jowl / Barbican Theatre / World Tour | Dir. Declan Donnellan |
THE CHANGELING 2006 | Cheek by Jowl / Barbican Theatre / World Tour | Dir. Declan Donnellan |
Other
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
WORKSHOPS 2017 - 2019 | Classic Stage / Bard City | Classical Text for Actors and Directors |
BOUNDLESS AS THE SEA 2017 | Royal Shakespeare Company / New York Times | Director |
SHAKESPEARE AT NO. 10 2016 | Royal Shakespeare Company / 10 Downing St. | Director |
WORKSHOP FOR AMERICAN ACTORS FOCUSING ON APPROACHING CLASSICAL TEXT 2016 | BAM Master Class | Director |
SHAKESPEARE UNWRAPPED WORKSHOP 2013 - 2015 | Royal Shakespeare Company | Director |
SHAKESPEARE AT THE SHARD 2014 | Royal Shakespeare Company | Director |