Adele is an award-winning director, working internationally in Opera and Music Theatre. She is an alumni of the RTYDS scheme and the National Theatre Young Director’s Course and an Honorary Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University.
Awards and Nominations
2022 nomination International Opera Award: Director
2022 Olivier Award nomination for Best New Opera Production (Bajazet)
2020 Olivier Award nomination for Best New Opera Production and Achievement in Opera for Berenice, Royal Opera House
2018 MTA Award for Best Visiting Production for The Weir, ETT
2014 Argus Angel Award for The Bloody Ballad
2013 WhatsOnStage Award & MTN Award for Best Musical and Best Music for The Bloody Ballad
2013 Scotsman & Brighton Fringe Award for Emerging Talent for The Bloody Ballad
2013 Theatre in Wales Award for Best Ensemble and Best Music for The Bloody Ballad
Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme (RTYDS) Bursary recipient
2008 Dirty Protest Award for Best Director for Repeat
2007 Writers' Guild of Great Britain Committee Award for Supporting New Writing
Honorary Fellow: Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University
Founding member of Freelancers Make Theatre Work
Board member for Stage Directors UK
List Of Productions
2025
TANNHAUSER | Magdeburg, Germany
2024
RIGOLETTO | Welsh National Opera
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA | Zurich Opera House
2023
SEMELE | Glyndebourne Opera
IN THE REALMS OF SORROW | London Handel Festival
IL TROVATORE | Royal Opera House
2022
BAROQUE SCENES | National Opera Studio
BAJAZET | Irish National Opera
2021
IL TROVATORE | Zurich Opera House
2020
4/4: APOLLO & DAPHNE | Royal Opera House
HAIL CREMATION! | National Theatre Wales
2019
COSI FAN TUTTE | Nevill Holt Opera
THE MEMORY OF WATER | Nottingham Playhouse
BERENICE | Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre
2018
EYAM | Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
MACBETH | The Tobacco Factory, Bristol
2017
THE WEIR | English Touring Theatre
NATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL | Associate Connections Director
BIRDLAND | LAMDA
COSI FAN TUTTE | Northern Ireland Opera
2016
THREE SISTERS | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
MACBETH, THE COMPLETE WALK | Short Film | Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
NATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL | Associate Connections Director
ALL THAT I AM | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama / Gate Theatre London
MADNESS IN VALENCIA | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2015
THOMAS TALLIS | Sam Wanamaker Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe
THE ORESTEIA | Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
NATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL | Associate Connections Director
2014
THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE | Sam Wanamaker Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe
THOMAS TALLIS | Sam Wanamaker Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe
A WARRING ABSENCE | NT Platform | National Theatre
UNUSUAL UNIONS – THE GOLDEN HOURS | Royal Court
NATIONAL THEATRE CONNECTIONS | National Theatre
THE BLOODY BALLAD OF MARY MAID | Brighton Fringe/ Latitude
2013
COMPANY OF WOLVES R&D | Kneehigh Theatre
APPARITIONS OF SPIRITS - WITH THE FORSYTHE SISTERS | Gagglebabble/Theatr lolo
YOUNG STUDIO SEASON | National Theatre Learning
A VAMPIRE STORY | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
GABRIEL | Associate Director | Dir. Dominic Dromgoole | Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
THE BLOODY BALLAD OF MARY MAID | Soho Theatre/Theatr lolo/Sherman Cymru/Edinburgh Festival/Tour
WRITE HERE | Traverse Theatre
MY PEOPLE | Director/Writer |National Theatre of Wales
GREATER THAN LOVE | Co-writer with Dafydd James | National Theatre of Wales
PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS
THE PASSION – ONE YEAR ON | Memory project and exhibition | National Theatre of Wales
A COLD SPREAD | Chapter/Ruthisstrangerthanrichard
THE BLUE LENSES | Royal & Derngate, Northampton
BULLETPROOF |Replay
CITYSCAPE: DELUGE/NO VACANCIES | Sherman Cymru
A DOLL’S HOUSE | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
THE LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN SWANS | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
UNDER MILK WOOD | Royal & Derngate, Northampton
BIG HOPES | National Theatre, Connections Festival
REPEAT | Dirty Protest
THE GOOD SOUL OF SZECHWAN | Young Vic (TPR)
SENENDD | Welsh National Opera
THE PUSH AND THE PULL | Sherman Cymru
AN ENEMY FOR THE PEOPLE | Sgript Cymru/Chapter Arts Centre
THE RIVER | Edinburgh Festival Tour
FALLING | Sherman Youth Theatre
AS ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
IN THE REPUBLIC OF HAPPINESS | Assistant Director | Dir. Domminic Cooke | Royal Court Theatre
BIRTHDAY | Assistant Director | Dir. Roger Michell | Royal Court Theatre
THE PASSION | Project Associate | working with Michael Sheen | National Theatre of Wales
UNDER MILK WOOD | Creative Associate for Taliesin
OTHER EXPERIENCE
BULLETPROOF | As Dramaturge for Replay
PITCH IN | A series of creative collaborations between writers for Sherman Cymru
SCRIPT STUDY | Co-producing, devising and organising a series of workshops for experienced writers led by leading theatre practitioners | Living Pictures/Script Cymru
HURST RESIDENCY | Resident Director of course for young writers at Arvon Foundation
MA DESIGN PROJECT | Consultant Director for RWCMD
OPERA DESIGN CONCEPTUAL PROJECT | Consultant Director for RWCMD
RUTH IS STRANGER THAN RICHARD | Artistic Director
THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE | Artistic Director, Sherman Youth Theatre
PROCESS WEEK | Young Vic
BRECHT WORKSHOP | Young Vic
A RESPECTABLE WEDDING
NEW YOUNG DIRECTOR’S COURSE (2005) | National Theatre Studio