Sarah Tipple
Director
Sarah Tipple revival director is a freelance director, and has worked in theatre, opera and musical theatre.
Notable engagements: The Magician’s Elephant, a musical based on Di Camillo’s book (RSC); Greg Doran’s associate director on The Boy in the Dress, a musical based on David Walliams’s best-selling childrens’ novel of the same name; directing the West End and UK tour and South African productions of Dirty Dancing; revival director for Mike Leigh’s ENO production of The Pirates of Penzance (Saarbrücken, Luxembourg, Caen, ENO), and she has revived Anthony Minghella’s Madam Butterfly (Perth International Arts Festival, Australia, ENO).
As one of the founders of Barbershopera productions, she has directed all their shows to date, which include Barbershopera: Toni & The Guys (Plymouth Drum, UK tour, BBC Radio 4), Barbershopera: The Barber of Shavingham (Trafalgar Studios, Plymouth Drum, BBC Radio 4), Barbershopera: Apocalypse No! (Trafalgar Studios, UK tour) and Barbershopera: The Three Musketeers (Pleasance 2, Plymouth Drum).
Career Highlights
Other directing credits include: The Hypochondriac (Crucible, Sheffield); Urinetown & Company (Chroma Q Theatre, Leeds); Maybe I Will (Playhouse, Sheffield); Sunday in the Park with George, (Sherman Theatre); Acis and Galatea (ENO Studio Live); Curtains, Harlequinade, French Without Tears, The Winter’s Tale, Private Lives, Punk Rock (Arts Educational); The Marriage of Figaro (OperaUpClose, Kings Head Theatre & touring); The Snow Queen (Nuffield Theatre); Annie Get Your Gun, Bay (Claire Studio, Young Vic); Mad Funny Just, winner: Old Vic New Voices award (Theatre503); Mayfly (Old Vic New Voices 24 Hour Plays); The Wrong Man (Pleasance & tour).
As staff director: Julietta, Elegy for Young Lovers, Turandot, Partenope, Don Giovanni (ENO).
She also works as a dramaturg, most recently on Joe Wright’s production of Life of Galileo (Young Vic).
Other directing credits include: The Marriage of Figaro (OperaUpClose at Kings Head Theatre, London, and touring); The Snow Queen (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton); French Without Tears, The Winter’s Tale, Punk Rock, You Can Still Make a Killing (Arts Educational, London); Annie Get Your Gun, Bay (Claire Studio, Young Vic); Mad Funny Just, winner of the Old Vic New Voices award (Theatre503); Mayfly (Old Vic New Voices 24 Hour Plays); The Wrong Man (Pleasance Theatre and tour). As staff director: Julietta, Elegy for Young Lovers, Turandot, Partenope, Don Giovanni (ENO). She also works as a dramaturg, most recently on Joe Wright’s production of Life of Galileo (Young Vic).
Last updated: 10th December 2024
