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Paul Hart

Director

Paul is currently Artistic Director of the Watermill Theatre in Newbury. He graduated with BA (Hons) Theatre Directing from Rose Bruford College.

Theatre

Awards

The Stage Award
2024
Watermill Theatre
Theatre of the Year
WhatsOnStage Award
2024
The Lord Of The Rings
Watermill Theatre
Best Regional Production
Listed in The Stage 100
2024
Broadway World UK Award
2023
The Lord Of The Rings
Watermill Theatre
Best Direction of a Musical
Broadway World UK Award
2023
Notes From A Small Island
Watermill Theatre
Best Direction of a New Production of a Play

Credits

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
2026
Watermill Theatre
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
2025
Watermill Theatre
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CAD
2025
Watermill Theatre
THE LORD OF THE RINGS
2024
Chicago, US / Sydney, Australia / Auckland, New Zealand
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
2024
Watermill Theatre
THE LORD OF THE RINGS
2023
Watermill Theatre
NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND
2023
Watermill Theatre
SPIKE
2022
Watermill Theatre & UK Tour
OTHELLO
2022
Watermill Theatre
Co-Director
AS YOU LIKE IT
2021
Watermill Theatre
CAMELOT IN CONCERT
2020
Watermill Theatre / Wilton's Music Hall / UK Tour
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM & MACBETH
2020
Wilton's Music Hall
KISS ME, KATE
2019
Watermill Theatre / Wilton's Music Hall / UK Tour
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
2019
Wilton's Music Hall / UK Tour
SWEET CHARITY
2019
Wilton's Music Hall / UK Tour
MACBETH
2019
UK Tour
SWEET CHARITY
2018
Watermill Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
2018
Watermill Theatre
CRAZY FOR YOU
2017
UK Tour
THE BORROWERS
2017
Watermill Theatre / Wilton's Music Hall / UK Tour
TWELFTH NIGHT
2017
Watermill Theatre / Wilton's Music Hall / UK Tour
CRAZY FOR YOU
2016
Watermill Theatre
ROMEO AND JULIET
2016
Watermill Theatre
ROBIN HOOD AND THE BABES IN THE WOOD
2015
City Varieties Music Hall Leeds
JULIUS CAESAR
2015
Oxford Drama School
YOUNG WRITERS FESTIVAL
2014
Pentabus
DICK WHITTINGTON
2014
National Youth Theatre / Ambassadors Theatre
PRIVATE PEACEFUL
2014
National Youth Theatre / Ambassadors Theatre
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
2014
Rose Bruford College
JOURNEY’S END
2014
Watermill Theatre
POCKET HENRY V
2014
Propeller
Associate Director
THE MARLOW SOCIETY SHOWCASE
2014
Cambridge / London
THE ESSAY
2013
Radio 3 – Existentialism Season
POPE JOAN
2013
National Youth Theatre
REVENGER’S TRAGEDY
2013
LAMDA
POCKET MERCHANT
2013
Propeller
Associate Director
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST
2013
Rose Bruford College
DOCTOR FAUSTUS
2013
National Theatre Studio
THE CAPTAIN OF KÖPENICK
2013
National Theatre
Staff Director
PREVIOUS THEATRE

THE TEMPEST | Watermill Theatre

HUIS CLOS | Trafalgar Studios

GREAT EXPECTATIONS | Watermill Theatre

HEROES | Watermill Theatre

ROMEO AND JULIET | UK Tour

SLEEPING BEAUTY | UK Tour

THE NATURAL CAUSE | Battersea Arts Centre

MEASURE FOR MEASURE | Pleasance Theatre

TWELFTH NIGHT | UK Tour

THE TEMPEST | Theatre in Education Tour

OTHELLO | Regional Tour

CLOUDS | Regional Tour

WASPS | Regional Tour

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AS ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

RED | As Associate Director | Dir: Michael Grandage | John Golden Theatre, Broadway

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AS RESIDENT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT THE DONMAR WAREHOUSE

DIMETOS | Director: Douglas Hodge

A DOLL’S HOUSE | Director: Kfir Yeffet

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | Director: Rob Ashford

LIFE IS A DREAM | Director: Jonathan Munby

RED | Director: Michael Grandage

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AS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR EDWARD HALL’S PROPELLER COMPANY

HENRY V & THE WINTER’S TALE

RICHARD III and THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

Paul Hart

Director